Ermalinda Cabral, my Dad's Mom,was born on August 21, 1919 and died on April 18, 2001. My mother has been encouraging me for months to finally get her work done for her. I have wanted to do it but I also wanted to get myself signed up and learn how to get around the family history sites to do it myself. Then one day, about a month ago, Mom called me again and encouraged me to start...so I did. She helped me get online and start adding my family names to PAF. So, then I got excited....but again I procrastinated. Then one night I had a dream. I dreamed that I was wide awake(you ever have those kind of dreams?) and walking down the street, and coming towards me was my Grandma Emily exactly like you see her in this picture. As we got closer to eachother I looked at her and said "is it really you?" and she looked at me and began to speak and then the alarm went off and I woke up. I thought that was pretty interesting for a couple of reasons. First of all, I have never dreamed of my Grandmother before in my life and second of all, I think it is interesting how I saw her in this particular outfit...."all white". After that dream I made an appointment at the family history center and got her name ready. That was a week ago. It was a really wonderful day today taking her name to the temple. Mike was able to perform the baptism and we asked Sophia(a sweet young friend of ours) to stand in for Grandma, then Mike confirmed her and then I got to take her name and do the rest. It was a very humbling and sweet experience for all of us. Next step is for Mike and I to go back and do the sealing. I love my Grandma Emily!
