Tag: Laura
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A breakthrough
While doing my first day of the Love Dare I had a significant insight. I had taken the assessment and found that I scored a 0 on affirmation so I’m starting with the days related to affirmation. The first is day 7 and as I was writing the things I appreciate about Laura I realized…
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Small means
Because the moving of the needles on the Liahona were small miracles the people forgot to think of them as miracles do that they stopped exercising faith to the point that the needles stopped working and they were driven back in their journey. That’s precisely where Laura is. She doesn’t see the hand of the…
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Nourish the tree
Laura’s situation is that she had tried the experiment to know that the word is good but somewhere she stopped nourishing the tree and it has withered in the heat of the sun. I’m not sure yet if she has to start from scratch by planting the seed anew or if the existing tree can…
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Too demanding
It has become clear that part of Laura’s problem is that she demands so much that it is impossible for her to credit anyone for helping her. All help is seem as coming too late or too little it being given grudgingly. Neither I nor anyone else can satisfy her until she learns to give…
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Timpanogos
We hiked Timpanogos cave as a family today. Isaac chose to go to the temple instead but the other nine of us had a great time. The hike up to the cave was harder than Laura remembered but we all weathered it pretty well. The cave was awesome. In the decade plus since any of…
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Marriage counseling
Laura and I went to our first session of marriage counseling this afternoon. It was interesting to have a name applied to our communication pattern (pursue and withdraw) but even more interesting to listen to Laura’s description of our marriage – which showed no reason why anyone should want to end such a marriage. Sure…
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Build a Fortress of Spirituality and Protection
Satan justifies pride, unkindness, dishonesty, immorality, etc.
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Ready to be stupid
Laura seems set tonight on making the stupidest possible choice she can. For years I have realized that she could up and decide to end our marriage and I knew that doing so would be the worst choice she could make for the children and frankly for her as well. I don’t know how firmly…
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New guinea pig
Mariah has been doing everything she can for a while to earn a new guinea pig. I have concluded that I’m probably ready to have a new one in the house and Mariah has done research and compiled a book on caring for guinea pigs. Today we finished constructing a larger cage since her research…
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The day after
Laura can feel today again how much her fatigue on most days is likely more closely tied to her quetiapine than she had supposed. It sounds like she is becoming more open to careful experimentation to see if not taking it or adjusting the dosage downward might be better.