Cindy Rowlett

As I came back to work after the holidays my colleague and I were exchanging stories about what we had done over the past week with our families.  I told her that the day after Christmas we blessed baby Will.  "What is that?" she asked.  I explained how in our church after the birth of a child we give a special prayer/blessing for that child.  The blessing includes the name the child will be known on the records of the church along with a blessing that includes the desires of the parents for their child as they grow.  I explained how we gathered with our entire family and the Bishop from my ward to hear the blessing.  Matt had asked Greg and Tyson along with our Bishop to stand in the circle with Matt as they held Will and bounced him as Matt gave him his blessing.  Matt had been very nervous about performing this blessing for the first time but did such an awesome job.  She then asked what kind of things did Matt say? I told her that Matt asked that Will would continue to be close to our Heavenly Father and that although he has gone through so much in his short life he wanted him to always have faith and pray to our Heavenly Father for strength throughout his life.  Matt also said how much Will was loved by his family and the hopes that him and Haley had for him in the future.  When I finished describing the blessing my colleague had tears in her eyes and said what a beautiful and special thing this was.  She knows Matt well and was proud of him for preparing and being thoughtful with what he would bless Will with.  She knows the miracles our family has been blessed with this past year and has been touched by seeing the tender mercies the Lord has bestowed upon our family.