Category: Journal
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Sophomore slump
I can’t decide how much of it was the second day where novelty is lower and how much was me doing less pushing but there were far fewer things moving across the kanban board today. It wasn’t horrible, just less impressive than yesterday. Laura and I are both feeling that Ezra is getting too much…
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Family Kanban
I had shared the idea of a kanban board for the family with Laura and explained that it would be fully compatible with the organization she wanted to establish in the family but until now I had not started it because Laura want ready. As we were having a discussion she disagreed with my assessment…
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Highs and lows
Today was a very exciting day because Isaac was ordained a deacon. The grandparents and uncle Bill came but otherwise it was just our nuclear family. Savannah also gave a great talk in sacrament meeting. Overall the day went very well. On the other hand, it ended on a low note as we had a…
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Understanding Mormon
In my prayer this morning as I sought answers on how to support my family I felt how much my situation has echoes of what Mormon experienced. He loved his people but could not (on the whole) recommend them to God. He had led his people but his soul cried out for the Lord to…
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Saffron released
Yesterday in the early party of the day Mariah showed me that Saffron was very weak and passive. We tried to help her perk up and it seemed to work for a while after I gave her an apple slice. She even got feisty for a little while but by bedtime she was lethargic again.…
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Talking vs acting rashly
The king of the Lamanites was justifiably angry but in acting rashly he put this life at risk while lashing out at the wrong people. Limhi had the chance to be similarly rash. Had he chosen that path he might have lost his life or even completely destroyed his people. Instead he chose to talk…
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Reasons
Not for the first time, Laura is unhappy that I am not complimentary enough and don’t take notice of her successes. There are few claims a person could make that would have more validity than that. On the other hand, in context that is no indictment on Laura -simply an evidence of my own brokenness.…
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Goodbye Chocolate Eclair
Despite my hopes to the contrary, Savannah texted me today to let me know that Chocolate Eclair had died. While this saddens me I take comfort in the fact that we gave her so much love over the last few weeks. I think she spent a good deal of time comfortable and happy. In some…
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A Turning Point
Emma woke me up a couple of times last night and after the second time for some reason I began remembering the time period when she was born – March of 2013 – and felt the need to record those memories. During the first months of 2013 I was commuting from Bountiful to Lehi to…
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A New Calling
This morning I got a text from Brother Rose asking to meet with me before church about a calling. When I mentioned that to Laura she suggested that I would be called into scouts. That got me thinking about potential callings and whether I felt I could fulfill them based on our current situation. Because…