David Journal

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  • Coming out

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    Today we faced what had long seemed inevitable. Laura and I have talked many times about the is of having at least one child identify as gay. For quite some time in observing Alyssa I suspected that she might identify as LGBTQ in some way. Laura took her phone for not doing her work and…

  • Alter the Management

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    I’ve been brainstorming today about what changes would fundamentally change the equation for me and the family. Here are things I have identified: Make an unbreakable habit of daily prayer (how?) Fast with purpose Attend the temple regularly Regular family scripture study (is that even possible for us?) Increase income by $1000/month Get a job…

  • Hope in Christ

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    I have felt at times that I was losing any real grip on hope. I knew the gospel and believe in Christ on a macro scale but for myself felt that I was just hanging on and ensuring with little or no hope of things actually improving for me in this life. Today I went…

  • New guinea pig

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    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…

  • The start of summer

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    With memorial day we got a taste of how the summer will begin. We went to the Memorial Day breakfast in Woods Cross and got to do the regular activities (rock climbing, visit the for trucks, see life flight) by the time we got in the car to go home we had fights (mostly with…

  • Mariah’s surgery

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    Forest thing this morning I have Mariah s blessing in advance of her surgery. By the time I checked in with Laura less than 40 minutes after Mariah was shredded to go in to surgery Laura informed me that Mariah was already done and just waiting for her to wake up. Little did I know…

  • Medical day

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    I had a dental check-up yesterday and this morning I got a couple of cavities filled as well as having most of my old fillings replaced. At the same time Laura was taking Mariah to see a surgeon to evaluate the hernia that she had been diagnosed with on Wednesday. The news from that was…

  • Laura’s epiphany

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    Laura woke up early this morning with energy and clarity of thought. She talked to me and I felt it necessary to make a record of what she said in case her memory got closed later. Laura dreamed last night and finally saw clearly how things have been for so many years for everyone in…

  • Parenting help

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    My day started with me going to put early so that I could fill the car with gas so that Savannah wouldn’t have to worry about that. See the end if work I walked to the Museum of Natural Curiosity so that the kids could keep playing there longer rather than coming to pick me…

  • Cruising

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    Today I felt so everything as I worked on reporting for our expired OKRs and planning the new ones. I had very positive interactions surrounding those high level activities and I have found during this last quarter that I could maintain better focus on what needed to be done (although part of that improvement is…