Sunday Soapbox #10

I learned a little more about Brother Yarmulke's childhood during the middle of my lesson today.
We were discussing characteristics, attributes and achievements of Emma Smith the wife of Joseph Smith. I had asked for the class to name some that came to their minds.

Brother Yarmulke had chosen a seat just outside of my right peripheral. As I scanned all areas of the room for raised hands, I noticed his, but pretended it was further out of my peripheral. This worked the first scan, but not the second. I was between a rock and a hard place, so I thought I'd make my self cozy and settle on in. "Yes", I said as I called on him, bracing for impact.

"On the farm my mother was always doin' laundry, woman's work, she used to call it. There was seven of us kids...She'd put up 50 boxes of quart bottles from the garden...Dad used to plow our plot by hand...I can barely plow my 15 by 2 foot plot..."

"So you'd say that Emma was a hard worker?" I said cutting him off nicely.

"I'd say that she didn't have time to work on that hymn book. She was too busy working those five years"

He was adding on to the previous conversation about Emma completing the Hymn book 5 years after she had begun it. I was commenting on her dedication to it, even though it took several years. Brother Yarmulke saw the human side of it, possibly why it may have taken Emma so long.

In all fairness, I had asked the class to apply the revelations in Doctrine and Covenants 25, which was given to Emma, to their lives. He offered great insight, and I was able to discover more about his mysterious self.
I was unsure where he was coming from at first.
He surprised me.
I like surprises I guess.