Swaddling Clothes and Mary's Prep

I totally stole this from my wife Instagram post she did today.
I was so impressed with her insight.

• nbradforI decided for the month of Dec I wanted to focus on learning more about the life of Jesus Christ. I came across a wonderful plan from @leslie_kawai where she has created a 30 day study guide to “Walk with Christ”. I am on day 6 and am loving this study. Today in particular was to study the birth of Christ. What I learned today has really touched my heart. When we learn of Christ’s birth we know that he was wrapped in swaddling bands. Honestly I never gave much thought as to what that was (it I’m being really honest, I just assumed it was something that they just had in hand). Today I learned that swaddling bands were special bands embroidered with symbols specific to the family lineage and used to wrap a bride and grooms hands under a wedding canopy. Then those swaddling bands were put away for use when the first son is born. What this tells me is that Mary lovingly prepared these bands and knowing she would likely give birth while they were away from home made sure to bring them on the trip to Bethlehem. They obviously couldn’t take much on their journey but she made sure to take what was needed to care for her newborn child, the Savior Jesus Christ. What an example Mary is of being prepared for the arrival of the Lord. How can I be like Mary and be prepared for that day when the Lord comes again?  #30daywalkwithChrist #lighttheworld

Marking Pens

This has been one of the biggest challenges I have faced in marking my scriptures.
Trying to find the right pen or marker that will not bleed through and yet will maintain it's brightness.

i first started out years ago with wax scripture markers or sometimes called Dry Highlighters.
These are basically like crayons and work well enough at the start. I have found years later that they have faded and in some spots melted to the adjoining page when I left the scriptures in my car too long in the summer.

I then tried  set recommended off the internet of Foray advanced ink Needle tip point
These worked well except they tend to bleed through to the other side.
They also seem to spread on the page

Lately I have started to use plain fine point  Ball Point pens. These seem to work well and bleeding through is not as bad as others.  Time will tell I guess.