don’t believe in excess. We are provided with everything we need, but only just the essentials. It helps to keep greed to a minimum because this way nobody ever wants for anything. It almost completely eliminates stealing or people being tempted to do so. There are bad people everywhere, who will do bad things no matter what, but the country as a whole is pretty peaceful.
I decided to set out my yellow dress to wear to the ministry. It’s dressy, but not overly fancy. It also goes well with my skin tone and dark hair. Once I put what I was wearing aside, I packed my night gown, two pairs of pants and a few tops, along with three dresses and two skirts; I was ready to go.
I decided to take a few treasures from home with me as well. I love to read and can call up any book or movie anytime I want on my universal tablet, so that is coming with me. I also grabbed my book of historical quotes that I put together with all of my dad’s quotes over the years and a pet rock that Wes made for me when we were five. I was sad because I wanted a pet, but it turned out I was allergic to pretty much anything with fur. I started crying when I realized that I wouldn’t be able to have a pet and once Wes got one, I couldn’t play at his house anymore. Jasper helped Wes glue on acorn eyes and leaf hair to this flat smooth rock that Wes found. He came over and gave it to me and said that now I had a pet. We named him Rocco. Wes also informed me that pets were completely impractical, and until a dog could help him with quadratic equations he was going to stay away from the pet variety.
After getting all of my things packed and ready, we decided to spend some quality time at home as a family. All three of us cooked dinner together, and ate as we told some of our favorite memories. After dinner we met Wesley’s family down by the lake and just enjoyed spending time together, eating some amazing brownies that Susan made. She also brought a jar of chocolate milk for me.
Lily and I were digging for clams while Wesley and my father were having some sort of philosophical debate. Susan was telling my mom how to make a certain dish and I was just appreciating this last night of normalcy.
Jasper joined us and kneeled down to speak to Lily. “Hey Lily Bug, I think Mom saved an extra brownie for you. Why don’t you head back up to the blanket and have one.”
The promise of chocolate was too much to pass by and she was off with a start. Jasper chuckled softly. “Oh, what am I going to do with that girl?”
“Beats me, she sure is a little pistol.”
“That she is.” He replied with a shake of his head. “With Wesley it was easy. He wanted nothing and nobody to make him happy. It was always him and his books and research and calculations. I was always worried about him as a child. Children need to play, explore, and have fun, discover the world.”
“Wes did that, Jasper. He might not have played like most children do, but he did have fun and he explored, he discovered more of the world than any child ever could.”
“You are so good for him, Rosaline. I don’t know what he would have done without you. Sarah, she was the serious one. She was very studious and shy. Wesley reminds me so much of her sometimes.” This is the first time I’ve ever really heard Jasper talk about Wes’s mom before. “Sarah could sit in silence for hours, perfectly comfortable, just looking at the stars. I would go out of my skin. I needed to be around people, doing something, burning off my energy.”
I just looked at him with a soft smile and nodded, not sure where he was going with this, but fascinated with this serious side of Jasper.
“Losing Sarah was one of the hardest things that I’ve ever been through, but if that wouldn’t have happened our families would never have been so connected. Without you in his life, I’m not sure what Wesley would do. So even though
I decided to set out my yellow dress to wear to the ministry. It’s dressy, but not overly fancy. It also goes well with my skin tone and dark hair. Once I put what I was wearing aside, I packed my night gown, two pairs of pants and a few tops, along with three dresses and two skirts; I was ready to go.
I decided to take a few treasures from home with me as well. I love to read and can call up any book or movie anytime I want on my universal tablet, so that is coming with me. I also grabbed my book of historical quotes that I put together with all of my dad’s quotes over the years and a pet rock that Wes made for me when we were five. I was sad because I wanted a pet, but it turned out I was allergic to pretty much anything with fur. I started crying when I realized that I wouldn’t be able to have a pet and once Wes got one, I couldn’t play at his house anymore. Jasper helped Wes glue on acorn eyes and leaf hair to this flat smooth rock that Wes found. He came over and gave it to me and said that now I had a pet. We named him Rocco. Wes also informed me that pets were completely impractical, and until a dog could help him with quadratic equations he was going to stay away from the pet variety.
After getting all of my things packed and ready, we decided to spend some quality time at home as a family. All three of us cooked dinner together, and ate as we told some of our favorite memories. After dinner we met Wesley’s family down by the lake and just enjoyed spending time together, eating some amazing brownies that Susan made. She also brought a jar of chocolate milk for me.
Lily and I were digging for clams while Wesley and my father were having some sort of philosophical debate. Susan was telling my mom how to make a certain dish and I was just appreciating this last night of normalcy.
Jasper joined us and kneeled down to speak to Lily. “Hey Lily Bug, I think Mom saved an extra brownie for you. Why don’t you head back up to the blanket and have one.”
The promise of chocolate was too much to pass by and she was off with a start. Jasper chuckled softly. “Oh, what am I going to do with that girl?”
“Beats me, she sure is a little pistol.”
“That she is.” He replied with a shake of his head. “With Wesley it was easy. He wanted nothing and nobody to make him happy. It was always him and his books and research and calculations. I was always worried about him as a child. Children need to play, explore, and have fun, discover the world.”
“Wes did that, Jasper. He might not have played like most children do, but he did have fun and he explored, he discovered more of the world than any child ever could.”
“You are so good for him, Rosaline. I don’t know what he would have done without you. Sarah, she was the serious one. She was very studious and shy. Wesley reminds me so much of her sometimes.” This is the first time I’ve ever really heard Jasper talk about Wes’s mom before. “Sarah could sit in silence for hours, perfectly comfortable, just looking at the stars. I would go out of my skin. I needed to be around people, doing something, burning off my energy.”
I just looked at him with a soft smile and nodded, not sure where he was going with this, but fascinated with this serious side of Jasper.
“Losing Sarah was one of the hardest things that I’ve ever been through, but if that wouldn’t have happened our families would never have been so connected. Without you in his life, I’m not sure what Wesley would do. So even though
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