Tag: family
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The operating principle of this household
Today was another case where I keenly felt the operating principle for how our house runs. To put it briefly, other people (Laura, the kids, extended family, DCFS, the schools) complain that things aren’t right here then the complainers stand back and request me to expend more time/money/energy to make the situation better. It’s no…
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Total eclipse
Today we had the experience of seeing a total solar eclipse. The event was awe inspiring. The moment that the moon fully covered the sun all the people began to cheer and exclaim their amazement (despite the fact that they all anticipated the event). No picture can capture what we saw with it eyes and…
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Errand boy
I don’t think I am a particularly b dry person but I do feel like I am required to do all the bending in this family to accommodate everyone. I’ve learned that giving people what they want ask the time creates problems so I don’t always bend, but rarely does anyone else bend to make…
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Eternal Families
Every priesthood work is designed to perfect the children of Heavenly Father. Every major decision should be based on the effect it would have on a family to have eternal life. I love his description of how a Devon can strengthen his family with his faith. It is a strong reminder that anyone can strengthen…
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Why Marriage and Family Matter—Everywhere in the World
At the Vatican colloquium on marriage a Muslim scholar from Iran quoted two paragraphs verbatim from the family proclamation. The older I get, the more I realize that family is the center of life. (My nine decades on earth fully qualify me to say this.)
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Dad’s death – after noon on Monday and the funeral
Monday afternoon Once dad had passed away and people had finished filtering in and out of the room our attention was turned more fully and directly toward erasing the breach between the families. Bill suggested that we start by going to lunch as a family. He found a place and we all went and spent…
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Dad’s death – hospice care
I wrote on April 26th that Dad was dying. I said that we expected his death within hours (or days at the most) of him being moved to the hospice care ward. I never wrote the rest of the story. Here it is: On April 27th we returned to the hospital and the nurse explained…
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Family Proclamation – part 2
The message is so focused. We are told that husband and wives are responsible to love and serve each other, to raise their children in love, and to provide for their physical needs. The importance of those things is emphasized by the reminder that parents will be held accountable by God for how they fulfilled…
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Family Proclamation – part 1
I sincerely hope that The Family: A Proclamation to the World becomes canonized at some point. I don’t believe that it is revelation like the sections of the Doctrine and Covenants (where the words were given in one sitting to a prophet) but I do believe that its words are true doctrine of the same…
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Family
After looking at the role of children in families I decided to look at the parent topic (families) and see what I could glean there. Just the list of related entries was interesting. Besides the various areas that fall under the heading off family there we also links to the various topics under the heading…