Tag: Ezra
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Happy birthday Ezra
Laura and I have been feeling that Ezra should come home soon. Today we meet with the principal at Deerfield elementary to talk about options to help him successfully begin attending school. We were very encouraged by their flexibility and understanding and as we left we knew it was time to bring Ezra home today.…
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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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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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A day together
For the first time in a very long time we had the whole family together. We were celebrating Mariah’s birthday and Enoch was with us plus I had talked to Lily about visiting Ezra sometime so we arranged to bring him with us. He didn’t get to stay overnight but he went with the rest…
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Shooting straight
Laura is frustrated with me right now because of many perceived mistakes etc which she can’t leave behind. She says she wants an apology but truthfully no apology will ease her mind much. The truth is she needs to learn to cast her burden at the feet of the Lord and be healed. Looking forward…
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Guinea pigs
Among the first things this morning Mariah called me to her room where she told me that Molly had died last night. We cried and talked about how much Molly had shown her love even while she was sick. Later tonight it occurred to me that she might have gotten such partly because I forgot…
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Two away
Tonight we sent Emma and Ezra to live with Andy and Lily as the first step in helping out family recuperate from the ridiculous levels of stress that have arisen from our dysfunction. We already knew things were bad – that’s why we embarked on such an unconventional plan – but things like the discovery…
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Telling the kids
Tonight we told the rest of the kids or plans for who was going where. The day started with Mom telling me she thought Emma should stay closer than Idaho and held it the possibility of her spending days with Lisa. I love the thought of not sending her so far away but it would…
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Coming into focus
Last night we had a long discussion with Andy and Lily and agreed to have Ezra and Emma go stay with them in Idaho. Between them and us we should be able to see the Ezra and Emma every couple of weeks in person. Tonight we talked with Emily and Phil, who offered to take…
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Snippets of clarity
There is still much that we don’t know after yesterday but we have learned a couple of things. Steve and Noreen called to say that they can’t help because they can’t divert resources from the challenging tall of helping Daniel to launch into adulthood. Considering what I know of Daniel that is a valid concern.…