David Journal

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  • Moving forward

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    Laura didn’t get the role in 1776 but thankfully she had any felt last night that it might not be a good thing so she took the news well. She came and met me for lunch. We talked about the situation and about finding a new therapist. Dr. Empey said that he shouldn’t work with…

  • Signs of trouble

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    Laura is recognizing today the signs of stagnation. She has no direction (although she can hope for the role in 1776); she has had virtually no social schedule the past couple of weeks; she is getting shorter of temper on those brief occasions when she interacts with the kids; and she feels that her therapist…

  • Ready for normal again

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    The kids’ long weekend is over. Alyssa is going back to school after being “sick” for a week. (I think she started sick the first day or two and then it was just emotionally not ready to accept that she want actually physically ill anymore.) Laura is finished with preparing for auditions. Hopefully we can…

  • New calling

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    I hadn’t expected it this week but I was announced as a primary worker in sacrament meeting today. Brother Moore told me that they decided it made more sense to include Noah in my class along with Enoch and Ezra and that neither Turville has accepted the call to serve with me. Adventure awaits. After…

  • Auditions

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    I got everything in place to be able to have Alyssa get counseling with Dr. Empey like Isaac does. I feel like we have a chance to help her get her feet under her emotionally. Laura auditioned for the role of Abigail Adams in 1776 at Centerline Legacy Theater today. She can home positively bubbly…

  • The worst nanny in the world

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    Stephanie left the house tonight assuring me that I would doubtless hear more stories from Ezra about how she was the worst nanny in the world than he had already told me while she was still here. I felt confident that she really was doing a good job as the littler kids have been pushing…

  • Behavioral collapse

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    When I got home today I saw Isaac leaving and as I walked in the door Stephanie declared that we need to talk about Isaac because she was done with him. We had a good talk about him and how she should avoid exerting control when he got oppositional other than to send him away.…

  • Progress?

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    With day 2 of our obedience tracking I decided to keep a record of past performance so that we would be able to spot trends. I had to make the day 1 record from memory but I know that 6 of the 8 numbers are correct and the other 2 are in the right ballpark…

  • Party on

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    With a conversation that started in 2016, Laura and I finally invited people to a small get-together on the 31st. It started as a celebration of our combined 40-ness but, realizing that neither of us are big-group people, morphed into the first of a series of smaller gathering to enjoy time with God friends. With…

  • Obedience

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    I told the kids today that obedience was our focus. I will be noting any infractions each day and reporting on it so they can see how often they are disobedient. From there we can hopefully improve. I also learned that some of the boys (especially Enoch and Ezra) have been so disruptive in primary…