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Show klcf overflowing ashtray. I wanted to run i n front of them and stand in the kitchen doorway, f o r b i d d i n g them to e n e t r . In my mind it had grown, had become a b i r d - b a t h f i l l e d with o f f a l , there on the kitchen table. I followed them i n t o the room, keeping my eyes turned studiously from the s i g h t , my n o s t r i l s closed to the a c r i d odor. Only my mind waited, wincing, for my f a t h e r to make some s a r c a s t i c remark about how well we kept the Word of Wisdom in my house. My h e a r t and temporary juu«u« jn.ij' 1 "m1 uliLJx LliudnL^o. "These leaves have a most unusual s t r u c t u r e , " he called to my mother. She came up behind us, holding the baby. "See how each big leaf spawns these smaller shoots, and then how even t i n i e r ones grow from the smaller l e a v e s . The t h r e e of them stood about, admiring, their gazes focused on the p l a n t , away from the ashtray. From my mudhole of g u i l t and shame, I somehow managed to make a comment. " I t ' s l i k e the f a m i l y / , " I said. "Each large leaf produces innumerable o t h e r s . Then you can pick the big leaf and plant it See? to produce a whole new, ready-grown plant/1." I gave the s l i p to AuntHelga "They t r a n s p l a n t e a s i e r than you might think." My f a t h e r took my baby from my mother. He was grinning, at her, at my l i t t l e s i m i l e . I watched for a moment astfhe played (IS nth her, watched the way h e r soft round face glowed,xher eyes, shining and demure,?heid by h i s . She d i d n ' t cry as he held her overhead, balanced p e r f e c t l y as she sat upon h i s hand. She seemed t0 trust him completely, as though she could feel h i s goodness. Mormon *°ctrine teaches t h a t newiihabies are born with the s e c r e t s of heaven Scribed on t h e i r s o u l s , but by the time they l e a r n to t a l k , most of them have l o s t t h e i r memory of p e r f e c t i o n . But there were some *° s t a i n e d knowledge of t r u t h and l i g h t - children of the Millenium. Iflis closeness to God was the reason why we were taught to |