tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107598422024-03-18T15:10:51.239-05:00Cosbys in Cahoots(We need to move to a "C" city...)heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.comBlogger400125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-48634806105694829592022-02-13T20:39:00.001-06:002022-02-13T20:39:41.205-06:00talk on being a disciple of Christ<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">As our family studied the
scriptures listed for Come Follow Me this week, it was clear that we were each
drawn to Abraham’s powerful statement of his desires. He says, “And, finding
there was greater happiness and peace and rest for me, I sought for the
blessings of the fathers, and… [desired] also to be one who possessed great
knowledge, and to be a greater follower of righteousness, and to possess a
greater knowledge, and to be a prince of peace, and [desired] to receive
instructions, and to keep the commandments of God.” (Abraham 1:2)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Elder
Neal A. Maxwell explained, “<i>Desire</i> denotes a real longing or
craving.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/bc52f6d7b7a19193/Documents/disciple%20of%20Christ%20talk.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> The magnetic power of
Abraham’s statement comes from recognizing in him our own cravings after
righteousness, and after the happiness, peace, and rest he knew would result
from acting on those desires. However, like any desire, our passion for it can
fade over time if we don’t commit to regularly rekindling its fire within us.
Keeping this fire—lit by the infinite love and light of Jesus Christ—burning in
our souls is what I’d like to speak on today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">It
seems only fitting that on the day before Valentine’s Day, I share a little bit
of my own relationship to the gospel. Like falling in love, our discovery of
the real truth and power of the gospel can be exciting and intoxicating at
first. I remember going to seminary as a young teen and learning about the
parallelism and poetry in the creation story of Genesis in the first few weeks.
I was surprised. All of that depth was in this story all along?! During my
years of seminary and then in my religion classes at college, I loved
re-learning the stories I’d known as a child as more than just stories. Now
they were allegories filled with symbols, cultural commentary, and models of
behavior. I filled binders full of notes (that are still filling up a plastic
tub in my garage) with connections from one book or class to another. I had
plenty of time to study and wonderful teachers willing to enrich my
understanding and answer my questions. The scriptures had come alive for me and
my desire to follow their teachings blossomed. I felt—like Abraham—greater happiness,
peace and rest, when I did. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">As
he continues to speak about our desires, Neal A. Maxwell states, “righteous
desires are much more than passive preferences or fleeting feelings. Of course,
our genes, circumstances, and environments matter very much, and they shape us
significantly.” As I left college, began working and started a family, I found
I had less time to spend deep in the scriptures. I also now had to wrestle with
the challenges of motherhood, moving frequently, a husband in graduate school
and starting a career, and unexpected mental health challenges. Close friends
and family began to pose questions about the gospel that I couldn’t answer
satisfactorily for myself. My genes, circumstances, and environment, as Elder
Maxwell noted, were indeed shaping my experience. And “yet,” he finishes, “there
remains an inner zone in which we are sovereign, unless we abdicate. In this
zone lies the essence of our individuality and our personal accountability….Therefore,
what we insistently desire, over time, is what we will eventually become and
what we will receive in eternity.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/bc52f6d7b7a19193/Documents/disciple%20of%20Christ%20talk.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I
could talk a long time about my journey from that teenager of a couple decades
ago to the person I am now, but that’s not the point of this talk. Let’s just
say, the honeymoon is over. But in its place is deep, comforting, and
unshakeable confidence and trust. Of more interest than the details of my own
story, are the particulars of the process; not only how do we become, but how
do we remain the kind of person who chooses Christ daily? The Lord mercifully
tells us, “I will judge all men according to their works [<i>and</i>] according
to the desire of their hearts” (</span><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/137.9?lang=eng#p9"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">D&C 137:9</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">; see also </span><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/jer/17.10?lang=eng#p10"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Jer. 17:10</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">). Despite the mistakes
we will make along the way, a consistent desire to come unto Christ will make
for a joyful judgement day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> Thankfully, our lives are filled with endless
opportunities to learn of Christ. The Lord says, “And behold, … all things are
created and made to bear record of me, both things which are temporal, and
things which are spiritual; things which are in the heavens above, and things
which are on the earth, and things which are in the earth, and things which are
under the earth, both above and beneath: all things bear record of me.” (Moses
6:63) This verse implies that God has given us an invitation to find Him in
everything we see in the world around us. We are to be always asking the
question, “What does this tree, rock, dinosaur bone, rain, or volcano teach me
about Christ?” I mean, what an interesting question! And the fruits of
pondering this question can be surprising and sweet. Let me give you an
example. A few years ago, I was praying about how to help my children feel more
connected to Christ as they took the sacrament each week. The answer I received
was to make bread together and then take it to church to be used in the
sacrament that week. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">As
we made the bread, I was able to talk about each ingredient and how it relates
to the gospel of Jesus Christ. We talked about how just a tiny bit of yeast can
make miracles happen and make the dough grow big and soft. We talked about how
a little bit of sweetness feeds the yeast and goes a long way. We talked about
being wheat instead of tares. We talked about being the salt of the earth—and laughed
about the time I forgot to put salt in the pizza dough and how horrible it
tasted! As the dough came together, we talked about how Jesus calls himself the
Bread of Life. As we kneaded and stretched the dough, we remembered how His
body was smitten, bruised, and torn for us. Then we put it in the oven to rise
and when we took it out we remembered how He left the tomb and rose again for
us, so that we too can be resurrected and live together forever. When we put it
in the hot oven to bake, we talked about how going through trials can form us
into something new and better and different. And as we tasted the sweet
finished bread, we talked about how sweet it is to have Christ in our life and
feast on His word every day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">It
was such an unexpectedly powerful experience to have with my children and more
and more thoughts and comparisons kept coming to my mind as I talked and worked
with the kids. As we shared our offering with our congregation the next day, we
were happy to be able to be a small part of such a sacred moment as we each in
turn partook of the bread and remembered our Savior’s love and sacrifice for
each of us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Of
course, our life is not a series of these blissful domestic moments. More often
than not, it’s uneventful and a little taxing. But still, the Lord asks us to
find Him in that. Richard Rohr is a Franciscan Friar and Christian mystic who
talked about this idea. He noted that most of the Bible is “mundane, practical,
specific, and frankly, unspiritual”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/bc52f6d7b7a19193/Documents/disciple%20of%20Christ%20talk.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> just like our life….Just
like <i>our</i> life. And yet, the Bible is a sacred book just like our life is
a sacred experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The
best way that I’ve found to see the sacredness in my everyday life is to be
mindful of the present moment. President Thomas S. Monson once gave a talk on
laying up for ourselves treasures in heaven. The treasure map, he said, for
finding our treasure in heaven was this: “Learn from the past, prepare for the
future, live in the present.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/bc52f6d7b7a19193/Documents/disciple%20of%20Christ%20talk.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> For me, living in the present looks like
noticing and being grateful for what’s around me. When I go on a walk, I like
to notice the texture of the bark on the trees as I pass. Sometimes I’ll stop
and watch a bird jump from branch to branch. Other times I’ll pick up a fallen
leaf or twig of cypress and feel its texture in my hands. As I do this, my walk
becomes not just a time for exercise, but an exercise in appreciation, wonder,
and awe. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">This
kind of noticing is possible wherever you are. Is the sun streaming through a
window and warming you as you work at your computer? Are your kids giggling
upstairs? Are you feeling satisfied after a warm lunch? Did you witness a kind
act? Each of these moments is an opportunity to see the grace of God in the
world and to appreciate His goodness. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">We
can also practice consecrating our time and actions to the Lord. Consecrating
your time at work means you recognize what you’re able to provide for your
family, for the tithing you’ll pay from your earnings, and the graciousness you
can show to your coworkers. The time you spend reading can be consecrated by
enjoying the opportunity to explore new ideas or times or places and broadening
your worldview. Making dinner or doing laundry can look like consecration when
you recognize that you’re following Christ’s directive to feed the hungry and
clothe the naked. Every time we consecrate a moment to the Lord, we come closer
to Christ and invite others to do the same. Elder Maxwell taught, “Each
assertion of a righteous desire, each act of service, and each act of worship,
however small and incremental, adds to our spiritual momentum. Like Newton’s
Second Law, there is a transmitting of acceleration as well as a contagiousness
associated with even the small acts of goodness.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/bc52f6d7b7a19193/Documents/disciple%20of%20Christ%20talk.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Again,
I’m not saying that this is easy, or comes naturally, or that your life has to
be picture perfect to be able to find beauty and holiness within it. When
things are just run-of-the-mill difficult, I like to remember something my dad
used to say. It was “If it doesn’t matter in eternity, it doesn’t matter now.”
I repeat this to myself when I feel like criticizing or griping and it helps to
stop me from saying something I might regret—or to apologize after I’ve already
said it. I also try to remember to look for the fruits of the spirit. Paul
teaches us that “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, [and] temperance.” (Galatians 5: 22-23)
Ask yourself, “Are there people supporting me through this trial with
gentleness and goodness? Or is this experience requiring me to practice
meekness and longsuffering?” If so, then God is with you, and letting you know
your Heavenly Parents are with you through the feelings of the Holy Ghost.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">And
what about the harder trials? The years-long battles for health or the
always-strained relationships or the unanswered petitions. President Russel M.
Nelson addressed this by recalling a familiar story. “Do you remember the
biblical story of the woman who suffered for 12 years with a debilitating
problem?” he asked. “She exercised great faith in the Savior, exclaiming, ‘If I
may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">This
faithful, focused woman needed to stretch as far as she could to access His
power. Her physical stretching was symbolic of her spiritual stretching.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Many
of us have cried out from the depths of our hearts a variation of this woman’s
words: ‘If I could spiritually stretch enough to draw the Savior’s power into
my life, I would know how to handle my heart-wrenching situation. I would know
what to do. And I would have the power to do it.’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">When
you reach up for the Lord’s power in your life with the same intensity that a
drowning person has when grasping and gasping for air, power from Jesus Christ
will be yours. When the Savior knows you truly want to reach up to Him—when He
can feel that the greatest desire of your heart is to draw His power into your
life—you will be led by the Holy Ghost to know exactly what you should do.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/bc52f6d7b7a19193/Documents/disciple%20of%20Christ%20talk.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Sometimes,
the thing that keeps us from recognizing or drawing on God’s power is our own
feeling of worthlessness. If this is the case, please listen to these words
from Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Perhaps, at times, we see ourselves as a little
less than we are. Unworthy. Untalented. Nothing special. Lacking the heart,
mind, resources, charisma, or stature to be of much use to God. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“You
say you’re not perfect? You’re not good enough? Well, welcome to the club! You
may be just the person God is looking for….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“The
Lord chooses the humble and meek—partly because they are humble and meek. In
this way, there is never a question regarding the reason for their success.
