Tag: life events
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Craig and Meghan
The news for today is that Bill called to tell me that Craig and Meghan and their family were in a horrible car crash last night on their way home from somewhere. Craig and their 11 month old died at the scene, Meghan lost her pregnancy, and Craig Jr (6 years old) died this evening.…
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Sad day
In some ways this day was basically inevitable—a matter of when it would happen and who would be involved more than a question of if it would happen. Tonight I walked into Enoch’s room to call him and Emma for scriptures and found Emma in her underwear jumping off of Enoch. Apparently he bribed her…
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Planning and preparing
We have done everything we can to prepare for the wedding tomorrow. We gathered all the clothes and shoes, including laundering the white shirts. We had a final briefing tonight to review who is going in which cars and at what times. Some people thought that was redundant but there should be no confusion. Similarly…
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Savannah engaged(ish)
Savannah asked Laura and I tonight “what if I were to get engaged?” I say “ish” because she says it’s not official yet but as I questioned her to know clearly identify where things stood it’s essentially official in that she and Aaron have an understanding but that Savannah (at least, who knows about Aaron)…
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Farewell Grandpa
Grandpa died this afternoon. It’s been just under a week since the nurse indicated that he was transitioning (a process that can take anywhere from hours to weeks) so we have expected it soon. Mom let me know by text within minutes of Marilyn observing him pass. I’m grateful that over the last several weeks…
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More law enforcement “fun”
I’m tardy in recording this, just like Isaac’s hospital visit. This took place last week. On July 5th Ezra got mad at 9:30pm because I took the nerf gun he kept pointing at Noah. In response he escaped the house a few minutes later (just fast enough to get out of my sight) after declaring…
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A timely temple lesson
Considering the events of last Saturday it’s no surprise that I didn’t record my experience from the temple that morning but as I was talking to Bill yesterday I realized that my insights in the temple that morning provided helpful context for me in processing Isaac’s drama that evening. As I was doing more processing…
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The dam breaks
On Saturday night Isaac came in after 10 telling me he needed me to turn the WiFi on so he could “talk to some people.” When I didn’t turn it on based on that lack of information Isaac declared that I would find his body in the morning. Shortly after that he texted a complaint…
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A life well loved
This morning as I was about to hop in the shower Alyssa came to my room and called out to me, “Dad it’s Mitzi, she’s slow and not very responsive this morning.” I went downstairs and Alyssa was holding Mitzi who we walking slowly and wobbly and keeping her eyes closed. It was clear that…
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Recording Laura in real time
I have decided that I need to keep a record of the ways that Laura unsecured herself and me as I noticed it happening. The purpose here isn’t to castigate her but rather to ensure that I have a record of events as needed for clarity rather than relying on fuzzy memories without details. I…