Independence Day is here! Last night as Molly, my Labrador retriever tried to crawl under my legs after our walk and the neighborhood fireworks explosions were scaring her, I tried to absorb/practice some internalizing of my environment. Instead of blocking the noisy interruptions out. I decided I would recite :"freedom" each time I hear a loud explosion in celebration or even a whistle.
Kim Garret conducted and testified today. He announced no, NO fireworks on church property. Interesting.
Diana Larson was released last month as our sacrament meeting program preparer. [preparer (plural preparers)
One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready.]
She had a stroke.
Last Sunday Anthony Cirito said she seemed much more alert since she had her gall bladder removed, and he visited her both the day of and the day after the operation. He said the difference was like night and day. She passed away yesterday. RSPres has been visiting her at the hospital on her way to work. Routine.
In her testimony today she said that when she (Barb Lefler, RSPres,) visited her Friday Diana said, "hi Barb". Barb was pleased. Diana hasn't put two words together since her stroke. Barb said that she wanted to pass away quickly and not linger. Diana told husband CurtisL that she would pass through the veil within 3 days. Sure enough. She is gone.
In choir practice I heard she has been enduring diabetes for years and years without complaint.
CurtisL had some toes and other things removed this year. In his talk months ago he said he was supposed to die before his mission but has been kept here hanging on by frequent visits to the hospital. The hospital is his home away from home. Looks like DianaL beat him home.
We had 2 births this week. Boyce and Brailsford. Audrey Bird had her birth at home 3 weeks ago. Aberielle Golding told us last Sunday how nice it was to have her postpartum hormones finally stabilized, in her sacrament meeting talk. Child #4 and they have lived in the ward for 9.5 years, oldest is 5. Brady Golding works 36 hours, 3 days as a nurse practitioner at the hospital, gets paid a salary and loves it! Abby says they have lots of family time! And she shared a list of how they could better honor the Sabbath Day and keep it Holy as a family.
My music people rebelled. Connie Schroath and Heidi Christensen chose to sing the National Anthem for our opening hymn today. We all stood to sing.
I chose it for the closing hymn 2 years ago and the bishop hit me up later and said we were not supposed to stand for a song before the prayer. I asked him who said that? And he would not divulge.
I told my music people the only way we could sing it would be as a rest hymn. But there isn't one on fast Sunday.
As I looked at the program and got ready to lead it as the opening hymn I asked myself, did I really plan this? What am I going to tell the bishop when he hits me up this time? I get shaky when I feel like I am "in trouble." Childhood trauma. Do you think I can feel the spirit of the sacrament when I am shaky? Do you think people can feel the Holy Ghost when they are starving? I don't. I think there are all kinds of things in our world that block the quiet whisperings of the HG. I decided I would face up to my sin. If confronted I would tell the bishop that his music department was rebelling, me included. Replace us if you will. . .
Before SS, Vaun Bethers confided that he cried during the opening hymn as we all stood singing together. I often have to ignore the words or I cry too. HF has been so kind!
Elmer Tucker is 90! The oldest brother in our ward. You should have seen all the family he had come to celebrate! He was first to bear his testimony today. Barb Lefler was second and when there was a pause after her I chose to be 3rd.
Patsy Lamb thanked HF for our wonderful fast and testimony meeting as she opened SS. Wilma Courtney loves being married to a veteran and living in our country, she said in her testimony, and she demands we sing patriotic hymns. Irene Nelson was touched with "heaven rescued land" and told of her visit to fort _____ where the Star Spangled Banner was written.
So many felt touched today. I was off in lala land with my PTSD. Doesn't take much to throw me off base.
God bless you!
Welcome to July!
My testimony of the sacredness of our country is super strong! God bless you. vSunday10:06pm
Robert
did not walk Molly and I so we walked ourselves this Sunday eve. So
pretty out. I don't get my mail except for on Wednesdays because that
is when the grocery ads come out. The rest is junk in my opinion. I
was looking through the junk mail from a week ago and noticed my
letter to you had been returned. On the last page I had drawn 48
circles filling all the gaps and instead of drawing smiley faces I
colored them 24 different colors and your assignment was to match
them up. Oops! Crayons are contraban! Dang! These letters as you know
take hours and hours to put together. The letter opener they used
also sliced off the top 3rd
of the 2 pages. Crud! So I have been trying to reconstruct it. Four
or five times I have sat down to try to put it back together. I can't
find all the pieces! [pieces on my blog etc..] And darn if I want to
type it over again. :( Now you are probably thinking, “it's OK. You
don't need to worry about it.” But it is very very important to me!
I hate waste and that thought of having wasted all that effort drives
me crazy. I keep asking myself, what can I do? After all these days
of turmoil I just arrived upon the solution!!!!! Xerox it! Just make
a photo copy! HF, I don't know to what degree you finally helped me
arrive at that answer but I am so happy! Thank you HF! @ Do you ever
feel so happy inside when a problem get resolved? @ They had to
restamp it since they had opened it. I appreciated them returning it
to me instead of trashing it. This is a trial and effort learning
experience for me. One more prison faux pa I can avoid. But guess
what I did this week? I wrote all the 24 colors on the back of the
envelope in the appropriate color! I sure hope they just trash the
envelope and give you the letter inside. The return postmark from the
prison is June 16 which was a Friday. The very next day was the day I
got my $400 game warden ticket! You can use 2 poles bait fishing but
your wife has to be there if you want to use 4! :) I got caught. The
consequence/ expense of risk taking! @10:25pm
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