David Journal

Tag: Laura

  • Tough conversation

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    I woke up worried about money—specifically about financing the Honda Accord but more generally about our debt load. I finally sat down with Laura to tell her some hard truths but the major message was that I need more help from her. I was afraid that she would work under the truth but she took…

  • Christmas activity

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    Laura noticed a couple of weeks ago that there was a Messiah sing-in and decided she wanted to go. In the end it was only Laura, me, and Emma who went but we had a good time even though they skipped many of the choruses and Emma and I had a hard time following along…

  • A possible foothold

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    After Laura expressed a sentiment I really understood—the lament of feeling outside the active interest of Heavenly Father—I decided to see if that could be a foothold to talk to get about making goals and adopting a creator mindset instead of a victim mindset. I decided that instead of going home after our play we…

  • Momentum

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    I feel like I’m stuck in a rut or coasting in some ways lately but I’m still doing a lot of useful stuff all the time. That stood out in stark relief to me today as Laura asked for a blessing because she’s been having depressive thoughts after I’ve been noticing that for all her…

  • Parent free

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    An interaction with Emma encapsulates our boundary-free and authority-free culture. She asked this evening if we could make a cobbler since we had the ingredients available. I told her it was too late in the evening and said we could do that tomorrow. Teen minutes later she came back and asked me “so, what about…

  • Still rolling

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    I’ve been impressed with the way Laura has continued to work toward getting a job. I’ve helped with her resume and application but she has also proactively looked up resources and recommendations for getting back into the workforce after being a stay at home Mom. I’m encouraging her when she has doubts (“what if this…

  • Walk with Laura

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    At the end of a good Mother’s Day where I managed to cook a full dinner for the family paired with a cake that Bex made Laura invited me to go for a walk. I think she asked because of all the walking I have been doing in the last few weeks. Whatever the case…

  • Zero in on joy

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    I’m trying to find ways to help Laura stay focused on finding sources for her joy but tonight I am also thinking that I need to focus on learning to increase my joy in Christ. In both cases, we need to be looking for joy.

  • In relentless pursuit

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    I’ve found myself singularly interested in helping Laura take advantage of the spiritual boost from conference while we have opened the conversation. Every time I pray I find myself praying that Laura can discover her joy and motivation and that she can come to internally understand the true nature of the plan of salvation and…

  • Laura needs to act

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    I don’t usually like to focus my journal on anyone else but tonight Laura asked for a blessing because she has been struggling emotionally (despite all of our progress with things like could prayer and scripture study). The impression I got was that she needed to actively sell things that would bring her joy and…