These wonderful, ordinary people accomplish great things not because of who
they are but because of who God is! For ‘what is impossible with man is
possible with God.’”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/bc52f6d7b7a19193/Documents/disciple%20of%20Christ%20talk.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> (Luke 18:27, NIV)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> But what if you feel not only worthless, but
also unworthy? If so, then listen to Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “Surely the
thing God enjoys most about being God is the thrill of being merciful,
especially to those who don’t expect it and often feel they don’t deserve it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“I
do not know who in this vast audience today may need to hear the message of
forgiveness inherent in [the parable of the laborers], but however late you
think you are, however many chances you think you have missed, however many
mistakes you feel you have made or talents you think you don’t have, or however
far from home and family and God you feel you have traveled, I testify that you
have not traveled beyond the reach of divine love. It is not possible for you
to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ’s Atonement shines… His concern
is for the faith at which you finally arrive, not the hour of the day in which
you got there.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/bc52f6d7b7a19193/Documents/disciple%20of%20Christ%20talk.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Still
not convinced? How about this promise from the Apostle Paul, “Who shall
separate us from the love of Christ? <i>shall</i> tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? <b> </b>For
I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,
nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor
any other creature, shall be able to separate us from
the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:35,
38-39)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As
a young woman, I was taught that I had inherent, infinite, individual worth,
and a divine nature. If this is true, it must also be true that no matter the
circumstances of my life, no matter how deeply entrenched in sin or suffering,
there is a piece of my soul that is whole and perfect and worthy of the
infinite love of my Heavenly Mother and Father. If this is true for me, then
it’s true for you, for everyone here, and for every single person on this
earth. If this is true, and I testify
that it is, then we have the right to tap into that untouchable wholeness and
with God’s help find our way to His light. As Elder Uchtdorf said, “Our
Heavenly Father is the God of new beginnings. Every day, every hour, can be a
fresh start—an opportunity to renew ourselves in the Holy Spirit and become
better at walking as true and faithful disciples of the Savior. His gospel is
the good news that we can begin again; we can become new creatures in Christ.”<a href="https://d.docs.live.net/bc52f6d7b7a19193/Documents/disciple%20of%20Christ%20talk.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> (see 2 Corinthians 5:17)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
testify that I have felt the renewing and restoring power of my Savior, and
that as I desire to come unto Him and recognize His light and love in my life
every day, I am empowered to become His disciple and find happiness, peace, and
rest. I share this in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, Amen. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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A. Maxwell, “According to the Desire of our Hearts”, <i>Ensign</i>, Nov 1996<o:p></o:p></p>
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Five Messages That All of God’s Children Need to Hear,”
BYU Devotional, August 17, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
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Richard Rohr, “Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality,” 16-17, 19<o:p></o:p></p>
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S. Monson, “In Search of Treasure,” <i>Ensign</i>, April 2003<o:p></o:p></p>
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A. Maxwell, “According to the Desire of our Hearts”, <i>Ensign</i>, Nov 1996<o:p></o:p></p>
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M. Nelson, “Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into Our Lives,” <i>Ensign</i>,
April 2017<o:p></o:p></p>
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Five Messages That All of God’s Children Need to Hear,”
BYU Devotional, August 17, 2021 <o:p></o:p></p>
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R. Holland, “The Laborers in the Vineyard,” <i>Ensign,</i> April 2012<o:p></o:p></p>
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Five Messages That All of God’s Children Need to Hear,”
BYU Devotional, August 17, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div></div><p><br /></p>heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-65310401305791795302020-05-31T23:17:00.002-05:002020-05-31T23:17:42.967-05:00"seeing all their inequality, began to be very sorrowful"This week as I read the assigned chapters in the Book of Mormon, I was struck by the end of Alma 4. These early chapters in Alma have a couple succinct rounds of the pride cycle. There's division and war, and then the people are humbled by the destruction of the war, so they begin to care for each other, which lifts everyone up, and then they prosper, and some become prideful again, and begin to despise and persecute others. At this point Alma, who is both the chief judge, and chief priest, resigns his judgeship to devote his time to teaching the people the gospel.<br />
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I've read the Book of Mormon many times and on this reading, a verse stood out to me. Alma 4:15 says, "Alma...seeing all their inequality, began to be very sorrowful." This was exactly how I was feeling this week. I have been weighed down by incredible grief and sorrow for my black brothers and sisters. My heart is breaking.<br />
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Still, the Book of Mormon says, "nevertheless the Spirit of the Lord did not fail him" (Alma 4:15). I have been pleading with God this week to show me what to do, through his Holy Spirit. Alma decided to leave his position of political power "that he might preach the word of God unto them, to stir them up in remembrance of their duty, and that he might <i>pull down, by the word of God, all the pride and craftiness and all the contentions which were among his people..."</i> (Alma 4:19, italics mine).<br />
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The word of God is what I cling to at times like these. Paul promises "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galations 3:28) And in the Book of Mormon, Nephi promises that the Lord, "inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile."<br />
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When Alma's people focused on equality --"for the preacher was no better than the hearer, neither was the teacher any better than the learner; and thus they were all equal" (Alma 1:26)-- they prospered and had "an abundance." "And thus, in their prosperous circumstances, they did not send away any who were naked, or that were hungry, or that were athirst, or that were sick, or that had not been nourished; and they did not set their hearts upon riches; therefore they were liberal to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, whether out of the church or in the church, having no respect to persons as to those who stood in need." (29-30)<br />
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When the Book of Mormon chronicles successful societies like Alma's at this time, something they all have in common is that they rid themselves of classes and racial divisions. King Benjamin's people, "impart of [their] substance to the poor,...feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according to their wants." Benjamin himself works with his people. He uses his government- his <i>administration</i>- to administer his people's relief, and not just meeting their needs, but also attending to their <i>wants</i>. This is a society built on the principles of abundance. There is enough for all.<br />
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Most famously, in 4 Nephi, after Jesus Christ has visited the people for several days, "there was no contention in the land...there were no envyings, nor strifes, nor tumults, nor whoredoms...nor any manner of lasciviousness (no sexual or family abuse); and surely there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God.<br />
...Neither were there Lamanites, <i>nor any manner of -ites</i>; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God." (4 Nephi 1:15-17)<br />
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This is what I want, what I hope for, and what I try to teach my children should be their ideal. "For behold" as King Benjamin said, "are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind?"<br />
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"And now, if God, who has created you, on whom you are dependent for your lives and for all that ye have and are, doth grant unto you whatsoever ye ask that is right, in faith, believing that ye shall receive, O then, how ye ought to impart of the substance that ye have one to another." (Mosiah 4:19-21) Now, I believe that the substance which I have to impart, is not just money, but the privilege and power I have been granted by society as a white person. I want to give up that substance, that power, and share it with my brothers and sisters of color.<br />
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"And if ye judge the man who putteth up his petition to you for your substance that he perish not, and condemn him, how much more just will be your condemnation for withholding your substance, which doth not belong to you but to God, to whom also your life belongeth; and yet ye put up no petition, nor repent of the thing which thou hast done. I say unto you, wo be unto that man, for his substance shall perish with him" (22-23)<br />
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We will not bring this position of power into the next life. God is "no respecter of persons" (Acts 10:34). We must give it up in this life, and I know that if we do, we will all be better for it. Rather than losing out, we will be come an abundant society. There will be enough for all, and we will create a heavenly society here on earth. Our brothers and sisters of color are begging us for a share in the freedom from fear and hatred. We must offer it up to them.<br />
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My prayer comes from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland "When we have conquered [COVID-19]—and we will—may we be equally committed to freeing the world from the virus of hunger, freeing neighborhoods and nations from the virus of poverty. May we hope for schools where students are taught—not terrified they will be shot—and for the gift of personal dignity for every child of God, unmarred by any form of racial, ethnic, or religious prejudice. Undergirding all of this is our relentless hope for greater devotion to the two greatest of all commandments: to love God by keeping His counsel and to love our neighbors by showing kindness and compassion, patience and forgiveness. These two divine directives are still—and forever will be—the only real hope we have for giving our children a better world than the one they now know."heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-88237042896859016352018-04-21T22:11:00.000-05:002018-04-21T22:11:35.912-05:00madeleine grace cosby(I wrote this when Madeleine was 3 months old, but just added pictures today. Her first birthday was yesterday! I can't believe how fast this year has gone!)<br />
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I thought, going into this pregnancy, that since Emily had been a VBAC that a doctor would feel much more comfortable about doing a second VBAC. And I was oh so very wrong. I contacted probably ten providers near me and all but one said they wouldn't even make an appointment with me. The one doctor who would make an appointment used our time to explain why she couldn't see me as a patient (and then billed me for it...(we didn't pay.))<br />
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So eventually, I made an appointment at the Pavilion for Women at Texas Children's Hospital at the medical center in downtown Houston. This took another week since you had to call and request an appointment with each doctor who then had 48 hours to let you know of their availability. By the time I got an appointment with Dr. Harris, she was my third-choice doctor, and I was 16 weeks pregnant.<br />
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She almost didn't believe me that I was 16 weeks, but did an ultra-sound and was surprised that was telling the truth (?!) and then let me know that she'd have to get approval from the rest of her team to see me as a patient and that she couldn't guarantee that any other doctor would go through with a VBAC if they were on call when I went into labor.<br />
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Needless to say, I was not very impressed on our first visit. She is a little gruff and slightly awkward; at one appointment when I was completely healthy and feeling good, she said, "Damn girl, you're boring!" But over time, we got more comfortable with one another and it was easy to see that she was smart, competent, and kept up to date on research and techniques. She was also very deferential to my opinion and choices. In every conversation, about epidurals, genetic testing, and early contractions, she'd always say, "You know how you feel and you're well equipped to make this decision and we will do whatever YOU want." I came to trust her completely.<br />
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By 34 weeks, I was starting to dilate and by 36 I was dilated to a 3. I was in constant pain and was so anxious about adding another person to the mix in our family that I would stress myself into an hour or two of contractions until I could breathe and talk myself out of it. I was very much counting down the days, but she had said she wouldn't strip my membranes or break my water until 39 weeks, so I was just trying to be patient. At my 37 week appointment, she took a long time on an ultrasound checking my fluid levels but eventually was satisfied.<br />
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On April 19, I was 38 weeks and 2 days and had my 38 week appointment. I packed a lunch for Emily and a snack for me and drove to the appointment, planning on stopping at the Houston Children's Museum on the way home from the doctor, which was our routine by this point. Only, when Dr. Harris did an ultrasound she had a very worried look. She turned the machine towards me and explained that she should be able to measure so much amniotic fluid in two dimensions and she couldn't, anywhere. She said, "This makes me nervous. I'm on call tonight and I want you to stay and have the baby."<br />
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I was totally shocked! She said, "Do you have someone who can come get Emily?" I mumbled something about a friend and she said, "Good. So we'll get you checked in and then we'll get rolling. Sound good?" And then she left. I made some phone calls to a friend to pick up my kids from school, and to my visiting teacher to come get Emily, and to Sam to tell him to come. Still no one returned so I went and found the nurse and she said, "You're still here?" I explained that no one had told me where to go yet, so she walked me to the registration desk and wished me luck.<br />
