With a Dime

I can share with you a simple example from my own life of what parents can do.
When I was about five or six years old, I lived across the street from a small grocery store.
One day two other boys invited me to go with them to the store.
As we stood coveting the candy for sale there, the older boy grabbed a candy bar and slipped it into his pocket.
He urged the other boy and me to do the same, and after some hesitation we did.
Then we quickly left the store and ran off in separate directions.
I found a hiding place at home and tore off the candy wrapper.
My mother discovered me with the chocolate evidence smeared on my face and escorted me back to the grocery store.
As we crossed the street, I was sure I was facing life imprisonment.
With sobs and tears, I apologized to the owner and paid him for the candy bar with a dime that my mother had loaned me (which I had to earn later).
My mother's love and discipline put an abrupt and early end to my life of crime.

October 2009 General Conference -D. Todd Christofferson -Moral Discipline

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi