Category: Journal
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Tender hearts
Early morning I saw that the bunnies were out of their pen and asked Isaac to bring them back into the garage. As I left at 8:10 to go to work (from Mom’s house today) I saw a small animal lying in the road. As I got near I realized it was our bunny, Spice.…
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Failure to thrive
It is a sad day a we are forced to acknowledge that Alyssa failed to get any of the desired benefits of joining the swim team. She didn’t integrate socially and she grew to hate the training and competition so much that she quit actually going to practice weeks ago. At this point we aren’t…
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Stake Conference thoughts
With the death of President Monson this week I had anticipated that we would sustain the Quorum of the Twelve but no First Presidency. Instead we simply sustained “the general authorities and general officers of the church as presently constituted.” President Jackson: referencing Joy in the Journey “Joy comes with the recognition that today…is the…
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What would happen if
We were talking about the succession of authority in the church when a project dies. In the process e talked about new apartment being called. Mariah asked what would happen if I were called to be an apostle. I tried to tell her how I would stop working elsewhere and devote the rest of my…
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Looking at changes
As we continue to struggle for stability in our family we are constantly looking at potential changes, big and small, which might achieve our goal. Currently we are working with Mom to bring more appreciation and training so that the kids develop more consistent habits of doing the little things to keep the home up.…
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Journaling 2018
51 weeks ago (yesterday) I began journaling again regularly. Of course everything was focused on Laura. Laura tried to kill herself. Laura’s in the ICU. Laura’s in the psych ward. Laura’s at Mom’s house. Laura had a good day. Laura had a bad day. When it no longer seemed compelling to report on Laura daily…
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Know of a surety
Everything that a person would need to know to have a testimony of Christ was presented within minutes. They heard the testimony of the Father and of the Son and then they saw and felt the wounds as evidence of His atoning sacrifice. There may be plenty of doctrines which such witness would not clarify…
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Enoch is baptized
After all the stress and trouble at the well leading up to today we finally had the baptism along with the party and the play (Peter Pan). I was so thrilled that the baptism went smoothly and Enoch didn’t balk at standing in front of everyone. The peace was strongest as we stood confirming him…
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Success despite obstacles
I managed to have a successful day despite everything planned and unplanned that I had to work through. I worked from home to be able to do lunch with Noah and meet with school officials regarding Ezra. That was all fine but we had to throw in Addie getting sick so that she couldn’t come…
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Chilling with Isaac
Spent Isaac had a hard day today – feeling sick, having a long rehearsal where the director was not easy on him while wearing an uncomfortable costume that didn’t fit. In the evening Laura prodded me to take Isaac out and just have fun. $50 later we had gone bowling and played pool and pinball…