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Show 6?s m.s ohildren have caused you a l o t of grief. But we a r e n 't miscreants. We have learned things from you. A sense of „ , * a capacity for c o m m e n t . And a b e l i e f in s e e t h i n g that „ c e r A s our own s e l f i s h n e s s . You know. Daddy, in some ways we're , B l i k e y„u than the other ohildren in the family." «y father's smile tightened u n t i l i t threatened to break. »And how is that?" "You have your independent side. Tou always i n s i s t e d on ^ your « way, on following your own conscience. Tou can't -i,. You had no intention 01 forget that you once married monogamously. You had n a • • i +v,en •• I knew I had touched the source of lving the Principle, then. i &new tension between us. "I remember." -fa (>*</$ <*S*< "I know you were devoted to Aunt Karen. Well, we-« jus ^ • M i to c f c 3 £ & > s . Daddy, in a nation where marrxag^is a ^ i n s t i t u t i o n , t h a t ' s something to be proud o f * • - « * £ - « * £ * * - . , „r i that y& honor y « r bonds. He nodded slowly. "I'm pleased that ye« le pursed his l i p s and s t a r e d s i l e n t l y at the hig wa . +ar+pd in on tne I was surprised t h a t he had not already s t a rt iUi, *-*>-• . ^ if I had hurt him, despite differences between *». Then I wondered . t f l l l l v "Remember, Daddy - V care to speak -===== thoughtfully. K l , p f s you wrote to your own Aenyou were searching for your b e l i e i s , j Saul did with you? father, and quarreled with him, just as id not h i n g. i hnh as he swallowed. But ne - I saw h i s Ada*, apple bob eaoh o f u s to do. "Daddy. God has something daffere ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Qf ^ I followed d i r e c t l y in your footsteps i fulfill." ~*4e my own covenants to t un «5T Personal compact with God. I have » a^ female counterpart of you m Besides, I thought, I c a n ' t imagine a ^ ^ ^ f u l f i l l you, ^riarchal Mormonism. How many women has i |
