Category: Journal
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A small miracle
I don’t often ask for miracles because my faith don’t require it and I prefer not to make demands on anyone, much less my Heavenly Father. That doesn’t mean I don’t that they can/will be given when requested. Today I was realizing just how thoroughly I would be locked out of so much important data…
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Spring Break
I didn’t mention yesterday that I am hoping to write journal entries more consistently again because I have had a few experiences in recent months that I have meant to record and didn’t so that now all I remember is the feeling that I meant to record them but I have no memory of what…
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April…no foolin’
Today after work Laura asked me to take the kids to the park and the boys wanted to ride to Art Dye park. I took Emma’s bike in the van and told Ezra that he couldn’t ride the scooter all the way to the park and off we went. Emma told me she didn’t want…
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Church notes
From Brother Dollar’s seminary teacher brother from Georgia: Pray Explore the scriptures Always be able to laugh Consistency E Ginger Livingston: “the key for me has been letting go of preconceived notions of what conversation and gospel learning should look like.” Not sure who had this idea: different seeds will flourish in different soils or…
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Apostolic life
Jesus sent the 12 out to testify of Him to all the world (only the Jews while he was alive) It strikes me how much they have to operate independently. Sabbath Day: it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath day. If the thing you are doing is centered on things of eternal worth…
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A successful new beginning
Yesterday we introduced a new model for taking care of the family and making sure that needs are met and that the older girls are engaged with the family rather than cloistered in their own concerns. Essentially the plan is that Laura and I and each of the girls are responsible for a specific younger…
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Mitzi scare
If Mitzi does soon it will be at least partly my fault. I’ve noticed the last few weeks that she seems more frail and less lively. She doesn’t seem sick, just let energetic, like she is getting old (which she is). Today I didn’t notice that Alyssa had set her in my shoulder and as…
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Goodbye Marinette
Tonight I held Marinette as she passed away. She has been struggling for weeks. We thought she was getting better but Mariah saw that she was laying down and alerted me that she was unlikely to survive the night. I held her for over half an hour as she struggled to breath and finally she…
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Good neighbor
Thanks to Brother Murdoch for giving me a ride to the bus when he saw me running (literally running) late this morning.
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Reorganizing
Today in stake conference our stake was split and we, along with 7 of the 12 wards, were formed into a new stake, the Pleasant Grove Manila Creek Stake. We managed to get the same Stake President though. The 1st, 6th, 9th, 10th and 11th wards remained in the Manila stake while the 2nd, 3rd,…