Our date Friday started with a visit to the Salt Lake Temple to do some proxy sealings. We have a temple just about five minutes away from us, but it is fun sometimes to attend other Temples. What happens inside is the same regardless of where you are, but being in the Salt Lake Temple is particularly meaningful as it was one of the first temples built. It took the early members of the church over 40 years to complete it. You can definitely tell that great care was taken as the architecture and finish work are beautiful and one of a kind.
There are different ordinances that take place in each temple, culminating in the sealing of families for eternity. Since Devin and I were sealed in the temple when we were married, we now return to act as proxy and do sealings for families (our own ancestors or otherwise) who are dead.
Our experience on Friday was incredible. It was really a spiritual experience for me, but also a fun one. Our sealer was really enjoyable. There was a couple in our session with us celebrating their 47th anniversary, so the sealer took them through a back route to the room where they were married. I would have loved to see that! The rest of us were sitting there when another worker came to bring another couple to join our session. He peeked his head in, looked around, and said, "Where is he?" (It's not really standard practice to leave in the middle of a sealing session...) We explained that he had taken this couple to see the room where they were married and he said, "Ahhh. Of course. It sounds like him. Just so you know, he is the most ADHD sealer we have!" Totally random- but he was right. The man couldn't sit still, he was fiddling with items on his desk, standing up, sitting down, opening drawers, shutting them, etc. It was really funny. All while pronouncing the sealings.
An incredible spirit was there with us that day. I couldn't help but think of my dear Aunt Linda. I am so grateful that she was placed into our family and that she was taken to that very same temple when she was three to be sealed to her parents and siblings for time and all eternity. The sealing covenant makes everything all right. It may not be all right now, but I know with a certainty that things will be okay. I will see Linda again. We will be together. We are tied eternally.
Of course, this led me to think of our sweet MF. We too will get the experience of taking her to the temple to be sealed to us. I am so anxious for this day. This is a unique experience as babies biologically born to us are "Born in the Covenant" meaning they are sealed to us automatically upon birth. However, since MF will be adopted, we will get the privilege of taking her to the temple to be sealed to us. I just sat there envisioning it and I was so overcome with emotion and with the Holy Ghost, which again testified to me that we are on the right path. I am so blessed. I think of her already as my child (and I have for a long time) so you can imagine my anxiety and the sense of urgency I feel to get her here and to have her sealed to us. I don't even have words to convey how important that day will be to us. I can't wait.
The temple was the best part of the date for me. It was just so refreshing and so needed.
We also went to dinner and then to see the latest Harry Potter movie (which I LOVED). I know we are like the last people in America to see it (there were about 10 people in the theater) but we have kids and weird work schedules, so it is hard to get out and see movies. We then stayed in a hotel in Salt Lake and then picked up the kids Saturday morning in time to head to Logan for the Mud Run. That was an experience...pictures and details to come!
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