Beneath the Wraps

It’s been a week since Biff and his clan moved out and we brought Jaime home.  I don’t miss having the washing machine and dryer going constantly I’m grateful for the quiet. I don’t miss their car in our driveway when I’m backing out I am grateful to have more width. I don’t miss the open butters on top of paper wrapping near the toaster. I’m grateful that Richard and Jaime know how to use the butter dish. I don’t miss seeing open doors revealing what look like storage closets instead of bedrooms I’m grateful her college experience has taught Jaime to keep up a tidy appearance in her room   and not the sty that Biff and Claire vacuumed only once a month – if that. I don’t miss the long showers that each of them would take. I’m grateful to have hot water when I just need to wash my hands. I don't miss the procrastination or seeing them waste time. I'm grateful that we all keep the same hours - early risers. I don’t miss their weird food or searching for th...

             We’ll be picking Jaime up on Tuesday.   The other three should be out before her return.   They were supposed to move in today but a water line broke.   Always something.   I have really been trying to let things go and apply the scriptures to my current situation.   Sometimes I am successful but only sometimes.   More often I find myself irritated with all these little bits of ember that add up into a fiery blaze.           I didn’t wish to focus on my irritations but at the same time knew that I needed to write things down as a reminder why they are never coming back to live under the same roof as me – smiling as I do it because I think about their also keeping a list of reasons why they will never return.   I’m guessing they are more excited by the move of finally getting out on their own than I am to see them go. I personally don’t believe they are financ...

  Mom had picked out four girl names long before she married.  She wanted to name her four girls Karen Kay, Kelly Jane, Kimberly Elizabeth and Kathy Lynn.  She did end up having four children – but only two girls.  I received the first name.  My mom and dad both have names that start with G and their eldest two have names that start with K. Third born was an S and I thought we should keep the pattern going – two G ’ s, two K ’ s and so my baby sister would have to have a name that started with S.  Instead of Kelly Jane we named her Shelly Jane.  She said she was happy of that as she doesn ’ t care for the name Kelly. There were a few reasons that I decided to use alias names in my blog rather than actual names.   You can read about it in my very first post found here . After I started my blog I changed my sister ’ s name from Shelly to Kayla because I remembered she hadn ’ t liked the name Kelly.   Mostly I used a middle name, one that rh...