Sweet Little Gracie

Today is Easter and it has been wonderful. Emma is old enough to hold a conversation about Christs resurrection with us. Then with church and our bible study, family time and more family time, it's been a great day. There were a few moments that took my breath away however that I want to write about. First was Sis. Maxwell's talk. Just beautiful feelings of the Savior. From her heart and testimony, true honest emotions of the Spirit touched me on a very deep level. The second thing that happened coincided with her talk. That was sweet little Gracie. Baby Gracie sat in front of us today. She is this very adorable little 3 (maybe 4) month old. From the first moment she looked at me, actually looked into my eyes, I felt like our spirits had known each other at another time. I wish I could actually put this into words but they fail me. All I know is that when she sees me, those sweet eyes are familiar and a moment or two of recognition takes place. There's another thing about Gracie that blows me away and I'm sure that all little ones are like this but for some reason this feature is so much more pronounced than any other little baby I've ever seen. It's again with her eyes. I've watched her more than once as her eyes almost pop out of her head with knowing, really knowing who she's looking at. Her mom starts to talk and sure as day she whips her head around, smiles as she see her mom and studies her every syllable. The same thing with her dad or anyone who she KNOWS. She just seems to know you on a deeper level. I'm not talking about the, ya thats my mom because she smells the right way or I know the sound of her voice or anything like that. I'm talking about her knowing your spirit and connecting to you on a spiritual plane. Ok so back to Sacrament Meeting. There I was listening to this terrific talk about the Savior and watching Gracie who was so sweet, smile up at her mom with those big gorgeous eyes when Sis. Maxwell starts to talk about the Savior knowing us personally. With everything I've just said about Grace you can see how it all came together in my mind and all the sudden I'm welling up in tears with how much the Savior loves us. I start to wonder what this sweet little one has in store for her if she's able to feel others spirits and recognize them as familiar. Granted I have no idea if this is actually true but it's the feeling I have when I hold her and see her interact with her family. I feel very blessed to have her look at me once in awhile. Maybe no one else sees this and maybe I'm dreaming but I swear we knew each other once before. Sweet little Gracie, if nothing else, you helped me feel my Saviors love today and that's good enough for me! Happy Easter everyone. I pray yours was as wonderful as mine.