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Garbage day was Thursday when we were living on Jenny in Myrtle Creek. It was easy to remember when we would load Jaime up in the car to drive her to the church for young women, we would put the garbage out. The garbage pick up was on Wednesdays after our move to Tri City. Same days we took Jaime to YW – and we haven’t always been good at remembering.
The garbage would get picked up just
before 7:00 and if we hadn’t put it out when she started seminary, there was
still time when we observed other cans out on our street. But now the garbage gets picked up at 4:00
a.m. Usually the trucks will wake me
up. Surprisingly they didn’t a couple of
days ago. Neither Richard nor I have
been sleeping well this week. We don’t
know why.
When Jaime was little she had this admirable persistence that I don’t recall having seen in many children. She would go after something and keep at it until she accomplished whatever it is she was trying to do. She didn’t get upset or frustrated. She never gave up. That was so admirable as it started before she could walk.
Two specific examples I remember were
when she was in the tub and there was a sliver of soap floating around. She was determined to pick it up out of the
water. Of course it would slip from her
grasp and eventually became smaller and non-existent. So it was the soap that gave out. She continued to look for it though.
She would see me remove bottle caps
from the water I was drinking and replace the cap. She tried her hand at removing the cap also
until she was finally able to do it.
Replacing the cap took a lot more effort. I don’t know how old she was when she
mastered that one – but she could remove it long before she was walking whereas
I don’t think she mastered replacing the cap until maybe two.
I love her persistence and for how
often she has been an example to me.
I don’t bend so well anymore. My left leg often hurts and I wear lifts under my right foot to even them out. I got up at 1:30 this morning to take Bonnie out and noticed a pain in my right leg. What was that all about? So both of my legs were hurting and I decided that I would soak them in the tub.
The knobs for the master bath broke off a long time ago and I haven’t used the tub for a while – perhaps a couple of times before Biff and his family moved in but never while they were living here. I did not realize how tight the bathroom was until this morning. No wonder Biff is so happy not living here anymore! I’m wondering how they were able to get along in such a tight space.
Many of us experience a devastation after an automobile accident. We may lose sleep over replaying the situation in our mind. We are more cautious when we return to driving. After a while we return normal sleeping habits and may become a little more lax in our driving habits – or whatever it may be. Automobile accidents is just one of many scenarios. I picked that analogy as I think more people may be able to identify with it than to pitbulls or the learning impaired.
Last month Jaime and I had decided to
take Bonnie to Millsite just for a change of scenery. Unfortunately our day did not end well. I lost a tremendous amount of sleep over the
events that took place. But it’s been a month
and I have started sleeping better but not have completely relaxed nor do I
expect I ever will.
Jaime and I were sitting on a bench and
Bonnie was exploring. Jaime had let go
of the leash and Bonnie spotted a dog in the distance – and I do mean
distance. The other dog and her walker
had to have been a good football field distance away. I don’t know why Bonnie felt the need to
attack. For a fat dog she is fast and strong.
Jaime went running after her and lost
her shoe in the process. I cannot run
that fast and was slow to trail after. I
saw the other owner running and calling after her dog. Jaime and I both felt bad and were crying
about it. My concern was more about
Jaime than either of the dogs.
Not wishing to encounter anymore
problems we decided to cross the field and head towards the car so that we
could return home. Just before we
approached another bench Jaime realized that she had left her backpack behind
and went to retrieve it. We both
continued to pray about the situation at hand and expressed our concern about
the other dog and her owner.
The dog and her owner were reunited
but there was conflict. Evidently Bonnie had bit the neck of the other dog and
there were threats made but also opportunity for us to leave the park – which we
did. Still there were many sleepless
nights and thoughts of animal control stepping in to remove Bonnie from our
household and put her down.
Bonnie is a sweet dog overall – if you’re human. But not to female dogs regardless of
size. We are no longer welcome at the
park – not that
Bonnie ever was. Reminds me of Lenny
from Mice and Men or any situation of
one who may be slower that his/her peers and acts up – perhaps causes
harm to a child and the parent of the victimized student may petition to “not allow that
retard in the same school”. It has happened before. It will happen again.
We love Bonnie but she is a threat to
other animals and that is too bad. We
need to find someone who lives in the country in which Bonnie is the only
female dog. Jaime does not wish to give her up. She loves Bonnie possibly more than the other owner loves her dog - though I don't know. It was a bad experience and situation for all of us.
A week ago I taught the lesson in
Relief Society. I had read and listened
to the talk several times in the course of a month and it just wasn’t
resonating with me. As I prayed about how I should go about teaching the lesson
I felt inspired to focus on the upcoming conference and how to prepare to hear
whatever message we needed to hear for ourselves.
I passed out a paper with thoughts I
had collected from both the church website and Deseret News. It starts out with how blessed we are to get
to hear the words of God through our prophets and apostles and other Church
leaders. Let me emphasize other Church leaders as we heard from many that serve in
other capacities. And what a great
blessing it was to hear from each of them.
General conference is a gift that
each of us can benefit. Taking notes
helps one to focus – at least it does me.
I know that there were some who were disappointed not seeing Pres.
Nelson for three of the sessions. I
appreciated Henry B. Eyring’s as he addressed the “servants of the Lord” – they
were all servants. And all brought “words
of truth and encouragement and greater
insight guidance” I love that. I love that we have the opportunity to
embrace conference. I didn’t always, but
feel more connected and grateful with modern technology helping us to view more
freely and fully.
Pres. Nelson is almost 100 years old. He recently had surgery and sat down for his talk. Prophets and apostles age. They encounter health problems. Eventually they or their spouses are called home. I remember watching conference when Pres. Hinckley sat alone while those he assisted were absent due to health.
I am so grateful for modern day
revelation and inspired mouth-pieces of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I am thankful for prayer and the guidance of
the Holy Ghost. I am grateful for the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
I LOVE Christmas songs.
I
could play them all year wrong
which
is sinful in Jaime’s mind –
Halloween
should be honored.
What
a terrible thing it is to have
Christmas
decorations displayed
side
by side the Halloween.
We
had taken her to Ashland to visit.
When
we picked her up we went to a
few
second hand stores.
In
one we found three CDS –
one
specifically for Christmas.
Richard
played each CD on the way home.
Jaime cringed as the Christmas CD played.
There
was one song that played that
we
both recognized but NOT as
a
Christmas song.
Jaime
accepted “Feeling Good”
