Tag: Bex
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Guinea pigs
Among the first things this morning Mariah called me to her room where she told me that Molly had died last night. We cried and talked about how much Molly had shown her love even while she was sick. Later tonight it occurred to me that she might have gotten such partly because I forgot…
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Saffron and Elli…ot
Not long after Savannah left this morning for the Utah Classic ballroom competition Mariah called me into their room. “Dad come look, you’ve got to see this.” While we purchased two female dwarf hamsters it turns out that Ellie is actually Elliot. I’m hopeful that first-time-mother Saffron doesn’t get to worried to care for her…
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A path forward
I took today off to be at two meetings for Enoch. Each was scheduled for an hour and each took over 2 hours. At the first meeting we went to Matt’s Place and meet with a counselor named Shirlene. I love the fact that she soon identified that what Enoch needed was to have the…
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Tender hearts
Early morning I saw that the bunnies were out of their pen and asked Isaac to bring them back into the garage. As I left at 8:10 to go to work (from Mom’s house today) I saw a small animal lying in the road. As I got near I realized it was our bunny, Spice.…
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What would happen if
We were talking about the succession of authority in the church when a project dies. In the process e talked about new apartment being called. Mariah asked what would happen if I were called to be an apostle. I tried to tell her how I would stop working elsewhere and devote the rest of my…
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Looking at changes
As we continue to struggle for stability in our family we are constantly looking at potential changes, big and small, which might achieve our goal. Currently we are working with Mom to bring more appreciation and training so that the kids develop more consistent habits of doing the little things to keep the home up.…
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Enoch is baptized
After all the stress and trouble at the well leading up to today we finally had the baptism along with the party and the play (Peter Pan). I was so thrilled that the baptism went smoothly and Enoch didn’t balk at standing in front of everyone. The peace was strongest as we stood confirming him…
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Tough questions
Laura and I had the task of asking Mariah if she had taken money from a friend. Money had gone missing the day that her friend had shown it to her and Tamra Adamson had the uncomfortable task of telling Laura about it. We are hoping that they find the money because we don’t believe…
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Peter Pan parts
The kids auditions for Peter pan went very well according to Laura. She was obviously right because the casting apparently too less than an hour and Alyssa got the party of Smee alongside Isaac as Captain Hook. Laura had told me that they had read together for those two parts (with both of them trying…