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10 Things Our Family Does…….
The first things that come to mind when I think of the things that actually work in our family are (sometimes it doesn’t seem like anything is working): Daily Family Scripture Study/Prayer – We have morning prayer and evening prayer. We do scriptures in the evening when the most people are home. We know it’s […]
My Letter to Me: You Are Already Living the Best Ride of Your Life
Kevin,You have six young children. You are going through a Master’s program. You are the Young Men’s president at church. You are volunteering your time for a concert production non-profit. And now you were just laid off from your job (the third time you have been through layoffs).You had three job offers immediately. The first […]
Letter to My Future Self: Everything Gets Better and Better
Dear younger Addisen,This is kind of full of cliché sayings and what everyone wishes they could tell their younger self. But it’s true.
Letter To My Younger Self: Don’t Just Get Good Enough
Corbin,This is your future self writing you a letter. Pay attention and follow the instructions that will be given to you.The first thing I want to say it that you are in a period of your life that you are free to do a lot of things because you have time.Use that time.Instead of being […]
“I’m Sitting In a Room Full of People”
At 12 years old, I’m sitting in a room full of people. There are five different conversations going on and I love listening to what everyone has to say. I’d really love to take part in the conversation, but I know I take a chance of sounding young and then they will stop talking as […]
Uncomfortable Situations – Forgive & Forget
Uncomfortable situations are…………not comfortable. Who wants to be in them? Of course we will all end up there. Sometimes it will be somebody else’s fault. Sometimes it’ll happen cause of something stupid you did. Or maybe it will be a coincidence. Either way you get stuck. I get stuck in these situations more than I would […]
When Others Gossip…
When I’m sitting in class and one of my friends (let’s call her Beth) leans over and starts complaining about one of the other people in the class (“Anna”), Beth is also whispering so the teacher can’t hear her. I fell badly because Anna is struggling and she is trying and just doesn’t know. I understand what Beth is talking about but I […]
TOPIC: Dealing With Uncomfortable Situations
When asking the family to write, we only ask that they write on a topic. How they approach that topic, what angle they take, how long or short, how specific or general is up to them.This first topic is
Dealing With Uncomfortable Situations
The first thing that comes to my mind in dealing with uncomfortable situations is a flee response, or to just sit and watch. As a parent I tried that at first, but have found that in some cases it is my responsibility to stand up for a child or to a child, even if it […]
How to Deal With Uncomfortable Situations
I have had a lot of this lately. I call it my life!Coming home from a mission made my entire purpose in life and even existence confusing. This made everything about me uncomfortable. I didn’t understand how to act in the real world. I could’t comprehend things the same as normal people. The life I […]