When we turn two-years old, most of us experience what I like to call an attitude explosion. Gracie has taken her attitude to a new level lately. Her new practice is comical and typical for her age and stage. Whenever she perceives she’s in trouble or that someone desires to give her any type of ... Read More
“Surprise! Life IS Unmanageable!” Step 1
Step 1 challenges me to see that my life “has become unmanageable.” I actually find it helpful to acknowledge that my life IS and has always been unmanageable. No matter how hard I try to keep all my ducks in a row, sometime during the day they all go waddling off in strange unpredictable ... Read More
“Good Job Grandma!” – Step 12 Service by Example
I’ve spent a lifetime teaching children about doing good and then keeping a careful watch over them. I’ve taught children all about prayer, who we pray to, the reasons we pray, and the parts of prayer, how to open a prayer, and in whose name we pray. I’ve listened to their prayers and whispered ... Read More
“Aren’t You Going To Take Your Present Grandma?” – Step 6 Change of Heart
“It sounds like you’re in the car. What are you up to tonight?” I ask my daughter who lives four hours away. “Oh the kids are restless after sitting in church, so we thought we would take a little drive before dinner.” After wishing her well I hung up the phone, gathered my Sunday dinner ... Read More
“What’s Next Grandma?” – Step 11
President Benson taught that, “The most constant and most recurring question in our minds touching every thought and deed of our lives, should be, ‘Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” (Ezra T. Benson, Ensign, Dec 1988, p. 2) One of five-year-old Sammy’s most frequent expressions is, “What’s next?” ... Read More
“I Do It Myself!” or “I Cant, God Can, I Think I’ll Let Him!”
Two-year-old Gracie is declaring her independence lately. Among other things, she has decided that she’s old enough to extricate herself from the high chair without help. Recently after finishing her breakfast her mother approached her as usual to help her out of the chair by taking off the tray and ... Read More
The Bird Clock – Step 12 “Having Had A Spiritual Awakening”
There is a transformation that takes place when a woman moves from being a “forty-something” year old mother of teenagers to being a grandmother. One of the early signs of this change is the acquisition of little eccentric things around the house. It’s quite unexplainable, but grandmothers purchase ... Read More
Memorial Day, Celebrating The Power to Live On!
This morning I attended a recovery meeting using the technology of the phone bridge. Present at the meeting were more than thirty participants from all spiritual walks of life. The reading for this meeting came from an AA piece of literature called “Came to Believe.” I listened as one participant ... Read More
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