Sunday morning as we were singing the sacrament hymn (the sacrament is another word for communion) this phrase in the song stood out to me: “for courage to accept thy will”. The word courage seems to describe perfectly my feelings. It is hard and sometimes scary to be living this new life. I never thought it was possible to live […]
Is there anything to write about besides the obvious? Everyone wants to know how we are – is it getting better? How are the kids? What can we do to help? I feel like I have no good answers. We’re doing O.K. Life is moving forward, mostly in the way that it did before – just with less laughter (because, […]
My natural instincts are to stay at home and enjoy the quiet. I could easily be a hermit!! But I don’t think it’s all that great for my emotional health. Sure, an occasional “mental health day” where you don’t do much of anything can be a good thing. But a steady diet of such definitely contributes to the blues. So, […]
I grew up in a transient home. My dad began his career as a Navy officer right around the time I was born and I spent the eighteen years of my childhood pulling up roots every two and a half years (and sometimes even more frequently). There are obvious disadvantages to this family lifestyle, but there are some real advantages […]
If you know me at all you know that I’m a voracious reader. Seriously, it is probably a thing that borders on being unhealthy. Add to that, for a girl who studied literature in college and knows how to appreciate fine writing, I’m pretty indiscriminate in my reading choices. I’m a happy genre reader – give me a good cozy […]
So, I’m not the most patient mom in the world (that’s shocking news, I’m sure). I really struggle with some of my children’s behaviors. Last night I was offering up my standard prayer – “please soften my heart towards my children, please help me feel about them the way You feel about them” and the thought came into my head, […]
I feel like I need to challenge myself to either write more here, or give up the blog. So I’m going to challenge myself to post weekly this summer and see how it goes. I’m hoping to do some fun things with my kids (instead of just working and keeping the house together) so maybe these weekly posts will keep […]
This might only be interesting to myself and perhaps a few fellow members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but I wanted to write out how I’m feeling about all the hoopla about women and the priesthood. I take as my theme Matthew 20:26-27, “whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever […]
I was a big journaler in high school and college – in fact I just did a LOT of writing in general. I wrote reams of letters to friends and family and filled a notebook every year with my random thoughts on just about everything (emphasis on boys – especially in high school!!). Then I got married and my writing […]
I’ve been thinking about the saying going around the internet – “this is a first world problem”. Last weekend we went out to Vernal, Utah to visit Tom’s mother. Because she broke her hip before Christmas, she’s been recovering in a care center. We spent the two days we were there hanging out with her. Most residents we saw were […]