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I got registered and wolfed down some food (before someone could tell me not to eat) while I filled out some paperwork. Eventually they called me back. I changed into a hospital gown and they started an IV of antibiotics since I was group B strep positive. At this point it was about 11 AM and I knew I just had to wait about four hours for the IV to finish. Emily was being a trouper. She happily ate her lunch and explored the hospital room. She climbed on the chair and looked out the window at the cars and told me what she saw. Eventually she was getting a little restless, so I brought her on the bed with me and read her the entire 80 page Richard Scarry stories book. I snuggled her tight thinking that this would be the last time she'd be my baby and shed a few tears.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Soon, my visiting teacher, De Anna Owen arrived. I told her where my car was so she could get Emily's car seat and gave her my keys. It took a long time for her to come back and she said, "Just so you know, your car is on the blue level, not the green level." She'd wandered around the whole parking garage in the Texas heat listening for my car to honk. She could hear it honking, but couldn't find it, until she'd figured out the sound was below her. So she finally found it and got Emily's huge car seat into her car. Emily was a little confused about why she was leaving, but De Anna told me she didn't cry at all and talked to her about mommy and the baby.</span><br />
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I had about an hour between when they left and when Sam arrived. I'm glad I had the time to sit and think and process that I was going to have a baby that day. I was not at all mentally prepared, so I was glad to have some quiet. I was starting to get really hungry and my nurse told me I could get a salad or something light to eat which made me happy. I was starting to feel some contractions and knew things were getting going.<br />
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Sam came and told me that everyone at work was really excited. I had told him we had lots of time since I had to get the antibiotics, so he didn't need to race over. He was trying to get things tied up at work since he knew he'd be gone for a while so he stopped in at his boss's office to go over something he'd asked about that morning. His boss said, "Wait a minute, didn't your wife tell you she's having the baby?" Sam said, "Yes, but..." To which his boss said, "It doesn't matter. We'll figure it out. Get out of here!"<br />
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So Sam went home and got the hospital bag and some other things I asked for and cleaned the legos off the floor of the guest room so his parents wouldn't have to do it when they arrived. Once he got to the hospital, he got my mom on the phone. We'd been trying to call each other, but for some reason, the call just wouldn't go through on my phone. She had been so worried and had even called Sam's mom, just to find out if everything was OK. I assured her that everything was going fine and I'd call her when the baby came.<br />
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We talked and read and I rested for another couple hours as they started prepping the room for having a baby. I was starting to have stronger contractions. Around 5 PM my doctor came in and we talked over what would happen. She said it would be a busy night and if I wanted to get my epidural, it might be good to get it sooner rather than later before things got crazy. I had already decided I wanted to get one- in case of a uterine rupture or other emergency, it would save time. Dr. Harris broke my water and then they called the anesthesiologist. He came around 6 PM by which time my contractions had gotten much stronger. They sent Sam out to get some dinner and he was happy not to be around for shot. The anesthesiologist was excellent and after the initial pain I was just flooded with relief and warmth. I chatted with the doctor and nurse for a while and met my new nurse who'd be with me during delivery.<br />
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When Sam came back he said I looked nice and comfortable with the epidural. I told him that the epidural felt so good, not just because it eased the pain of the contractions, but because it took away all the pain I'd had for months!<br />
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The next few hours were spent reading, watching dumb movies, and resting. My nurse had me sit up to have gravity help the baby descend and I started to feel a little more pressure in my low back. The nurse was gone for a while, and when she came back she checked my dilation. I hadn't progressed much, so she brought in a peanut ball and put it between my legs. She told me to call if I felt pressure like I had to go to the bathroom. She left and almost immediately I felt a strong contraction deep in my back. I waited until there was a second one and called the nurse.<br />
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She came in around 11 PM and checked me and said, "Yep! You're at a ten and the baby's coming! I'll call Dr. Harris. It's so crazy out there tonight that the head nurse just asked me why my patient was taking up a bed when she wasn't having a baby. Well, now I can tell her you ARE having a baby. And soon!"<br />
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My doctor came in and told me she'd delivered six babies already that night and mine would be number seven. She was suiting up and asking everyone to hurry. It was just after midnight and I was starting to feel the need to push and started squeezing Sam's hand. The nurses barely had time to get everything prepped before she said I could go ahead and push. I pushed once and she said she said she could see the head. I pushed again and could feel lots of pressure. I breathed through another contraction and pushed again and the baby's head came out. I pushed one more time and watched as my baby was born. It all went so fast!<br />
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Dr. Harris immediately put the baby on my chest and after a moment had Sam cut the cord. The next while is a blur, but I remember pushing once to deliver the placenta, getting a few stitches, and mostly holding and stroking my baby on my chest. I felt like they let me hold her a long time before they weighed and measured her. I remember Dr. Harris wishing me a quick congratulations and rushing off to deliver another baby. I remember calling my mom and telling her she had a new granddaughter.<br />
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Eventually we went to our recovery room and got a little bit of sleep. The next morning they bathed her and took care of me. At some point we settled on the name Madeleine. She was very sleepy during the day and cried a lot that night. I was soon ready to leave the hospital. Someone came to take my blood at 1:30 in the morning !!!!!!!!! Then I had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and Madeleine started crying while I was in there. Sam was sleeping right through it, so she cried for a few minutes while I was trying to finish (going to the bathroom takes a long time right after you've had a baby!). Finally I was done and fed her and comforted her. My nurse came in a little while later and asked, "Has your baby been crying? The people next door said they heard her and it woke them up." I just had to laugh that another couple with a newborn was complaining about being woken up by a baby crying in a maternity ward!<br />
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The kids came to visit with my in-laws the first day around dinner time. Emily was just sobbing and cranky and hungry and tired. Eventually they got to dinner and Sam talked some sense into the older two so that when they came back Emily just wanted to snuggle with me on the bed and Anna and Levi loved holding the baby. Levi immediately sang "My name is Madeleine" which is a song my dad wrote when we were kids which he'd sing with our own names. It was the sweetest moment.<br />
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Since then, it's been three months! She has grown from a tiny sleepy baby to a fussy, non-stop eating and crying baby, to a wide-eyed, happy, curious girl who sleeps all night and laughs and coos. Anna is so good with her and can calm her and play with her and help me so much. Levi likes to jump in and out of her life with quick, hard snuggles and tickles. Occasionally he'll stop and ask to hold her, but the moment she starts to fuss a little or spit up, he hands her over. Emily always wants to know where Madeleine is and if her eyes are open or closed. She loves to make her arms and legs move and LOVES to get a smile from her. She regressed a bit when Madeleine first arrived, needing her blanket and pacifier with her all the time and wanting lots of snuggles, but she's slowly coming back into her independent, singing self.<br />
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Thankfully, I haven't fallen into depression and aside from those first few hard weeks while school was still in session and nobody was sleeping, we've been able to adjust pretty well. Sam's mom was here for nearly two weeks helping out and my mom came from Germany. I hardly ever did the dishes or cleaned anything that whole first month. I felt so loved and cared for and just got to snuggle my baby as much as I wanted.<br />
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I think this may be our last child and I'm trying to soak in as many baby moments as I can. I love seeing how everyone has embraced Madeleine into our family and I can't wait to see her personality shine through. I already feel like we're starting our next adventure!heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-16442735180140526962017-03-09T14:41:00.001-06:002017-03-09T17:06:45.388-06:00why I'm nervous about having four childrenI've felt mostly just anxious about this baby from the get-go. I was not exactly baby-hungry when we got pregnant, but we both wanted another baby and the timing felt good, and I'm feeling ready to be done having children.<br />
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This year has seriously ramped up in terms of busy-ness. I volunteer for meals on wheels weekly, and at the school every other week. I'm planning Activity Days and teaching primary. I have to drive downtown (an almost 3 hour round trip) for my OB appointments. Anna and Levi are both doing piano and a sport. Imagining dragging a baby around to all of this sounds ridiculous.<br />
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Our Wednesdays currently look like this: School pick up at 3:15. Eat a snack and change. Leave the house at 4 PM for Levi's piano lessons at 4:15. At 4:45 I drive Levi to the soccer field for practice at 5. We're always a few minutes late. I drop him off and drive back to piano lessons to pick up Anna. Her lessons end at 5:15, but I'm usually there around 5:25-5:30 because of rush hour. Her teacher has been unflaggingly kind and patient about this. Then we drive back to the soccer field and wait till practice is over at 6 unless Sam has been able to get out early and come to practice in which case we rush home and make dinner for everyone. I try to prepare something earlier in the day, but that doesn't always happen.<br />
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Lots of this will change when the baby comes. I'll stop volunteering at school. I'll be released from Activity Days :( I won't have any more OB appts downtown. I'll talk to the piano teacher to see if we can rearrange our schedules. It will help, but I'm still anxious.<br />
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For example, last night after soccer I noticed that the spots Anna had been complaining about on her face had turned into a rash. It looked like impetigo. I asked Sam to take her to urgent care and get some antibiotics so she'd only have to miss one day of school. I took Levi and Emily with me to our quarterly RS meeting (Sam was wondering what he was supposed to do with them if he had to take Anna to urgent care- I didn't tell him that they just come with me and we all suffer through it on most occasions). It was nice to relax and talk for a couple hours, but I forgot my phone so I couldn't check in to see how urgent care went, and Levi and Emily were crazy wound up after their time at the nursery.<br />
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When I got home they both lost it they were so tired, so bedtime was a struggle. And I found out the urgent care I'd recommended to Sam was full for the night and he didn't know where else to go, so Anna didn't get treated. I'd felt overwhelmed for days and had a good cry while worrying to Sam that these anxious feelings now could indicate higher risk of post-partum depression after the baby's born and that just makes me more anxious.<br />
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This morning Emily woke up crying. She had a fever of 102 and eventually threw up twice. I cancelled the dentist appointments I had scheduled for all 3 kids, got an appointment for Anna with our pediatrician (and a back up appointment at the closest urgent care) and hoped he'd be able to squeeze Emily in while we were there. I got Levi to school 40 minutes late and loaded the girls up and rushed to the doctor. They recently moved locations so I didn't know which building they were in or where to park and drove around a while trying to figure it out.<br />
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Emily threw up in the parking lot on the way inside to the doctor. I wiped her up with baby wipes as best I could and got to our appointment 10 minutes late. This was when I realized I was still wearing the slippers I'd slipped on to take Levi to school. We waited another 20 minutes to be called back. They took Anna's vitals and then we waited 15 minutes to see the doctor. He didn't like the way Emily looked so he said he'd check her out. He looked over Anna and said, "This could be impetigo?" Ten points for mom.<br />
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He went to visit another patient while the nurse came and took Emily's vitals. She consulted with him and came back with half a tablet of zofran. 20 minutes later, the doctor came back with prescriptions for topical and oral antibiotics for Anna and more zofran for Emily.<br />
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Still hoping to not have to have Anna miss much school, I called the pharmacy from the parking lot to have them start filling the prescriptions. He said they were out of one of the antibiotics, but said another location further away had them and he'd call ahead there.<br />
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We drove to the other store and they said it'd be about 10 minutes till they had them mixed and ready. We went to the bathroom, found some allergy medicine the doctor had recommended for Anna, and got some gatorade for Emily. Of course they weren't ready when we got back. We wandered around for another half hour, taking our blood pressure, finding a rainbow of items in the makeup department, and buying bejeweled mirrors for each of the girls before they finally called us.<br />
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So, three and half hours after I set out this morning, we were returning, hungry and contagious, and out about $100 in co-pays. I really did feel grateful that we have insurance, that I could see a doctor the same day, that he was willing to fit in Emily, that the zofran was a miracle drug that had Emily walking and laughing and playing and eating while this morning she looked like she wanted to die. I was grateful for antibiotics, even though Anna is going to miss school tomorrow too since she'll be officially contagious most of the day.<br />
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But I just kept imagining these past two days with a nursing infant in tow.<br />
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And that's why I'm nervous for baby number 4.<br />
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<br />heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-27408966024793197692017-01-01T08:23:00.001-06:002017-01-01T08:23:10.779-06:00jingle bellsLevi and Anna wrote this version of Jingle Bells this year.<br />
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Asleep in their beds<br />
Are all the girls and boys<br />
