wonderingme

You make me want to go again! I'm glad you had such a fun time.

At my home at eight pm, I am trying desperately to help finish homework, give baths, read children books, keep the baby from eating said books, wishing the dishes would somehow wash themselves, and dreaming of Mary Poppins for the rest of the house! And children have a sixth sense. There would be a vibe in the air that something was going to happen and they would NOT go to sleep!

He will quickly discover that trying to meet after 8pm just doesn't work. Our full-time missionaries wanted to start meeting with the families in the ward to get to know them- but only after 8pm. I was in a meeting where we tried to dissuade this. They tried and learned what your new EQ will learn- it is an extremely intrusive time of night to do this. I think the hardest callings are ones where we have to learn to support even when we don't agree. My mother (mid 60's) was recently a counselor in YW to a very young 25ish president. In my mother's words, "she will make a great leader some day." Sometimes people need to gain the experience and sometimes gaining the experience means making mistakes. Maybe you are in your calling because you will be able to support him and offer quiet guidance. If this is someone you really can't work with, then ask to be released.

My mother was a Sunbeam teacher. The Primary President's four-year-old son was in her class. They had a wonderful Mother's Day lesson and talked about everything their mothers do for them. She had them draw a picture of their mommy to take home. The Primary President's son, like the other children, draws a picture. It is a suprisingly anatomically correct picture of a naked lady. My mother, a bit concerned at where he might have gotten the details, asked, "And what is your picture about?" To which the sweet little boy answered, "That's my Mommy walking around in the morning!"

Farmer- You are a real thinker. You ask good questions. Don't disregard "feelings." Those feelings, when we are doing what we are supposed to be doing and staying close to the Lord, can be prompting from the Holy Ghost. Sometimes we don't recognize them at the time. Some of the worst situations I have put myself into in life have been when I ignored small twinges that something wasn't quite right. The challenge in life is to learn to trust your feelings, one way or the other, and then have the power to act upon them. For myself, the most dangerous and devious thing Satan can do is to mimic good. As has been said before, there is a quiet, inner peace when things are right. Thinking like Satan, how much better is it to be almost the best choice? Almost good? It is bad to go to the store on Sunday. But going to the park? Letting the children play at a friend's house on Sunday? Those things don't seem quite like sinning. But they inch us toward the gray line. I'm PTA President at my children's school. It is a good thing. But when I realized that I was spending so much time on PTA that my family was not getting the attention they needed, I had to admit that my priorities had shifted away from the most important thing. It is so easy to start heading toward the gray areas. I myself don't think that Satan can imitate discernment. That quiet, sure peace that we have made the best choice is like no other. Just my two cents.

My thoughts are with you. No one is perfect and sometimes forward progress is all we can expect. Don't give up on taking care of this now. You are heading in the right direction. Stay close to the Lord and keep strong. My husband grew up in a home where his step-father kept a two-foot stack of pornographric magazines in just about every room of the house. Guess who has a problem with it now? Its a horrible thing to be caught in.... but the peace that will come when you have it under control will be worth it.

Myself and three of my siblings all used to work for a funeral home. I worked with pre-need counselors. If you would like to make arrangements for an elderly person, just call and tell them that. Certainly make sure to do research on your own but they can give you a great deal of information. A pre-need counselor would be likely to come to your home or have you meet them at the funeral home. The cost of the funeral and burial can vary greatly. You can get a basic lined pine box at several hundred dollars or spend many thousand dollars. They usually create a payment plan. It would be very nice to have arrangements made so that you don't have to do it at such a difficult time.