Show Memories are made o of these SHIRLEY LAURITZEN A chubby year three finger pointed to Temple Mommy theres there's the Mormon and bright In the crisp fall l air r November sunshine the hilt hill was long sets and giant tree ho houses uses for light men Gone were the empty trundling stage handcarts and sound systems Yes all were gone except in the mind of a thre year three e year old who was a part of the big scene Harmony has a Mormon Miracle dress that she wore when her big bg g brown eyes Burp Bur sur- peeked nt p as her family all knelt prayer so docilely In The casting director will probably never know that thai there were two Wild Indians who w were playing the parts of pioneer boys Not No t satisfied With a quiet prayer scene Chris and Kell Kelly y sneaked In as extras on n the long march a cross across the plains They delighted In bean being g s squashed quashed In the packed jam-packed cast bus ever every night after the performance Not nearly as angelic as they looked atop the temple wall Joy and Gay considered this a wonderful opportunity to mee meet cute boys from m South S Sanpete Who m COUld tooL T guess ess that underneath those S 7 flowing angel robes SS were a COUple of mod teenagers teenager With fringed pants and laughing hearts Maybe l the most S important thing ab about what hat we do is how we w feel teel f about it afterward Can we be convulsed b by Y laughter and say Remember when we slept under the car because it was raining and the rainwater ran into our sleeping bags Remember Remember when Steve was 11 it and we left him in downtown downtown downtown down- down town Las Vegas and didn't miss him till we bought ice cream cones and one was left over Remember when we had to scramble into that packed bus after the Mormon Miracle And then there are the unsaid things the attitudes and feelings we absorb from an experience remember when we learned that to be truly effective things must be done well and that we can help move on cue set up scenery act react contribute cooperate Remember when we learned that trifles and details coupled with caring adds up to excellence Remember when we as outsiders were taken in and made madea a part of the larger community As with any good basic idea cars airplanes or the Mormon Miracle Improvements can and should be made as the need is seen Perhaps more historical accuracy and a tightening of the script is needed Parking and housing problems must be approached and solved if U an influx of visitors is to be encouraged Changes may come and we welcome them but the Mormon Miracle Is here to stay y Certain moments linger Unger strangely it 4 In the memory Unimportant in themselves such memories may maybe be 13 Yet they live when other things Have faded from the mind Time in passing seems to leave r t The little things behind v. v t. t We forget the crucial times The really big events v C And recall the details of The trifling incidents Lile Lifes Life's 8 dramatic hours Of greatest joy and sharpest pain Fade away Into the past But moments still remain A singer of songs has said Memories are made of these And as a year three-year-old starts to share the memories she is r 1 storing I think Yes theres there's 3 Harmony the Mormon Miracle A and a Mormon Miracle Memories are made of these Have YOU stored a few Mormon Miracle moments away to cherish and treasure |