"heart of service"

today was a doubly special day. we got to celebrate coop's 10th birthday and jonah was blessed at church. we were so lucky to have so many wonderful people attend and participate in jonah's blessing.
for the record...
morgan, bishop todd (hollingshead), the wall men (matty, gary and ben), gpa mike, great-uncles david hawley and rowley, daniel hawley, danen, duford, and steve scheiss were all in the circle.
also for the record...me, mor, finners, matty and coop, gloria and mike, gary and ellie, ben, brit, eil, blakey and griffin, chell, dave and gabby, amy and sam, georgette, david, bekah, sarah, emily and thomas, david and daniel hawley, chad duford, danen, mandy, wilson and theo, kelly and chris, mckay and meg, bethie and nate and of course the scheisses were all in attendance.
aaand even still  for the record...
jonah was blessed to be a good example to everyone around him, to have a heart of service and peace, to someday serve a mission and be sealed in the temple.
i was especially touched by the part where mor blessed him with a heart of service. i'm not totally sure why, but when i heard that in particular, it brought tears to my eyes. i felt such an immense gratitude for my husband and his worthiness to hold and administer the priesthood; for all of the amazing men who stood up with morgan, with a happily quiet jonah in their arms; for all the kids and wives (most like my own nieces and nephews and sisters) sitting around me in the chapel; and for my beautiful boys. i know exactly what my mom meant all those times she said she loved me more than i knew. my heart has never been fuller than at this moment in time. i feel like the luckiest lady in the world to have such a beautiful family, but more importantly, to know that we are an eternal family. to look at finn and jonah and morgan and know that, no matter what, we belong to each other forever provides an almost unimaginable sense of comfort and security and happiness. i love these boys of mine, more than they know.