Those questions

The ones that drive me nuts are the ones I couldnt possibly know the answer to. Such as tonight, "Did they update the playground because the old equipment was a liability?"

I have no idea. I did not sit on that committee.

Or this one, "How come they call
Alaska the last frontier when it's really space the final frontier?"

Wow. I have no idea.

Then there is the interminable, "Why do I have to go to bed when it's still light outside?"

Because I'm your mother and I said so.

There are countless other questions. When we were kids we watched the original Smurfs every Saturday morning. Whenever there was a journey the Smurfs would ask, "Is it much farther, Papa Smurf?" Papa Smurf would answer, "Not far now." But after the third time that a Smurf asked that question the exasperated Papa Smurf would declare, "YES IT IS!" As kids we would go on long road trips with our parents. Inevitably one of us would ask that question, "Is it much farther, Papa Smurf?" and it would make us all laugh.

I've been listening to the Christian Rock station KLOVE lately. There is a song I've heard called "The Long Way Home." It reminded me of the talk by Elder David Baxter from this last April's General Conference. Elder Baxter quotes a story from President Hinckley about a single mother with seven children. She was feeling the immense burden of all that was demanded on her to care and provide for her family. She asked Heavenly Father if she could come home to Him, just for the night. His answer to her fleeting prayer was, "No, little one.... But I can come to you."

So when we feel like one of the Smurfs, wondering how much farther the long way home is, we just need to ask our Heavenly Father to come to us and join us on our journey.

And He will.