Tag: Laura
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Savannah’s blessing
Today Savannah received her patriarchal blessing. Marsh brought Laura up for it. President Smith (former Stake President) was the patriarch. When he saw Marsha’s last name on her name tag he asked if she was related to Francis Gibbons. When she said yes he had a few stories to tell because he grew up in…
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One step at a time
The day started with Alyssa doing Saturday school to rescue a failing grade. It continued with getting the house cleaned up to make a tolerable impression on a candidate for our nanny position. I enjoyed the decent house though the nanny interview got pushed to Monday (when I now have three in succession). In the…
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Limitations
Laura has concluded that she needs to take a complete break from the house including me avoiding talk about the kids (specifically when there is trouble) around her. I will conduct the many search without having her sit in on the interviews. I’ve taken over the Care.com listing and conducted a phone interview today. I…
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Healing
After a crazy day of running from thing to thing as I was taking care of the kids today (with a short break before school got out where I took Ezra and Emma to visit Laura) the day conclude with Laura going to ward temple night. Afterward she came here after bedtime and the two…
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Anxious again
Today was another anxious day for Laura. She choose to spend more time alone and working on some personal things. Time may tell if that was the right decision or not. I found out that the post office supposedly tried to deliver Laura’s ring on Monday but couldn’t get anyone who could sign for it.…
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In the presentation
Laura has a discussion today with Becca, Marsha, and Noreen. She came away with new thoughts regarding having a nanny for the kids and knew that she needed to acquaint me with the insights from that discussion. When I got home from work born was he and she decided to do me in. She told…
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Brass tacks
On day 14 of our new world (the one that started with Laura acting on the conclusion that she was holding the family back) finally arrived at some concrete plans to deal with a significant portion of the care and support needs that we have identified to preserve Laura’s long-term help and well-being. I have…
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More meetings
After a good set of church meetings and many people inquiring about Laura and stuffing us well I had a long day of shutting kids back and forth to Grandma’s house to see Laura. I also took time to meet with Becca, David, and Marsha there so that Becca could share things that she has…
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New normal
I woke up that to discover a thick blanket of snow on the ground. While I was still inside with the kids Angie Larsen cleared our driveway with her snowblower. When I went out at 11:30 there was another 3 or 4 inches on the ground. I got out the snowblower to redo it and…
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A long day
Today was as long day for everyone. I was home from work and Laura and I used the time to do some shopping. We had Ezra as Emma and we learned a valuable lesson. As they constantly had things to talk about and questions to ask her energy plummeted. I know the feeling although she…