. . . one proud mama . . .

. . . i spent saturday morning 

with my three daughters . . .

{and one tiny grandson}

. . . daughter number one 

~ amber ~ 

had been asked 

by her aunt 

to speak to the cute girls 

in her stake 

at a primary activity day . . .

. . . her topic was 

{something to the effect of} 

"how i hear the voice of christ" . . .

. . . {seemingly} an ironic subject 

since she can't hear, 

right? . . .

. . . totally wrong . . .

. . . she hears that voice 

just fine, thank you . . .

. . . she is an inspiration to many . . .

. . . and i'm really, really,

really proud of her . . .

. . . i'm also proud 

of daughter number two 

~ amanda ~ 

who was amber's voice 

during this presentation . . .

. . . she injects 

lots of inflection 

and personality . . .

. . . the interpreting/voicing 

could just as easily have been done 

by daughter number three 

~ amelia ~ 

but she had her hands full that day 

chasing this little busy body . . .

. . . amber teaches 

sign language classes . . .

. . . amanda and amelia 

are interpreters 

by profession . . .

. . . i think they're all amazing . . .

. . . as part of her presentation, 

amber was asked 

to teach the third verse 

of this primary song 

in sign language 

to the girls . . .

. . . it was lovely to watch . . .

. . . the girls picked it up 

so quickly . . .

. . . seeing the words 

"if i listen with my heart" 

gave new meaning 

to these lyrics . . . 

. . . my assignment was 

to accompany 

on the piano . . .

. . . a task made much more difficult 

by the tears in my eyes . . .

. . . i'm so proud of my girls . . .

{but it's a righteous pride ~ so it's totally okay!}