You peek inside his sack<br />
You’ll see lots of toys<br />
The elves are working hard<br />
For Christmas coming near<br />
If you see his sleigh tonight<br />
Give a great big cheer<br />
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Oh Jingle bells jingle bells<br />
Jingle All the Way<br />
Everyone has some fun when Santa’s on his way
HEY!<br />
Jingle bells jingle bells<br />
Jingle All the Way<br />
Everyone has some fun when Saaanta’s ooooon his waaaaay! Hey!heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-62814046094388449762016-08-01T16:38:00.006-05:002016-08-01T21:23:40.356-05:00anna's baptism<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For some reason, I decided I wanted to make Anna's baptism dress. We went pattern shopping and finally settled on one, with some modifications. I was super nervous about how it would turn out, since I'm an impatient and un-practiced seamstress, but with the help of several phone calls to my mom, sister, and sister-in-law in moments of need, it turned out OK. The inside is a bit of mess, but nobody sees that anyway.</div>
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I was beyond mad. I had just spent weeks poring over this dress, trying to make it perfect, putting in my first ever zipper, and the first time we put it on her, Levi wiped mud all over the front of it! I quickly took a picture of the back and stormed the kids back to the car.</div>
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At home I ran everything under cold water, washed the dress by hand, and still the stain wasn't gone. I used some stain remover and washed it in the machine and the stain was gone, but the skirt had shrunk, so I had to re-hem the lining so it didn't stick out. </div>
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The next day for family home evening, I found <a href="https://www.lds.org/friend/2006/10/clean-again?lang=eng">a story in The Friend</a> about a little girl who gets her white dress muddy after her baptism. Of course, there's a moral about how Christ can wash away our sins, like her mom can wash the dress clean. It was good to remember that we can say sorry and start again as good as new.</div>
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A few days later, Sam gave me an early Mother's Day present of a DSLR camera, so I took Anna to the Houston LDS Temple to take some photos there, but it was closed, unfortunately to clean up from some of the flooding. We took pictures outside of it, instead.</div>
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We had the wonderful treat of being able to have both my mom and my brother David's family come visit for Anna's baptism. They both arrived Thursday May 12. I let the kids stay home from school Friday to spend the day playing with their cousins. We played in the water outside, got pizza, and watched movies together. The girls made another little salon, and played with dolls, and the boys played with lightsabers. </div>
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The morning of the baptism was also the Ironman competition in The Woodlands and we were a little worried we'd get stuck waiting for the competitors. Luckily, we had no problem getting to the chapel, but we had forgotten the dress back home! Dave and Marcelle rushed home and back and we started just five minutes late. </div>
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It was so nice to have our family be so much of the program. Of course I cried giving the opening prayer. Ruth gave a wonderful talk on baptism, focusing on the words of the ordinance and of the sacrament prayers. </div>
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The cutest part of the day was Anna singing "<a href="https://www.lds.org/music/library/childrens-songbook/when-i-am-baptized?lang=eng">When I Am Baptized</a>" with all her cousins there. Isabelle and Olivia from Ben's family, Maggie and Jonas from David's family, Noah and Moses from my cousin Marianne's family, joined Anna and Levi in singing. It's such a beautiful song, anyway and hearing all those sweet children who love each other sing together was joyous.</div>
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After Levi gave the cutest closing prayer, Anna rushed over to her beloved teacher, Mrs. Landry who had come. Mrs. Landry gave her a beautiful little baptism scrapbook to keep some pictures in. Another friend who came was Katie Oed. Anna had attended her first communion a couple weekends before this. Katie gave her a beautiful cross necklace and earrings. Anna was so excited to have some of her school friends come. She wanted to share something special with them, so we bought some Books of Mormon. She wrote this note in each of them and put them in little gift bags. She gave one to her teacher, and one to four of her friends who came. I was so proud of her.</div>
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Anna's note, written with no prompting from me: This is a Book of Mormon. It has helped me learn how I should live my life. It is a friend, as well as a book. You can read some of it every day. It is my gift to you. Love, Anna</div>
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Some other special people who came to Anna's baptism were her primary teacher Kathy Holt and her son George. George is a couple months younger than Anna and they lived in Katy at the same time we did. Marcus Bolinder from the bishopric and his family came, including Anna's soon-to-be friends from Activity Days Leah and Hemaile. Her piano teacher, Leighanna Bond came (another friend from Katy), as well as the primary president, Becky Reynolds. Darcy Derenthal who was in Anna's class at school and had been baptized a couple weeks earlier was also there with her family. I'm sure there were more and we are so lucky to be surrounded by friends in such a short time of being here.</div>
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She had a very exciting day and I know she's pleased with her decision. I'm glad we had plenty of time to talk and prepare for this. We had some wonderful conversations before and after her baptism and I have no doubt she will continue to be thoughtful and purposeful in how she chooses to live her faith. We love our Anna!</div>
heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-90820269701914434372016-08-01T15:00:00.001-05:002016-08-01T15:00:21.760-05:00decisionsSometimes, I'm going through photos, trying to delete duplicate-looking ones or blurry ones or stupid-face ones, but then I get to a series like this and think, "How do I choose?" It's not like I really need 7 pictures of Emily sitting in the same place, wrapped in the same towel, but she has a different adorable smile in every one. Curse you technology for paralyzing me with such decisions! I would have been so much more productive if I'd been born fifty years earlier.<br /><br />
PS- Want to make the decision for me? Weigh in below. It's so much easier to make objective decisions about the cuteness of other people's children.<br />
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I told Anna that since we'd be having lots of other celebrations, I wanted to keep her birthday party small and simple. She invited her three best friends from her class at school and they ate pizza, played outside, danced, and made candles and lip gloss together. We have loved these girls. They are kind and creative and encouraging and have been the very best thing for Anna.<br />
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Anna requested brownie topped chocolate cupcakes for her birthday and I was more <i>more </i>than happy to oblige. They really are so good.</div>
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The weekend before Anna's birthday, Van and Ruth came down to celebrate Anna. Somehow I can't find any pictures from the weekend, but it was great. They gave Anna a scrapbook kit and the Lea American girl doll that Anna had been wanting since it had caramel colored blonde/brown hair just like hers. On Saturday morning Anna attended her friend Katie's first communion so Levi got some special Grandparent time. After lunch at Panera, Anna played dolls and worked on some scrapbook pages with her Grandma while Levi and Grandpa played games and read books. For dinner we went to Macaroni Grill (I forgot how great a place that is for kids!) and talked and ate and colored. The waiter thoroughly embarrassed Anna by singing an Italian Happy Birthday in an operatic voice. She wouldn't even look at him! Sunday and time to say goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa came too soon.</div>
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On Anna's actual birthday, she opened presents before school, brought donuts to class, and ate lunch with her teacher (and hero), Mrs. Landry. </div>
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Here's a bit about Anna at age 8:</div>
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Anna just keeps growing growing growing in so many ways! I am amazed at all she learns and does and creates. This year she handled moving, making new friends, adding new sports, and carrying more responsibility at home with grace and (usually) good humor. She helps out daily with Emily, singing, reading, or playing with her as well as actual care like feeding, dressing, diapering, and getting Emily up from naps.</div>
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I can usually trust Anna to completely get herself ready for school and bed (please refer to the post about Levi to know just how invaluable this skill is to my sanity). She took care to make sure her homework was done each week to the very best of her ability, even up to the last week of school when I was encouraging her to write "blah, blah, blah" on her paper and hand it in. "What can they do? Fail you?" only received an icy glare.</div>
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Anna loves to be goofy. She loves to use silly voices, make up crazy what-if's, and is dipping her toes in the waters of sarcasm (this we're trying to nip in the bud). She often gets the giggles with her friends or at something funny her Dad does. She is a world-class eye-roller. We joke that <a href="http://livingeden.blogspot.com/2008/05/smitten.html">Anna came into the world bum first</a> and has been shaking her booty in our faces ever since.</div>
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Anna thrives at school, loving the praise she gets for her good work, her good example in the classroom, and her creativity. Anna did a poetry unit at school this year and I was so impressed with some of the things she wrote. Each poem would have about one line in it that really captured an image or gave the topic some depth. She loves writing and hopes to be an author someday.</div>
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This year Anna did gymnastics in Grapevine, cheer leading tumbling here in The Woodlands, and swim team. She also had piano lessons throughout the year. She's been doing gymnastics for a while and mastered a back bend and a one-handed cartwheel this year. Swimming was new and hard. It was late in the day when she was already tired and required new muscles and skills. One night, Anna broke down crying in the car. We talked about how brave she was for trying something again and again even though it was hard and though she was embarrassed at being behind her peers in skill. Ever since that night, Anna ran confidently into swimming knowing she was a brave girl and that practice was the only thing that could make her a better swimmer. I love watching Anna and seeing how strong she is. I envy her good posture ;) She is proud of what her body can do and I am, too.</div>
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Anna also did piano this year and has started to really love it. Her teacher was just starting out her business this year so we didn't have a recital, but we look forward to that next year. Anna does not enjoy performing, no matter how good she is, so it will be a good stretch for her.</div>
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Anna has always had some pretty big emotions and this year she learned how to respond to them much better. We talked about the connection between her gut and her brain and how being hungry can make you cranky or being angry can make your stomach hurt. A couple weeks before her baptism, we had a wonderful talk about how God is pleased with us when we desire to believe and judges us by the desires of our hearts, even if our actions aren't always what we hope them to be. She told me she had prayed about the Book of Mormon, felt peaceful, and believes it's true. </div>
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A couple weeks after her baptism, we were reading the scriptures like we usually do at night. Afterwards, I found Anna crying in her room and she was so worried about how mean she had been to Levi that day. I told her, "This is wonderful! You are feeling the Holy Ghost. He is whispering to you that maybe you didn't make the best choices today and nudging you to do something about it." She asked, "How come I didn't feel bad right after I was mean to Levi and only do now?" So we talked about how the scriptures open our hearts to feel the Spirit and hear what God has to say to us. We talked about the steps of repentance and after she apologized to Levi, we prayed together. It was a sweet and special moment with my tender girl. </div>
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I love her so much and can't wait to see what the next year brings for our Anna Sophia!</div>
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Levi got it into his head at some point that he was going to have all the food at his birthday party remind people of nature because his birthday is in the spring time. By the time I made him nail down a menu, his entire plan consisted of sausage links (for logs), pretzel rods (also for logs), pretzel sticks (for sticks), and broccoli (for trees). He also wanted a chocolate cake (for dirt) with lots of different colored flowers on it. I ran with the rule that my kids seem to love their birthday parties no matter what happens, and made some pancakes, sausage, and fruit for a birthday breakfast party. </div>
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Afterward, we painted flower pots, did an obstacle course in the back yard, planted seeds in the flower pots, and played with light sabers until the boys got so aggressive there was shouting and crying and we took them all away except for the two Emily refused to give up. We explained her exception to the boys by saying, "She's a baby." Those with younger siblings understood, and those without fumed until distraction finally won out.</div>
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Levi had a wonderful time and felt very loved by all his friends.<br />
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While the boys fought each other, Anna and the girls made a little picnic spot with a blanket and shade and pretended to be sisters. </div>
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Here's a little bit about Levi at age 6:</div>
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He still loves Emily like crazy and she thinks he's about the funniest person alive. He loves to make her laugh by throwing himself onto the bed or couch. They love to wrestle together. They share a room and Emily doesn't like to go to sleep until Levi's in there with her. They both love to dance to loud music, chase each other, and fight with light sabers. </div>
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Levi lives in a wonderfully imaginative world in his mind. We sometimes get peeks into it with the pictures he draws or the sound effects he's making or the stories he tells us, but often he's content just to lay on his bed or the couch and ponder what it'd be like to be an x-wing pilot or a cheetah or live inside a video game. Sometimes this interferes with tasks like eating, going to school, doing chores, or going to the bathroom. We're trying to find a way to help Levi do the things that need to be done in the grown-up world without crushing his creative spirit. </div>
