Ashton's Marriage Outlook

Recently, Joseph was doing some family history work on FamilySearch. He saw this and told me about it:



We talked about how easy it would be to simply insert a name for Ashton's husband now. There are several young boys at church that we would love Ashton to marry. While she hasn't had her first kiss yet, she has shared plenty of toys and food from her mouth to a friend's mouth. It's hard to yell at her because it's her way of sharing. I do call one of her friends her boyfriend. Mainly because the little boy always looks for Ashton and then cries when he has to leave her. And he has cute curly hair, which makes it even better.

So I do think about who she will marry. I wonder if the person is alive yet. I wonder if his parents are taking the time to pray at every meal even though their son screams during it. I wonder if the parents put a picture of the temple in his bedroom and sings, "I Love to See the Temple" every night. I pray that the parents of the boy Ashton will marry is working diligently to raise him to treat Ashton with kindness. I pray his parents will take the time to the simple things like read the scriptures as a family, pray together, and hold family home evening. I pray they are teaching their son to keep the commandments and live a life that would please Heavenly Father.

Yes, it would be so simple to add a husband for her right now, especially since we know several good little toddlers. But I do pray often for the family who she will marry into since I have little say in that. Over the past few nights as I sing to her, I get this feeling that time will pass by so quickly. Before I know it, Ashton will be dressed in white on her wedding day. And I pray that her husband will be able to tolerate her persistence and stubbornness! Until then, I will work on tolerating it.