Lessons Learned: A blog about my life

Sunday, January 14, 2001 The Bishop called me into his office to see how things were going, so I told him. He said the adversary is working overtime on families. It was important that our family stayed together. It would be best if we could work things out. He could refer me to a marriage…

Monday, January 1, 2001 Richard is having a hard time with Jared and me getting along. Richard made fun of me, and Jared laughed. Before I knew it, they were ganging up on me. I was angry and hurt. I didn’t want them to see me cry. I went on my treadmill to work off…

Monday, October 2, 2000 A few days ago, I ran into Sarah’s former teacher. She told me that Sarah had told her I babysat and asked if I would watch her 11-month-old. I told her I didn’t tend anymore. Then she asked me if I would change my mind. I had no intention of watching…

Wednesday, September 6, 2000 I went to my monthly committee meeting. We were told that our service would no longer be needed. We were all released from our calling. I could hardly believe what I was hearing! The research we had done had been entered into the computer. When people need to find an article…

Wednesday, August 17, 2000 It’s been a hard week! Every chance Jared gets, he acts like he is going to hit me because he thinks it’s funny how I react. If he sees me crying, he mocks me. I do all I can not to cry when he is around. I don’t know where all…

Monday, August 14, 2000 Jared is still being aggressive towards me, so we have started seeing a family counselor. His name is Mark Treuhaft. In our first meeting, Mr. Treuhaft wanted to meet with me alone. He asked me some questions about my family and me. His comments to my replies made me feel like…

Monday, June 19, 2000 I never hear from my dad. I was so excited to see there was a letter from him! He wrote to tell me to stop sending him letters from my mom. I have no idea what he was talking about! A while back, my mom had asked me for my grandma’s…

Saturday, May 27, 2000 This morning, Jared got a phone call from his friend Benny. The next thing I knew, Jared took off without asking or letting me know where he was going. I called Benny’s mom to see if she knew where they had gone. She told me that her parents had gone out…

Wednesday, April 19, 2000 When I went to the monthly YW meeting, 2 men had been added to our committee. We were told that the Young Men’s program needed to be updated as well, and we were to help the men with it. We were now the Young Women’s and Young Men’s righting committee. It…

Monday, April 10, 2000 Ed, Mom’s 4th husband, came for a visit. Ed asked me why there was no lock on the front door. I told him it was because Richard had taken it off because he claimed it was broken. He said, we can’t get another lock on it till we get a new…