So school is out, vacationing is over, and I’m ready to blog! I just finished phase one “Gathering Wind” in Mormon Thunder. Like others have stated, I also didn’t know much about Jedediah Morgan Grant. He was a very dedicated man. He was so devoted to his religion and missionary work. I can’t imagine what he went through as he led his group west. They faced so many trials and hard times. He was able to push his group forward to the Salt Lake Valley while suffering such a great loss of his wife and baby.
I thought the accounts told by Susan Noble were very interesting. She experienced a lot on the trail and took on some great responsibilities for a fifteen year old. I can’t imagine making the trek; the pioneers had so much faith and determination. Now on to phase two “Thunder in the East”.
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I'm back from Jackson Hole. We had a great trip. We went whitewater rafting, and it was a blast! I've been thinking a lot about Utah and the people who were instrumental in settling it. Jedediah Morgan Grant was quite the guy. At the beginning of the book he seems like quite a religious zealot. Then he seems almost fanatical. It's like you have to read between the lines to see that he's just a very devoted, loyal man with strong convictions. If I ever have to stand for what's right, I want him on my team. I like reading the letters to his family. He shows his tender, gentle side. I believe he really loved and cared about his family. It's amazing to me that any man can think about and take care of more than one wife and family. My husband has a hard time just with me now that our kids are gone. I hope someday to understand the whole plural marriage thing.
ReplyDeleteI hope things are coming together for you as you make your preparations for the "big trip". I'm looking forward to meeting all of you.
Debbie
Better late than never! I've finally, with a lot of help from my team, figured out how to post something on this BLOG. I'm something less than techno savvy!!! Sometimes I feel like a dinosaur as I see what the new teachers are able to do almost without thinking. Well, enough of that.
ReplyDeleteI hope all of you fellow Utah history participants are spending as much time reading and writing as I am. I feel like I'm in slow motion. I'm almost finished with Dr. Session's book. I knew basically nothing about Jedediah Morgan Grant, and now I feel like a relative. Since I live in Morgan, which is named for him, you would think I would have had a clue, but NOOOOO!
The whole trip is coming way too fast for me. I know it'll be here before we know it, and after that it'll only be 13 days until we're back in the saddle here in Morgan. Que sera, sera. (spelling?)
Well, gotta run and get a 4th of July Bar-BQ ready for my family. There are nineteen of us now including my husband's parents. I have a husband, four children (3 daughters and a son), 3 sons-in-law who are great guys, and a new daughter-in-law who we all love to pieces. Our seven, soon to be eight, grandchildren are extremely beautiful, bright, and charming, of course!
Have a happy 4th!!!
Debbie