Thursday, July 28, 2016

Thursday, July 28, 2016 – Comments by children, Cicadas
The following are some “Short Sweet Stories” Sis. Johnson has experienced and written down as she has worked on the grounds here at the Carthage Visitor’s Center.  One of these stories happened today and the other was a few days ago.

Sis. Johnson:

Today a young boy of about 5 years of age came to me as I was trimming plants in the planters of the Visitor’s Center. He said, “Thank you for making everything beautiful.” His mom said that he will be going to kindergarten this year.  It was such a sweet kindness from someone so young. Love, it!
Another sweet, sweet story happened last week as I was cleaning the flower beds. A young boy (probably 3 years old) said as he looked at the Visitor’s Center and statue of Joseph & Hyrum, “Oh yeah, I remember this place.”  I couldn’t help but think to myself, when did he see this place before? He was so small and young, how could he remember it? He was too cute!!
It has been Cicada season in Illinois for the past month or two. For some time the noise of the Cicadas has been deafening!  At least that is what Sis. Johnson tells me, personally, I can’t hear them at all. I suffer from a condition called tinnitus or “Ringing in the Ears.” What the ringing in my ears sounds like is a room full of Cicadas all screeching at once. So I hear Cicadas 24/7 all year, not just in June and July.

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