Category: Journal
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Storage space
Today Laura rented us a storage unit so we can begin to make space in our house again. In the evening we took the loaded trailer and put that first load in the shed. Savannah had to go compose herself rather than help because loading the trailer makes moving to real for her. She is…
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Pet day
We never did find sugar yesterday and when I got home today I was told that Coconut had escaped again. While I was standing the kitchen not to minutes later I looked out the back door and said, ” there’s Coconut.” Noah looked up to see Coconut and said, “there’s Sugar.” Both bunnies found, in…
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Lost bunnies
At 8:40 this morning Mariah called me to tell me that the bunnies had escaped from the outdoor pen I had constructed again on Saturday. I told her there was nothing I could do from work. The truth is that I prayed. I asked that we not have a repeat of Spice, that if we…
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Case closed … again
The good news for today is that our DCFS case is again closed. Becca mentioned in an email that Enoch had been interviewed by phone and she had taken notes. Soon after I read that I got a call from Adelyn asking for contact information for Mom. She said that the boys had only talked…
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Conference on the road
This was a regional conference for Idaho Elder Wilford W. Andersen I’m not sure who he was quoting – “Let us remember as we live our lives that the world of our parents are theirs, not ours.” Quoting Joe Lieberman “It has been said that over the centuries the Jews have kept the Sabbath when…
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Saffron and Elli…ot
Not long after Savannah left this morning for the Utah Classic ballroom competition Mariah called me into their room. “Dad come look, you’ve got to see this.” While we purchased two female dwarf hamsters it turns out that Ellie is actually Elliot. I’m hopeful that first-time-mother Saffron doesn’t get to worried to care for her…
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Runaway
About the time the Blue and Gold banquet ended Alyssa walked away from Mom’s house. Over the next two hours I was driving Enoch and Savannah to Lehi and rehearsal respectively. That should have been ample time for Alyssa to return but she didn’t. I spent another hours in Mom’s neighbors searching for her. Just…
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Enoch moved
Enoch moved to the Warden’s house this afternoon. I had hoped to be able to go down but the schedule didn’t work for that. I hear he is doing well so far but I would have liked to see him off. Thankfully I’ll get to see him on Thursday when I bring him up for…
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Eternal Perspective
Colleen Eggett quoted “In Heavenly Father’s plan salvation is an individual matter but exaltation is a family matter.” I’ve heard that before but the difference between salvation and exaltation really struck me this time. Salvation is the least we want for anyone and each of us is in control of our own destiny in that…
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DCFS for Grandma
We meet with Adelyn today and felt that we had a good meeting where she understood how responsive we had been to finding solutions in contradiction of what she had been concerned about. We got a better understanding of their process and perspective and as we left she said she was going to close the…