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His kindergarten year has been a learning experience for all of us. He had a wonderful teacher in Dallas who understood Levi, and his two best friends were in his class there. He'd been excited about O.C. Taylor since Anna started there two years before. He could not wait for kindergarten! So when we moved at Thanksgiving, it was much much harder on him than I expected. He had trouble connecting with the kids in class, and his poor teacher was overwhelmed by a flood of new and high-needs students coming in right a the holidays. It was a rough transition, but by the end of January, Levi was a little more comfortable and his teacher had more time to respond to his needs.</div>
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His teacher (thank goodness for her!) just chuckles at him. She often tells him he has a camera for a brain since no matter how little attention he's paying to what they're doing in class, if she asks him any question he always knows the answer. She's been great about trying to find books and activities that will engage him. I love that she doesn't punish Levi for not finishing work in class or not paying attention. She understands he's not trying to be impertinent, he just wants to be somewhere else.</div>
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In April a new boy moved into the school and he and Levi became fast friends. He's a nice kid and they play very well together. I've been looking into homeschooling or private school options for Levi, but nothing has felt just right yet, so we may give public school a try next year again. </div>
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At home, Levi loves to play Legos, wrestle, and "do electronics." His favorite games are Stratego, Scrabble, Sorry, Sleeping Queens, and the Angry Birds board game. On the computer he likes to play Wild Kratts games and Duck Life Games. On the iPad he likes Minion Rush and a 3-D block builder. </div>
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He loves to give me hugs and snuggles. He loves to read. We're reading Harry Potter together. He likes to read Calvin and Hobbes comics before bed and often quotes them to me when they fit the situation. He makes me laugh all the time and makes me crazy all the time. He can be so sweet and funny. I love to watch his skinny little body when he dances. But he's also super stubborn and there's very little that motivates him other than getting his way. </div>
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He's also very sensitive to the spirit and his teachers and leaders in primary all tell me they love to hear what he has to say and are surprised by his insights. Levi really understands the gospel and I love it when he applies it to his life. </div>
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We all love our funny Levi!</div>
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heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-39105112032780760532016-02-14T21:34:00.003-06:002016-02-14T21:35:59.196-06:00random thoughtsI have just loved being Emily's mom these last few weeks. Everything she does is charming and cute and sympathy-inducing. The girl loves to dance and dancing makes her laugh. She's addicted to ice cream. She drags our giant box of goldfish crackers with her wherever she goes. She refuses to wear any shoes but her squeaky shoes. She waves goodbye to strangers. She kneels down and folds her arms when it's time for family prayer each night and then puts her finger to her mouth and says, "Shsss" very seriously. After the prayer she says "Ugs" and gives us all hugs. Levi always gets at least two. She yells "AH-NAH!" when she can't find her sister. She thinks everything Levi says or does is HILARIOUS. She loves to read books, especially ones about "gogs" (dogs). She calls a spoon a "poos" and a cup a "puc." She likes stars. She has no fear on the playground. She still loves her blanket.<br />
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Friday night I dreamed I was running a 15 mile race at the LCCC course with an obstacle portion on a playground (of course). Running was so easy. I was winning until I decided to take a break for pancakes. Who wouldn't?<br />
The next morning the weather was *<i>perfect</i>.* I had to run. I couldn't not run. It took me two miles to warm up, but eventually, I started listening to my breathing and letting my legs' momentum carry me and I could feel I was on the verge of flow and the endorphins were pumping. I'm still not in good enough shape to have the kind of easy, energizing run I dream about, but I haven't even come anywhere close to that for about four years. To really sense it in my future was exhilarating.<br />
When we were house hunting and saw the trees and trails of The Woodlands, I knew that living here would facilitate the kind of active life that's important to us. It has and I'm so happy we moved here. It was a great decision.<br />
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Levi is super smart and his brain is constantly working on something, and it's usually doesn't have anything to do with getting ready for whatever event is coming next in his life. I've tried lots of different ways to make mornings smoother, but I still really yell at him about once a month and get frustrated with him a couple times a week. I hate that our mornings start with tension and I'm good about apologizing and explicitly asking the kids to help me get our good feelings back by doing jokes or poems or tongue twisters in the car. But I also know that Levi's teacher is frustrated with him daily because he has a hard time focusing on his work. He's already reading chapter books and they have to do daily handwriting worksheets where they practice one letter of the alphabet each day, so I understand why he's bored.<br />
I'm really thinking about homeschooling him in the mornings and sending him in for lunch, recess, specials, and centers in the second half of the day. That would give us some flexibility in his morning routine and we could do more school work at his level.<br />
I'm nervous about this. I'd never thought I'd home school and I'm scared to give up some freedom. I'm worried I'll be more annoyed with him being home. I'd love some advice. Please advise me.<br />
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I love Sam. We celebrated our 10th Valentine's Day as a couple today. We still really love each other and like each other and learn new things about each other and there's not much more you could ask for in a marriage.heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-15244585808346997982016-01-06T16:49:00.000-06:002016-01-06T16:49:36.655-06:00YMCAYesterday was my first day at the YMCA here in The Woodlands. I left Emily crying in the child watch center and hopped on a treadmill. I was feeling so good to be working out alone and actually working hard instead of catering to a toddler who has never loved the stroller.<br />
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But the worker came and got me after 15 min since Emily hadn't stopped crying. I asked another worker if I could bring her back for another 15 min after she'd calmed down and she told me yes. We walked around the Y for a while and then I brought her back, but the worker I'd talked to was gone and the one who'd come and gotten me told me I couldn't leave her if she started crying when I left. I felt like crying since I'd been looking forward to this for a long time and now it might take another week before Emily could finally handle it.<br />
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I came back today, expecting to get another 15 minutes in. This time I asked if I could take Emily back there and get her settled with toys. I tried to sneak away, but she saw me and started crying again. Thankfully, the child care worker (not either of the women from the day before) picked her up and played with her while I left.<br />
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I kept watching the clock. I did my physical therapy workout and they didn't come. So I got on a treadmill, but they didn't come. So I did some stretching. At that point I thought I heard Emily crying, and it had been an hour, so I came in to get her. She wasn't crying, just playing happily. I was so happy! I've been worried about my back for the last month and it felt good to do my physical therapy stuff again. And my fear that Emily would take long to adjust was assuaged. I was so grateful for my YMCA tender mercy.heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-65063276502600623522015-10-26T12:34:00.000-05:002015-10-26T12:36:56.595-05:00tolerance<div class="MsoNormal">
I gave this talk in sacrament meeting on Sunday. I rewrote/rehashed it 3 times. Sam had the flu and was sleeping about 14 hours out of every 24, so the kids watched a lot of netflix this weekend as I reworked on it. I was pleased with how it turned out.<br />
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I think this is the first time I’ve been asked to speak on a
topic that’s not found anywhere in the standard works. Neither tolerance,
tolerant, nor tolerate is found in the King James Version of the Bible or in
any other LDS scripture. Of course, the idea and practice of tolerance is found
in many stories in the scriptures, but the word itself is not found in the
translation we use. Because of that, I felt I had so much flexibility in how I
wanted to approach this topic. I think this is the first time I’ve ever
complained to Sam of not having enough time to give a talk. After many false
starts, I decided I want to talk about these four main points.</div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />1.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Tolerance is uncomfortable</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Tolerance is a stepping stone to love</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">3.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Tolerance is exemplified by the Savior</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">4.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Tolerance must be practiced with the guidance of
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Before I get to these ideas, I want to start in the
scriptures. Though it’s not in the King James Version, the word “tolerance” is
used in at least one modern translation of the Bible.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
The New American Standard Bible uses the word “tolerance” in Ephesians 4:2 and
Romans 2:4. In the King James Version, the same word is translated in both
verses as “forbearance” and, when you look up “tolerance” in the Topical Guide,
the first word it directs you to is “forbear.” Let me read how forbearance is
used in Ephesians 4 for you:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="1"> </a><b>1 </b>I therefore, the prisoner
of the Lord [this is Paul speaking], beseech you that ye
walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="2"> </a><b>2 </b>With all lowliness and
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="3"> </a><b>3 </b>Endeavouring to keep
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="5"> </a><b>5 </b>One Lord, one faith,
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="6"> </a><b>6 </b>One God
and Father of all, who <i>is</i> above all, and through all,
and in you all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unity, Paul says, or being Zion—of one heart and one
mind—happens when we treat one another with longsuffering, forbearance, and
love. Isn’t it interesting that he didn’t say we’d have unity when we all agree
with each other? Or when no one gets on your nerves? Or when we all vote for
the same person? An essential part of the gospel of Christ is becoming one with
people we have to tolerate. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So here’s point number 1. <b>Tolerance is uncomfortable<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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On September 11, 2011, the 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary of
the attack on the World Trade Center, Elder Dallin H. Oaks quoted President
Hinckley who said, “’<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Each of us is part of a great family, the human
family, sons and daughters of God, and therefore brothers and sisters. We must
work harder to build mutual respect, an attitude of forbearance, with tolerance
one for another regardless of the doctrines and philosophies which we may
espouse.’” </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Oaks then continued, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Living together
with mutual respect for one another’s differences is a challenge in today’s world.
However—and here I express [an] …absolute truth—this living with differences is
what the gospel of Jesus Christ teaches us we must do.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[ii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The very definition of tolerance is to withstand something
unpleasant or painful. However, it is also the second great commandment: to
love our neighbors, even the annoying neighbors, even the neighbors we don’t
understand, even the neighbors we fear, as ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is how I recall the story of that commandment: A lawyer
who’s trying to trap Jesus into saying something wrong asks what the most
important commandment is. Jesus answers that it’s to love God and the second is
to love your neighbor as yourself. If that’s how you recall it, we’re both
right…and also not quite right. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s roughly how the story goes in Matthew and Mark, but
in Luke it’s a little different. In Luke, the scribe, rather than wanting to
trick Jesus is impressed by the answers he’s been giving the Sadducees. He asks
Jesus which is the first,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Palatino Linotype",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or
most important, commandment. Then Jesus turns the question back to him and
asks, “What is written in the law? how readest thou?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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who answers, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy
neighbour as thyself.” Then Jesus “said unto him, Thou hast answered right:
this do, and thou shalt live.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[iii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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codified. Leviticus 19:17 and 18 says “Thou shalt not hate thy brother in
thine heart… Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear
any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself: I <i>am</i> the Lord.” From the very
beginning, the Lord has taught tolerance. But he doesn’t just command us to
love our brothers and neighbors, he extends that love to strangers, which bears
out in the New Testament when the scribe in Luke asks “who is my neighbor?” and the Lord goes on the
give the parable of the good Samaritan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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children of Israel are taught, “<b>33 </b>And if a stranger sojourn with
thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="34"> </a><b>34 </b><i>But</i> the stranger that
dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou
shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt: I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.” Not only does the Lord
command the Israelites to welcome and care for the strangers in their midst, He
also shares a way to overcome the discomfort obeying that commandment will
cause. To do so, He says, you should remember that you, too, were once a
stranger. Today, we’d call this having empathy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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discomfort? In an article in the Ensign, Ann M. Madsen suggests “that it’s
because of …differences. We separate ourselves from others by the differences
we see. We feel comfortable with those who dress like we do, think like we do,
and act like we do; and we feel uncomfortable with those who are different.”
