Sadly enough, I forgot my camera when we went up to Montana for Tyler's family reunion. We got to make pottery with Uncle Andy, who is a master potter. He also gave us a lesson while he was making pottery about the Master Potter in the scriptures. It was incredible. He told about when we've been beat up, either my our own doing or someone else's, we need to let ourselves be put in the Potter's hands. For the Master Potter does not throw out any of the clay or pots, but molds them into what they need to be. Some take more time to be fixed. Some need to be trimmed and watered. But in the end, the Master Potter can make every pot beautiful, no matter how it looked before.
Andy made it look like throwing pots is no big deal, and that fixing a messed up pot is super easy. But don't be fooled! It takes a lot of work. And if you mess up the pot, unless Andy fixes it, you probably have to start over with a new piece of clay. But we loved it! In fact, we loved it so much that Tyler and I are going to start taking pottery classes. There's something satisfactory about drinking out of something that you made with your own hands.
We got to do so much up in Montana, and I really am sad that I didn't have my camera with me. But we're home now, and school starts on Friday for Tyler. We're back to reality after a wonderful summer. Autumn is here, but I can't wait for the adventures ahead that I get to have with Ty.
