My Dad is an Inventor.
A friend who hasn’t met my
dad, asked me if he had a long
white beard. With that imagery so
many thoughts came to mind.
You remember the father in the film
beauty and the beast.
Haha.
My dad is first a father
and then a husband to my mom.
With her support,
He has emerged great ideas and
that example resonates with me.
I look at each of my siblings.
Each of them have been developing
their innate abilities to create things they love.
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When were were little, I believe my Mom stumbled upon
some purple lightweight fabric, or my dad told her he
wanted to make a 12 foot kite.
Despite the details, this 12 foot kite was born,
It was two shades of purple and was about 5 feet high.
My Dad designed and my Mom put her amazing sewing skills to work.
We.thought.we.were.the.coolest.kids.in.the.neighborhood.
We actually still feel this way, and we still have this kite.
The kite was so big, it needed a strong string or twine or rope.
Who uses rope to fall a kite? Yes. It’s true, only the Hansens.
We headed up the streets to park where my dad flew this kite
as all 8 of us kids, watched it lift off and soar through the air.
We live very close to a mountain, and so this huge kite did
not need a lot of wind, and when it reached a gust, the rope
would break. and the kite was set free.
We watched it sail effortlessly through the blue sky. It was only seconds
after the kite was separated from us and the rope did we fear its destination
to the ground.
Where was it going to land?
Were we going to be able to recover it?
Each time the kite rope broke, or the kite was damaged from the
fall, my dad would reinvent the kite,
Soon our kite had stronger rope tied to it,
it was so much rope that it
had to be connected to an powered screwdriver
mechanism that allowed more power to wind or release
the rope, depending on the day, the climate, and
ultimately the weather.
Sometimes the boys in the family
flew this kite late into the night,
and upon returning, would
discuss methods to add lights to
our large family kite.
We even made a mini hot air balloon from the same
fabric, alas, it did not last the way the kite did.
Do you know why?
It did not have a rope or string attached.
The kite had duct tape on many of its corners to
reinforce the poles and protect it’s flight.
I wondered what would
have happened
if my dad wasn’t there to help us, He taught us
how much rope to release once it was up in the air.
I wondered what would have happened if we hadn’t
of reinvent and redone the rope to make it stronger.
Summers went by and we grew up.
Our kite sat in the garage.
It’s still there.
We moved on to a Parasail for our boat.
The commandments are like unto a kite string.
The Lord in his infinite love wants to bless us,
He wants us to feel His love and ultimately
He wants us to experience the life He lives.
Our experience in this life will be full of so many
days where we may not understand why the
“wind” is blowing so hard.
Some days we might not even be
able to get our kite in the sky..
But remember,
Joy and Happiness are
our birthright and
The commandments are given to us to
protect us from crashing into unknown and unsafe boundaries.
They are given to us to help us have a higher perspective.
Commandments are given to us to help us feel closer to
our Father in Heaven....
Sometimes we just need to “reel it in.”
As as child
or even an adult
you may assume
the kite string
is holding the kite down
and as you hold the string you can feel the kite tugging to be set free.
You imagine that if you let go of the string,
the kite would soar off into the atmosphere.
But in reality if you let go of the string, what happens to the kite? It plummets to the earth.
The commandments are like the kite string. They appear to others to be holding us down, keeping us from soaring, when in reality it is our obedience
to the commandments that allow us to reach our highest potential as sons and daughters of Heavenly Father.
We are the kite.
the commandments the kite string that
enables us to do and become who he needs us to be.
To the purple 12 foot kite in my parents garage,
Thank you.
To the two parents that some how knew
how much rope to let me ascend with,
Thank you.
To the Ultimate Master Kite Flyer,
Thank Thee For all
these experiences.