However, physical differences, age, and culture, are among differences that,
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as a sort of object lesson. Let me share a few stories about pants, and in
doing so, move on to point number 2. <b>Tolerance
is a stepping stone to love.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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took us about an hour and a half to tube, bus, and tram to our ward in South
London. Since I was there in the winter, I’d often wear pants under my skirt to
keep warm from the wind. One day before church started a sister commented on
how cold and windy it was that day. “Yes!” I said, “I just slipped off the
pants I had under my skirt to keep warm.” It was as I took in her shocked
expression that I remembered that “pants” in the UK means underwear. Thankfully
this kind sister was tolerant of my cultural mishap and laughed off the
embarrassment with me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the first “Wear Pants to Church Day” in 2012. Her family was living in New
Zealand at the time and were traveling with her husband for work. Lonnie, her
husband had taken the car to work, so Alisa arrived at a ward where no one knew
them, a little late in a taxi, with three young children, no husband, and
wearing pants. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alisa says, “The [only] other woman who was also wearing
pants had a sweet seven year old son with autism who had kept Max and Maya
happy…. The woman was a recent convert to the church, having been
baptized when her husband, who was less active, had begun attending church
services again.<br />
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“When I told her I liked her pants she said that it was all she had to
wear. I told her that it was only cultural that women traditionally wear
dresses to church and that she should feel confident that she looked great and
was perfectly dressed for church. I was happy to be wearing pants if only
to let her know that she wasn't the only one wearing pants that Sunday.<br />
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“It was a good experience to feel for the day what someone might feel like
coming to church as a bit of an outsider. There is a real strength in
gaining a perspective on what others might feel.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[iv]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Power of Everyday Missionaries. He writes, “On one Sunday Sister Virginia
Perry, whose husband, L. Tom Perry, was president of the Boston Stake, noticed
a woman who had quietly found a space on the back row in the Weston chapel,
having arrived a few minutes late for sacrament meeting. She was wearing jeans
and a T-shirt and had come on her motorcycle. Sister Perry quickly sensed that
the woman felt that she didn’t fit in. Everyone else was wearing their Sunday
best and was sitting with their families. So Sister Perry left her family
alone, went to the back pew, and asked the visitor if she would mind if she sat
beside her. When the woman smiled in the affirmative, Sister Perry put her arm
around her. The next Sunday Sister Perry came to church wearing Levi’s and a
T-shirt.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[v]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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our differences and overcome our discomfort, we begin to love the people we
used to tolerate. None of these stories is really about wearing pants to
church. They’re about challenging our own cultural perceptions in order to help
others feel welcome, comfortable, and loved in our presence and in our church
services. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees by breaking social convention time and again
in order to bring His message and His love to everyone He could. He ate with publicans and sinners.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
He healed the lepers.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[vii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
He praised the faithful Roman Centurian.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[viii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
He revealed His divinity to the Samaritan woman at the well.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ix]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
As I try to be like Him, I hope I can dismiss the differences that don’t matter
and embrace the people who do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tolerate. Elder Oaks explained it this way. “</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While we must practice tolerance and respect
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their constitutional freedom to explain and advocate their positions, we are
not required to respect and tolerate </span>wrong <i>behavior.</i> Our duty to truth requires us to seek
relief from some behavior that is wrong.” When the Savior found the money
changers in the temple, He drove them out with a scourge.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[x]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
He would not tolerate the defiling of the temple. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Christ understood the perfect balance
between what Elder Oaks called, “the twin ideas of truth and tolerance.” Elder Oaks recalls,
“When He faced the woman taken in adultery, Jesus spoke the comforting words of
tolerance: ‘Neither do I condemn thee.’ Then, as He sent her away, He spoke the
commanding words of truth: ‘Go, and sin no more’ (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/8.11?lang=eng#10"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">John 8:11</span></a>). We should all be edified and
strengthened by this example of speaking both tolerance and truth: kindness in
the communication, but firmness in the truth.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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must be practiced with the guidance of the Spirit.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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One of my earlier points was that tolerance is a stepping
stone to love.<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>Tolerance for different opinions and cultural
practices can lead us to love God’s children and bring unity to neighborhoods,
churches, and communities. Tolerance for sin, however can lead us to love sin.
We must rely on the Spirit to help us know the difference.<o:p></o:p></div>
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speaking about tolerance “in our personal relations” with those whose beliefs
and behavior differ from our own, Elder Oaks advises that our “[decisions] can
depend on how directly we are personally affected by it.” We must be careful to
avoid self-righteousness and judgment when we see others choose to live differently
than we do. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Joseph Smith taught us: “It is the doctrine of the
devil to …hinder our progress, by filling us with self-righteousness. The
nearer we get to our Heavenly Father, the more we are disposed to look with
compassion on perishing souls.” “Nothing is so much calculated to lead people
to forsake sin as to take them by the hand, and watch over them with
tenderness.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[xi]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
</span>When we see our
friends or family sinning, let us, like the father of the prodigal son, treat
them with tenderness, invite them to come home, and rejoice when they choose to
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Here’s another rule
of thumb for acting wisely with tolerance. Recently, in articles or blog posts
advocating for greater tolerance, I’ve heard the same phrase used again and
again. It goes something like this, “Let us be known for what we do, rather
than what we don’t do.” I like this this little phrase because while it
acknowledges that there are things we will not and cannot tolerate, we would be
better served by focusing our time and energy on doing good wherever and to
whomever we can. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sharon Eubank is
the director of LDS Charities which provides millions of dollars to serve over
a million people globally each year providing clean water, disaster relief,
vaccinations, and more. If there’s anyone who has to make difficult decisions
about how to do the most good each day, it’s her. Last year, she suggested that
rather than worrying “about things that are less significant,” we should ask
ourselves, <span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“Where
should I be spending my energy and my intellectual curiosity and what should I
be worrying about?”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> Acting on the personal revelation we receive
in answer to this question will help us become a people known for the good that
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already love in our home. Nowhere are we better able to learn the virtues of
patience, forbearance, and longsuffering, than in our relationships with our
family who sometimes seem to be uniquely chosen for their ability to drive us
crazy. Yet nowhere have I felt greater joy than when I sit with one of my
children and we apologize to each other, reaffirm our love for each other, and
begin to laugh again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on tolerance at the Second Annual Court/Clergy Conference in Sacramento. Though
he was speaking about political differences, I think his advice is sound for
families as well. He says, “I</span></span><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">t will help if we are not led or unduly influenced
by the extreme voices that are heard from contending positions. Extreme voices
polarize and create resentment and fear by emphasizing what is nonnegotiable
and by suggesting that the desired outcome is to disable the adversary and
achieve absolute victory. Such outcomes are rarely attainable and never
preferable to living together in mutual understanding and peace.” Let us not
let being right stand in the way of peace and harmony in the family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">May
the fruits of the Spirit of God—love, joy, peace, gentleness,
goodness, and longsuffering tolerance<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sam/Documents/tolerance_talk.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[xiii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>—be
abundant in our lives as we try to live in understanding and peace is my hope
and prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“pants to church” blog post by Alisa Mercer, personal friend.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Emily is so much fun right now. For weeks I've been thinking, "I need to write this down!" so now I'm doing it :)<br />
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Emily gets so much love from the whole family. Levi loves to be goofy to make her laugh. She will copy his crazy dancing and funny sounds. They love to chase each other. Anna likes to sing to Emily- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is what she sings whenever she's trying to calm her down. Anna is my great helper with Emily. She can get her in or out of bed, get her dressed, feed her, play with her, and watch her for few minutes. She's also good at tickling Emily to make her laugh. Everyone loves peek a boo and patty cake and pony girl with Emily. Emily gets fussy like any baby in a car seat unless Anna and Levi are in the car. Then she can watch them in the back seat and they can play games with her. When the kids head outside or upstairs to play, you can always count on Emily following them as fast as her little legs will carry her.<br />
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When Sam comes home, Emily screams a high "Aaaah!" and runs to him saying, "Dah-deee" over and over. Then she tries to jump and flaps her arms and nods her head because she just has to move all over because she's so excited that Dad is home.</div>
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Emily is starting to enjoy books. Her favorite is far and away this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-About-Me-Fun-Flaps/dp/0756634385/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444791595&sr=8-1&keywords=all+about+me+board+book">All About Me</a> board book. She has actions for almost every page and carries it to me to read it to her several times a day. I made Sam take a video of me reading to her (while Levi has a conversation with Siri in the next room).<br />
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She also loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar and will put her hand in mine so I stick her finger in to every little hole in all the food. And of course, all of Karen Katz's Where is Baby's.... (Bellybutton, Mommy, Easter Egg, Pumpkin, etc...) books.<br />
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Emily loves to be outside and recognizes the word, so when I ask her if she wants to play outside, she runs to the back door and when I say we're going on a walk she runs to the garage to get in the stroller. She is fearless and will climb most everything. She goes down any slide, no matter how tall and says, "Wheeee" the whole way down and claps for herself at the bottom. She is totally trusting and jumps off ledges at the playground as long as she sees me below her.<br />
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Emily has learned lots of words. She started signing around her birthday- all done, more, and light- and has learned lots of signs and words since then. Over the summer all the kids would wave goodbye to Sam when he left for work in the morning, so whenever Emily heard a car start or saw a car drive by, she would start waving. It was adorable. Some of her first words were "all done" (ah-dah), "no," "uh-oh,"and "ma-ma-mee" for Mom or food or help. Since then, she's started saying "up" to be picked up, "nummy" or "ummy" for food, "nana" with the sign for banana, "a-po" with the sign for apple, "shz" with the sign for shoes, "ooff-ooff" with sign for doggy, and "I-nigh" with a wave goodbye for "night night!" (that's one of my favorites). She mostly calls me Mommy ("mahMEE"), not Mama, which at first I was a little sad about, but it's so cute to hear her say it, that it's hard to stay sad long.<br />
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She's using her words more creatively now, too. For instance, today, I put a clip in her hair and she pulled it out saying, "No. All done." She will often say or sign two words to try and communicate what she means. She also babbles a lot and spent several minutes today gesturing with her hands out, palms up babbling away saying, "Um blah na mo, um um na do tzz um um." Anna could hardly contain herself she thought it was so funny how serious Emily was telling us something very important.<br />
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Emily has all sorts of silly daily habits. She likes to suck water out of the spray bottle I use when I do Anna's hair. She likes to pull out every. single. board book. She likes to pull out all the place mats, kids cups, and my aluminum soup pot which she carries around until she finds a good place to hide it. She likes to wear shoes and brings me shoes to put on her feet several times a day. She takes my hand and pulls me to the pantry or fridge when she wants a snack. She goes down so easily for her nap and sleeps about 2 hours. She loves her pacifier and her blanket and whenever she finds her blanket in the house she squeals, hugs it and buries her whole body into it.<br />
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Emily is such a happy and easy-going baby. She is curious and unafraid. She often scares other toddlers at the park or storytime because she walks right up to them and will sit close or grab a toy right next to them. Until very recently, her cousin Daniel who is 6 months older was literally terrified of her and would burst into tears when she walked into the room. With a bit of exposure therapy he can now say "Hi Emily" and be within a 10 foot radius of her. She's easy to leave with babysitters and nearly every single person who has watched her has said she's the easiest baby they've ever watched.<br />
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We are so lucky to have her and I have been able to enjoy every stage she's been through. I can't get enough of kissing and cuddling her. It thrills me every time she speaks or signs. She loves music and I am filled with delight when she dances. I still nurse her before bed and I cherish that time to cuddle her. She is a joy and our family has been brought closer because Emily joined us. I can't imagine life without her now.<br />
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Ohio State won the national championship, so Emily and I celebrated by wearing our OSU gear and making buckeyes while Levi was at preschool. She's the cutest little buckeye baby I've ever seen.<br />
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This is how Anna relaxed while talking to Grandma Becky on the phone. </div>
