Today our sacrament (worship) meeting talks were on gratitude, and one of the speakers talked about making a list one year during her childhood of all of the things that she was grateful for. As she wrote, each thing led to one more thing-- a home led to a bed, clean linens, her own room, a warm shower each morning, and so many more simple and yet ( Read more... )

It's been a few VERY hot days here in the Northwest but it appears that the fever has broken; this morning, at about 7:30, the rains, lightning and thunder hit with full force. It was actually quite impressive how quickly and powerfully the rain came. And the thunder! I've never heard thunder that close before-- there was less than a second between ( Read more... )

The last several nights, the Pea has been waking up. It's mostly for two reasons: a) she wants milk or b) she wants to change her pull-up (she gets incensed if she wakes up and it's wet, even though that's what it's there for. This fact seems to allude her). Normally, I take care of her, crawl back in bed, and am back to sleep in a matter of ( Read more... )

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