Beneath the Wraps

  I would like to be more humble as I have always had a problem with pride. Whenever I think that I have overcome so much of my pride – wham!   I find myself fighting all over again.  And here are just two examples:   1)    When I was in the young women ’ s presidency the YW president had asked me to write a skit for camp – which I did but it took some time to incorporate my ideas.   When I tried to present my idea the YW pres. said it was no longer needed.   The girls had decided that they wanted to do something else – which really didn ’ t even relate to the topic.  At least at the time I didn ’ t think it did.   I felt a bit put out that I had worked on this skit and they didn ’ t even want to listen to my ideas.   And I knew it was wrong to feel resentment.   After all it is the girls who should be involved and they were.   I should have expressed praise or some kind of encouragement.   I tried to shru...

            The young women of the ward have been making pajama bottoms.   I don't know why Jenna picked out to mismatched designs.   Well, it is her personality.   The pants looked too big for me.   I was right.   They may be Jenna's correct length, but they have fallen off my waist twice already, and I am bigger around the middle than she is.             The last part of the pajama bottoms was to pull a draw string through - which I had started, but stopped at the seam that joined the front and the back together.   I couldn't push th safety pin through the stitch.   Just as well.   The draw sting had been measured for Jenna's belly and not my own - therefore it would have been too small to tie.   I figured I could still wear them to bed.   I hadn't taken into consideration that they might fell down whenever I g...