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We have a Valentine's Day tradition of having "pink breakfast." It started when Anna was 3 and has been the exact same breakfast every year since. It's a fun way to celebrate the day and fun to fancy up the table.<br />
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For dinner I made heart-shaped pizza, a tradition in its second year.</div>
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Sam and I went to see Lang Lang play Tchaikovsky's piano concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony. (Anna took this picture for us before hand.) The concert was incredible. I've never heard anything like it. It was like his fingers floated above the keys, and he was so connected with the orchestra. Over the next few days, I'd hear Sam humming or whistling it and Sam told me he noticed me dancing or conducting to the music in my head. I'm so glad we went.<br />
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This is me and Anna at her class valentine's party. She made a My Little Pony Valentines Box for school.</div>
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We made heart shaped cinnamon rolls with pink frosting in honor of Valentine's day.</div>
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Anna got a haircut and her first blow out.</div>
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Levi and his buddy Allison. Levi's pretty sure he's going to marry Allison, even though she's moved to Washington. </div>
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Some playdough creations. I believe the one on the left is a sundae and the one on the right is a fish. Below is a cup of milk, a napkin and sushi maybe?</div>
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Some valentine crafts</div>
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How most mornings look.</div>
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Anna had a field trip to a museum we had a membership to, so Levi and Emily and I met her there.</div>
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Anna participated in Destination Imagination (sort of like Olympics of the Mind from when I was a kid) last year. Their assignment was to make up a new animal from two other animals and create a skit. They chose a black jaguar and a peacock. They had to create their own costumes and write the script. They made up a little song. It was very cute, and she had fun spending one afternoon a week with so many of her good friends.</div>
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I started to write about this photo with Levi looking over my shoulder, but he kept correcting me. So here is the explanation in his words.</div>
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"Daddy told a story about this monster and Yoda.Yoda helps the monster. I don't remember how. Yoda helps the monster and the monster tries to eat him at first, but then Yoda helps him. They are walking together because they're trying to find Darth Vader."<br /><br />Levi wrote "to" and "from" and we copied it a few times to give to some friends. </div>
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The first few days of January, we were still at my parents' house. Here is Sam, my dad, and Anna playing in the snow. They were out there for nearly an hour and had a wonderful time.</div>
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Emily started eating real food this month. It took her a couple weeks to warm up to it, but once she did, she loved it, just like our other two good eaters.</div>
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I took this picture to show how Levi's shirt looks at the end of most days. I keep stain removers in business with this boy. Notice how it gets on the outsides of his sleeves on his upper arm. Of course, he wanted me to take pictures of his goofy faces, too, so enjoy.</div>
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<br />heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-44609328070919227592015-08-26T21:22:00.004-05:002015-08-26T21:22:58.973-05:00december 2014I finally figured out where these pictures were stored on our new (meaning our less-old) computer, so I can finally finish up last year. I'm just a little bit behind....<br />
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The first weekend in December is always the Exxon Holiday party. It's always great. This year the kids received these teddy bears after sitting on Santa's lap and they are still a favorite.<br />
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These graham cracker houses were a spur of the moment idea to deal with some stir crazies and some need for holiday excitement. They were a huge success all around. </div>
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Anna went to the coolest birthday party ever for her friend Meryn. It was at Rocky Top Ranch in NRH. The girls played on the playground and fed the farm animals. Then they ate some hot dogs her dad had grilled while the girls were playing. After cupcakes were horse rides, a hay ride, and smores the girls cooked themselves on the fire. It was the perfect crisp fall day and the girls just got to run and play, get dirty, and be kids. It was a magical afternoon.</div>
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Levi started drawing all Star Wars all the time. Here's Yoda fighting Darth Vader.</div>
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Anna had a speaking part to open her school holiday concert. She was nervous, but we practiced speaking loudly and used a little foot tapping trick to speak slowly enough. She did great. First there was a concert for the whole school in the afternoon.</div>
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And then another in the evening for parents</div>
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Emily was cute, of course. This might have been her first little pig tail.</div>
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One night we walked around downtown Grapevine to see all the Christmas lights and decorations. They call themselves the Christmas Capitol of Texas, so there was a lot to see! The kids really loved it, especially the synchronized light and music display by where we parked. Later, Van and Ruth took the kids for a sleepover and Sam, Emily, and I went on a quiet dinner date. It was nice and sorely needed.</div>
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We flew to my parents' house on Christmas day. There was lots of snow to play in, so we went sledding, built snow men and snow forts, and drove around Salem pond to see the lights while we sang Christmas carols. I loved getting to see lots of my cousins from both the Holt and Stay sides of the family, but mostly I loved seeing my kids have fun with their cousins. They are great friends.</div>
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Gabriel loved to give kisses!</div>
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This was one of my favorite outfits on Emily. It was a hand-me-down from the Burgoynes and she wore it all the time. I wanted a picture of her in it before she out-grew it (you can already see it stretching here) so I took these.</div>
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I finally succeeded in making a passable pupusa!</div>
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Some family game time interrupted by a little Christmas jammie photo shoot</div>
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We were going to go on a train ride this morning, but Dad said, "I'd rather build you a swing set with the money we would have spent on the train." So he did! With some help from Sam, of course, and with lots of "help" from the kids. </div>
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We LOVE it! Why didn't we get a swing set earlier? I will never be without one again. We celebrated with dinner at Joe T. Garcia's in Fort Worth.</div>
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That large yellow thing in Levi's hand is what they call a "nacho." It's a crispy corn tostada shell with tons of melted cheese on it. Levi called it a giant cheesy chip. He was so sad when they were done that he asked the waitress at the end of the meal if he could have another one. He was very pleased.</div>
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On Sunday, Rodney Puplampu drove up from Austin to see Mom and Dad. We've known him since my Dad was his Scout Master in Detroit. He had married Trina while they were on their mission in Germany and wanted to introduce her to them. She is absolutely lovely and we had a fun dinner together and got to see their gorgeous wedding photos and new house photos and Mom and Dad told them about their mission.</div>
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Anna got sick one evening, so we kept her home from school and took her to the Perot Museum with us instead. She was done throwing up by the time we walked in the door of the museum (as in the last time was in the parking lot) and we used tons of hand sanitizer :)</div>
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This guy was so cute. The museum wasn't very busy and he was explaining every single display in the space hall to us. We had moved on when he came up behind me and said, "Do you want to see some fossils? I'm allowed to do whatever I want, so I could get them out and show them to you." With an invitation like that, how could I resist? And of course it was cool to see and touch several different fossil samples.</div>
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Emily cooking with me</div>
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At the weather station at the Perot museum</div>
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Levi had about a month where it was almost impossible to get him to go to bed in his own bed. This was a night where we just let him fall asleep on the couch</div>
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Anna relishes the rare occasion when she gets to feed Emily and she's so sweet and patient while she does it</div>
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I bought this little sweater romper not long after I found out I was pregnant. I didn't even know what I was having, but I figured it would work for a boy or a girl. She always looked so cuddly in it.</div>
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The rest are photos from our afternoon trying to take a family picture for our Christmas card. Ruth bought a DSLR on black Friday and we were the guinea pigs. However, I wanted Levi to wear a vest and Levi did NOT want to wear a vest. I think the pictures pretty much speak for themselves.</div>
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It didn't work. I was not employing any good parenting skills in that moment and felt terrible later. I apologized and gave lots of hugs.</div>
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By some miracle, the vest is on! Papa and Grandma worked <i>really</i> hard with their silly faces.</div>
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So lucky to get to live near grandparents! Especially ones who are so involved and loving.</div>
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October is when things start happening again in Texas. We went to a butterfly festival where they released migrating monarchs and the kids got their faces painted. And then we walked over to a harvest festival at Nash Farm where we rode on a hay ride, shelled peas, watched a milking demonstration, and watched a blacksmith. </div>
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There were several cool play areas with tires and logs and hay bales that the kids had a fun time on.</div>
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Then we did the corn maze which the kids LOVED. We'll definitely have to make it a family tradition.<br />
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Funny kids!</div>
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Tired baby</div>
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One afternoon we made these pretzel rods and the day before we'd made the dracula and frankenstein crafts hanging up in the picture below.</div>
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One Saturday we went to Grapeyard which was a free Halloween festival at Meadowmere park. It was mostly weird, but Levi loved the maze and Anna liked the little play some junior high school kids put on. They painted pumpkins and watched some digitally displayed singing pumpkins that they enjoyed. Levi also loved the lazer tag zombie shooting game.</div>
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Little baby fairy princess! This was more cute than I could handle!</div>
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We went to lunch with Anna with my parents and it happened to be pajama day. She chose Milani to come sit with us.</div>
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Frankenstein pudding cups. The fact that Levi has no pants is not unusual.</div>
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Anna read a Fancy Nancy book where she made a beauty salon for her mom and she wanted to do the same for me. First she did my make-up. Then she gave me some magazines, soaked my feet in warm water, massaged them with lotion and painted my nails. It was such a treat from my sweet girl!</div>
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Levi made up this little song for Emily and did it pretty much every time he saw her for several weeks. I thought it was pretty adorable.</div>
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First day of preschool at Miss Gina's house! Levi attends preschool at a friend's home. She has taught preschool for each of her 5 children when they are 3 and 4 years old and Levi was lucky enough to get a spot this year. He loves class. He loves learning Spanish from Nanitzi, Thomas's mom, who says he's reading and pronouncing Spanish well. He can now count up to 20 and know his colors and body parts. He loves creature features and rhyming words and reading books and learning about holidays. His friends in class are Allison, Garrett, Thomas, and Zachary, so it's a nice small group. Gina is an amazing teacher who really gets Levi and what makes him excited. </div>
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Sleeping babies are so cute!</div>
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When the kids made their detective headquarters in August, I gave them an old bed sheet I use as a paint drop cloth and when they wanted to write on it with their markers, I told them it was fine. So another day when we built a fort indoors, I went to take a nap and woke up to find one of my nicer sheets written on with red marker at the "front" and "back" doors of the fort. I kept my cool, laughed, took a picture, and thankfully they'd used the washable markers and there was no permanent damage. And I told them never to do it again without my permission.</div>
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August was all about relaxing and playing before school started and loving on Emily.</div>
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Matching sisters</div>
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This was a common occurrence. Anna really got into chapter books last summer. It's been fun to see her love for reading blossom.</div>
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The Cosby kids detective headquarters (and trap!) The kids played detectives for this <i>whole</i> day and then off and on for the rest of the week. They made cases and took notes on clues in notebooks. They built the whole fort. It was so cute. This was also the day they snuck the jar of nutella outside with two spoons while I was feeding Emily.</div>
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The kids put all our soft blankets on the stairs and slid down them. Then Anna decided it would be fun for all kids and made a welcome sign and rules. I love that they have time to do these kinds of things in the summer time.</div>
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(This was posted on our front door) <br />Fuzzy Stairs grand Reopening! owned by Cosby kids. A Fuzzy fun stairwell. Fun for kids. 1 at a time.</div>
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Boys and girls welcome to Fuzzy Stairs a plase (place) for fun and kindness. We are the Cosby kids. Now I will tell you the things you can do. </div>
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1. be naked </div>
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2. eat anything </div>
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3. play in play-room </div>
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4. be kind</div>
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5. play outside</div>
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6. watch TV cilectronics (electronics)</div>
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One morning Anna used her scrap fabric to design this dress for her doll. It is a wedding dress for a wedding in Hawaii.</div>
