Lessons Learned: A blog about my life

Tuesday, September 11, 2001 This morning, when the teacher dropped off her son, she asked me if I had seen the news. I was in the middle of homeschooling. I turned on the TV to see what was going on. I was startled to see the Twin Towers go down the way they had. I…

Thursday, September 6, 2001 My sister had an old used car that she no longer needed, so she gave it to Jared. It’s sitting in the driveway, waiting for Jared to get his driver’s license. Jared will be getting his license next week. He is so excited about it! Jared asked me if he could…

Wednesday, February 28, 2001 I wrote a letter to my grandmother on the computer. When I went to print it, I saw that Sarah had written something. It was a story about a girl who was playing beautiful music on the piano. No one could hear it, so she played it louder. No one still…

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…