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  • Amateur counselor

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    This morning I talked with Savannah about her concerns with how Aaron is trying to beat his own burdens mainly in isolation. We talked and I arranged to go visit both of them in a couple of weeks. At the end of my work day Bill called to talk. That was good because I’ve had…

  • Mutual support

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    Bill and I were catching up this afternoon and he told me he’s looking for a therapist he can see regularly (as I have been encouraging for months) but as we talked through things we agreed to make a point to talk together twice a week for as long as he hasn’t found an actual…

  • Laura’s epiphany

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    Laura woke up early this morning with energy and clarity of thought. She talked to me and I felt it necessary to make a record of what she said in case her memory got closed later. Laura dreamed last night and finally saw clearly how things have been for so many years for everyone in…

  • Day of rest

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    Church went fairly smoothly today. Afterward we went to visit Mom while dropping off the lawnmower and leaving the trailer for Bill to use in moving. Finally, Isaac and I went to the Alpine Tabernacle for stake general priesthood meeting – which turned out to be just what my soul needed (specifically president Livingston’s talk).…

  • Goodbye Willow (and Sugar)

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    Soon after I came upstairs in the morning Marsha said she had to show me something in the garage. My first thought was to wonder if Jasper has escaped into Andy’s truck bed. Instead, as I should have known after the stress of yesterday, she showed me that Willow had died in the night. She…

  • Baptisms

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    Our day was dominated by baptisms today. We (minus Laura – who was feeling sick starting last night) went to Andrew’s baptism and then had lunch at Bill’s house afterward. We left there with just enough time to pick up Laura’s medication at Target and then go to the baptisms for our Ward (Emily Adamson…

  • Cousins

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    I continued to cop away at work while looking forward to my long weekend. I enjoyed starting that weekend with an evening at the splash pad with Bill and call and our families. A little taking and a lot of playing with the kids was good for all of us.

  • Stretched thin

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    I have no reserves to deal gracefully when kids (Isaac, Enoch, Alyssa primarily) push too hard against my directions or rules. Even without those kinds of hiccups I rush from one thing to the next. After sacrament meeting I went to the special teachers class but had to leave early in time to get to…

  • 27 September 2009

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    I can tell that I have some of the sickness that Laura is feeling and that everyone else has had to varying degrees. That’s not a fun thought as I am covering for Scott this week. We got a slow start today and I was the only one to go to Sacrament meeting for our…