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Grandma Becky brought these fairy wings, crown, and wand from Germany. </div>
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First day of school!!!!!! First Grade!</div>
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Second day of school! I just thought her outfit was cute. </div>
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And here's lots of Emily cuteness from August </div>
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<br />heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-34960793623404403922015-01-26T21:18:00.000-06:002015-01-27T07:09:08.348-06:00emily's nursery revealI am <i>thrilled</i> to be able to finally share Emily's nursery. We've been working on it since before she was born. Let me walk you through it!<br />
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Let's start with the dresser/changing table/night stand combo. This was a free piece of furniture from some friends in Massachusetts. I decided to keep the original hardware and honey finish because I have a thing for late 90's. Our alarm clock from Sam's high school days ties in with that theme. <br />
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The papers spilling out from the two organizational items I've given Sam to corral his stuff fits with the shabby chic vibe I'm going for, emphasis on <i>shabby.</i><br />
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Notice the poop stain on the changing table cover. I love when things have some life and story to them. Also, I like to have a mix of name brand and store brand products for baby care because I never want anything to be too matchy-matchy. </div>
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Here's the pack-and-play that Emily occasionally naps in when it's not being used for holding my clean laundry straight from the dryer. It's too big to fit through the doorway, so all my plans of moving it back and forth from room to room went out the window. Sometimes you've got to roll with the punches when you DIY!</div>
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I have hated the color and pattern on this thing since I bought it, but it was the cheapest model and we weren't really in the market for splurge items at the time. However, I love the functionality of having some extra storage space below when the bassinet is attached. I still have the blanket that was hiding all the kids Christmas presents left in there. See! Our house really <i>doesn't</i> look like a magazine 24/7, no matter what it may seem like from the other pictures on this blog!</div>
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And here's the woman of the hour! I wanted something really special, just for Emily, so I bought some <i>washable</i> Crayola markers for her to suck on. I can totally tell the difference. Trust me guys. <i>So</i> glad I splurged on that one.</div>
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Here's the nursing and sleeping portion of Emily's nursery. It might look like it's in a different room, but that's because it is. Think I'm walking all the way upstairs when she's crying in the middle of the night? Think again. Ain't nobody got time fo' dat! (Here's where that gif would go if I were savvy enough to know how to embed gifs.)</div>
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I try to keep things casual in here so I've avoided cleaning, for the most part. Also, window dressings are a no-go according to our rental agreement, so that made our decorating decisions significantly easier. Emily is playing with the blanket I crocheted for her and wearing the sweater my mom knitted for her from the left-over yarn. When she's sleepy, she hooks her fingers through the holes of the blanket and pulls it towards her while turning her head so her cheek rubs against it. Seriously, it's the cutest, most heart-warming thing I've ever seen. </div>
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Finally, the hamper and diaper pail. I was planning on hand-quilting an organic cotton liner for the hamper, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe next week!</div>
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Hope you enjoyed the tour! Here's a source list in case you'd like to replicate the look in your own home:</div>
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Dresser: Free from friends<br />
Changing pad: Came with a changing table I got on freecycle which is currently used for storage upstairs<br />
Pack-n-Play: Babies-R-Us<br />
Rocking chair: Gift from in-laws<br />
Ottoman: Hand-me-down from in-laws<br />
Rocking sleeper: Hand-me-down from Sam's brother <i>and</i> sister and was originally a gift to her from my in-laws<br />
Mini bookshelf: Free from my college roommate<br />
Hamper: Dollar Tree<br />
Diaper Pail: Target<br />
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Check in next time to see what we've done to organize our half-a-tiny-closet-sized pantry. Here's a hint: NOTHING!<br />
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*Of course this is a joke. I love beautiful nurseries and found myself wishing I had the space, time, money, and talent to make one. Then I remembered my beautiful happy healthy baby and how she adores me and the blanket I made her, and how happy and easy and convenient our life is, and this idea was born. I hope you and your beautifully decorated home aren't too offended.<br />
<br />heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-42073447362852787872015-01-25T21:58:00.000-06:002015-01-25T21:58:06.665-06:00july 2014Emily overload!!! July was a fun and busy month. Also, I didn't get much sleep. But that first month with newborns is so precious! My mom and I decided she should come to stay with us as I was headed to the hospital (the second time). So last minute, she booked a flight from Germany and stayed with us for 10 wonderful days. There's nothing like having your mom there after you've had a baby. Not only do you not feel bad asking them to be awake at all hours or do nasty post-baby laundry, but you also get to talk about all those deep things that well up when your hormones are all shifty.<br />
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So much LOVE!</div>
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Look at how satisfied she is with herself. Best big sister ever.</div>
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I caught a smile!</div>
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Oh baby yawns! They always make me think of that the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zch69ZwGQ-4">strong bad email about anime mouths</a>. "Real tiny when it's closed. Ridiculously huge when it's open!"</div>
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Puppet show!</div>
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I made this hungry caterpillar costume for my friend's son and she graciously sent it back to me so I could take pictures of Emily in it. </div>
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I love the crazy positions they'll sleep in.</div>
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These two were inseparable. It was adorable. I'm so glad I had her in the summer when the kids got to spend all day with her, watching her grow. </div>
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Mom just whipped up these doll costumes while she was here. She's amazing.<br />
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Ruth and Van brought John and Anna's boys down from Nebraska to stay for a week. It was fun to get some cousin time in with them.</div>
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She lost her umbilical cord stump really early, so she was so tiny for her first bath!</div>
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Our family on the day she was blessed. Sam gave a beautiful and thoughtful blessing, and we were surrounded by friends and family.</div>
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Everyone who came for the blessing: Natalie and Seth, Amber and Madison Schultz, David and Marcelle and children Jonas, Maggie, and Gabriel, Doug and Daniel Summerstay, Van and Ruth, Gordon and Katrina and children Caleb and Naomi, Jacob and Lauren and Daniel.</div>
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David and Marcelle were in the middle of their move from California to Alabama and we were on their way. Thankfully, it worked out that they could be here for Emily's blessing. They arrived the night before and stayed at a hotel, so we got to see them for the first time as we all walked into the chapel together.</div>
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After the blessing, the Stays came to our house for lunch. We had baked french toast, baked oatmeal, fruit, and sausage.</div>
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These two girls had a marvelous time with dolls and dress up. Anna did Maggie's hair here.</div>
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Amber and Madison gave us this darling bracelet. It was Madison's when she was a baby and she wanted to pass it on to a new baby.</div>
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The next day, Dave and Marcelle prepared for the last leg of their long trip and then we all went to the Grapevine Dove pool. Even Emily got into the water. Then, unfortunately, it was time to say goodbye to Dave and his family.</div>
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Doug spent a lot of time holding Emily for me. Like all the Stay men in my family, he's really good with babies-- patient and willing to walk and sing and talk to them.</div>
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Grandma Ruth came to see the little celebration and Sam sneaked away from work for a bit. Anna was thrilled and thought the goofy faces he made at her through the whole program were hilarious.</div>
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Anna was going through a phase where she'd bite her cheeks to keep from smiling if anyone was paying attention to her. She didn't seem shy, but she'd get embarrassed easily. There are so many more weird pictures that I didn't post. This is fairly representative. I'm glad she's growing out of that and feeling more confident now. </div>
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Last day of school!!!!!</div>
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Sam was in charge of a little safety spotlight for a meeting at work. He decided to do some summer safety tips including food safety, sun protection, and insect protection. He used our children as adorable models. He got rave reviews from co-workers.</div>
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I have no idea what this photo is for, but look how little Levi looks in it! </div>
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This was near the beginning of summer break. These two played together really well through June which was a nice help to me in my really pregnant state. I just found them here one morning in crowns on the bar.</div>
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And then, Emily was born! More on that <a href="http://livingeden.blogspot.com/2014/07/emily-jane-cosby.html">here</a>.</div>
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Anna was smitten from day one, and is still the best little mini-mom. Levi had a little rougher adjustment, which was to be expected, but now Emily has him wrapped around her finger. He's a fabulous big brother who can get big smiles from his little sister. As we got out of the car today (in January) he said, "You always bring joy, Emily!" She does and we all adore her and I adore my older children when they are loving on her.</div>
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First up, Anna's 6th birthday! She was the youngest in her kindergarten class but did a great job keeping up academically and socially. We brought donuts for the class treat. They sang Happy Birthday and turned on the disco ball and danced.<br />
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The same day was Anna's last running club. She was one of only two kindergarteners who participated, so she got one of the "Distance Leader" awards. She ran 20.75 miles over the course of the season. I was so proud of her! To celebrate, instead of getting a little mark on their hand for each lap, they got a stripe of colored hair spray! The kids got a little crazy with the left overs, spraying it all over their bodies. And of course, we finished with popsicles. </div>
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On Anna's actual birthday, we went to JumpStreet which is one of the kids' favorite places. Van, Ruth, Katrina, Caleb, and Naomi came as well. Sam, Ruth, and Katrina got passes to jump as well. Everyone had a blast! The foam pit was a big hit and looked like lots of fun. Anna got good at swinging on the rope and then jumping but Levi would just hold it in his hand and the jump off the edge. They were so cute to watch!</div>
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Here's adventurous Grandma Ruth jumping with Anna. The adults all ended up a little more sore and tired than they bargained for. After JumpStreet we went to Freddy's for lunch.</div>
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The birthday girl at Cosby family dinner on Sunday. The giant number 6 balloon was pretty cool.<br />
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Anna's big gift was this AG doll from Grandma Ruth</div>
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I made the Elsa dress. It's probably the trickiest thing I've ever sewn, but she LOVED it. </div>
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The following weekend was Anna's princess birthday party. We made crowns with foam and glitter glue and sequins. </div>
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Our first two activities lasted about 10 seconds each, so to kill some time, I put on the "Do you want to build a snowman?" video. It was adorable to see them all sing along, but then I played "Let it Go." There were arm motions and priceless facial expressions. I got a video of that and it's hilarious to watch.</div>
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I was worried that a princess party screamed "entitlement," but I wasn't sure what to do about it. I hatched a plan too late to ask guests to bring canned food, but I gathered up lots from our pantry and Sam hid it around the yard. Then I told the girls about how I had just been to Germany where I'd been inside <i>real</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartburg">castles</a> and learned about a <i>real</i> princess named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Hungary">Elizabeth</a>. </div>
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Then I told the girls about how Elizabeth had used her wealth and abundance to serve others and how people still remember her for her kindness today. I told how she would hide food so she could sneak it out of the castle for the poor. I then told them there was food that we had hidden that we could take to the food bank here in Grapevine. The girls were SO excited and had a fabulous time. Several of the moms told me their daughters remembered this best and that made me feel better about a princess party.</div>
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This was the end of the year kindergarten art show. Anna's mermaid was her favorite creation.</div>
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Sam took Levi on the Father and Sons camp out with Van, Gordon, and Caleb. Levi had a marvelous time and felt very cool. I made Sam take the camera and promise to take pictures. He was good on his word.</div>
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Next up: FIELD DAY! Sam took the day off because we wanted to go to his Grandfather's birthday party in the afternoon. So he went to some of the day and I went to some. It was SO HOT and I was glad to trade off with someone. It was not fun to be pregnant and standing around in the heat.<br />
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Anna had a super fun day and loved getting a slushy at the end of it most of all. Here she is with her beloved teacher, Mrs. Poda.<br />
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Right after we got home we left for a cabin in the country where we got together with all Ruth's sisters and Sam's cousins to celebrate Grandpa Frank's birthday. There was tons of delicious food and the kids loved roaming around and getting dirty. I enjoyed getting to know Sam's extended family better. There is a lot of good humor in the McDonald clan. </div>
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I'm so glad we got in one last full fun day as a family before Frank passed on in November. His love and laughter are sorely missed.</div>
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Finally, Levi thought it would be a good idea to use oil pastels to draw on my chair. He was worried about losing his picture if I washed it off, so we took a photo. How do kids make <i>you </i>feel bad as you scrub their mess off your furniture? Parenthood is full of wonders. </div>
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