Lessons Learned: A blog about my life

Thursday, August 16, 1991 Jared was playing outside with his friend, who lived up the street. Jared came in to tell me there was a dead bird on the sidewalk. My first thought was to tell him not to touch it, but to leave it alone, and I would come out and put it in…

Tuesday, July 2, 1991 I am 3 months into my pregnancy. Since the doctor wants to keep a close eye on me, he has asked I come in for an ultrasound. I had my appointment in the evening so that Richard could watch Jared and Sarah. I have never had an ultrasound before. I was…

Thursday, June 20, 1991 In the district that we live in, there is school year-round. Jared started kindergarten last August, just before he turned 5. When Jared came home from school today, he seemed withdrawn. All of a sudden, his nose started to bleed. I asked him if he was okay. He nodded his head.…

Thursday, February 28, 1991 As I was going about my day, I realized, “Today was J.J.’s due date.” It made me wonder about Heaven and how he was doing. Sarah is now almost 3 years old. Out of nowhere, she came up to me and said, “J.J. is in heaven, and he is doing good!”…

Monday, November 19, 1990 In 1982, when I left Denmark, I was excited to start my new life in America. As the plane left the ground, my heart was torn. I had to leave my dad and other family members behind. I didn’t know if I would ever get to see any of them again.…

May 1990 Richard and I have started to see a different marriage counselor once a week. This counselor told us it was important for Richard and me to go out on a date every Friday evening.  We want our marriage to work, so it became a priority. Terry would often babysit for us so that…

January-June 1990 I was tired of tending so many children. My neighbor told me about the advantages of getting licensed, so I decided to become a licensed daycare provider. Once I had met all the requirements, I got my license. I was only allowed to watch 4 children at a time, 6 total, counting my…

The Bishop had told me that part of my repentance was to tell Richard what I had done and apologize to him. I dreaded telling him because I felt it would only hurt him, and I didn’t see what good that would do. I wanted to get the repentance over with, so I told him.…

Monday, May 16, 1988 All the babysitting I had done while I was expecting Sarah paid off. About amonth ago, Richard and I went and looked at houses. We found one in Kerns that we could afford. Sarah is only one week old. Hopefully, it won’t be too hard for me to unpack all our…

April 1988 At the end of my pregnancy, I kept trying to prepare Jared for the fact that he was going to have either a brother or a sister. Jared insisted that he was getting a sister. I started to worry that he would be disappointed if it was a boy, so I tried to…