In Mark 8:35 we read: “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.” – Christ and the Children For awhile now I’ve been trying to get at the source of the anger I feel when I’m dealing with Andrew’s difficult behaviors. I […]
I just got done reading a truly heart-breaking post by one of my favorite adoption bloggers. She’s got a child (two really, but one is not living in their home anymore) who is crazy. There is no place for help – no respite in their state, no qualifications for state assistance, nothing. She (and her other children and husband) are […]
I spent the better part of today driving. The day did not start out pretty. I woke up to SNOW (which is never a good sign when you are planning a road trip). And this was the third morning in the row that I got less than six hours of sleep (thank you, early morning seminary). I got back from […]
Why is it that this holiday is so fraught with emotional pitfalls? It seems like a simple thing – set aside a day to honor the work mothers do. And yet each year I read and hear women talk about this holiday in such negative terms. Firstly, there is the question of women who aren’t currently caring for a child […]
Have you ever had that experience of reading a book and even when you aren’t reading it, you keep thinking about the story or the ideas that you have been reading about? Some books are more attention getting than others, but a really good story can have me thinking about it for days. I had that experience with The Book […]
I have this problem that is only partially solved by wearing earplugs – I hear things at night. Things that wake me out of a sound sleep into a heart-pounding adrenaline rush of fears. Last night I heard four or five distinct and LOUD thumps – like someone was banging things around in the house – or something. Then I just laid […]
Kids are downstairs watching “The Aristocats”. I love that movie! No super scary villain and those kittens are so cute … Tom’s gone to the Priesthood Session of General Conference (want to know more? Go here.) Sadly, we all kindof forgot this was conference weekend and Spencer didn’t ask for it off, so he’s at work. I realized that […]
I was cleaning out the drawers in my nightstand the other day (does anyone else have to do this?? I always seem to be stashing things in them that really don’t go there) and came across my journal. The last entry in the book was from April of 2010. Shameful!! I got to thinking about why I hadn’t written in […]
This post will be mostly interesting to me as a way to track what I have done and what I am hoping to do in my scripture studying. While I’m feeling more positive about the attention I am paying to the scriptures now, I have to feel embarrassed when I think of the years where I never did any studying […]
Those who know me very well know that I am a frequent library flyer. I love to browse the shelves, track down new favorite authors, and bring home stacks of new books every week. It is kind of an addiction and periodically I will stop going and force myself to re-read books that I already own, just to slow my […]