Lessons Learned: A blog about my life

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…

March 1987 We have settled into our apartment, and Jared and I are better from the parasites. I still have to be careful what I eat. The doctor told me that my stomach lining was damaged, and it might never be the same again. Luckily for Jared, he is so young that he seems to…

We managed to get all our belongings out of the trailer. It wasn’t easy since both Jared and I were so sick. Once everything was out, the health inspector put a heavy-duty lock on the door and posted a sign stating the trailer was contaminated and that no one was allowed to enter without permission.…

Thursday, July 3, 1986 In the trailer park, I saw a paper on the bulletin board that read, “Looking for a babysitter.” They were siblings. A boy, 7, and a girl, 5. I found the guy who needed help with his kids. It was from 5:4O am until 6:20 pm. I brought Jared with me…

Friday, May 23, 1986 A few days ago, they turned off the water supply to the trailer, saying they needed to do some maintenance on the pipes. Once the water was turned back on, it tasted horrible! After the water had run for a while, it seemed to taste normal again. Jared doesn’t seem well…

Saturday, February 22, 1986 Richard’s dad showed up randomly with two outfits for Jared. It surprised me, since I had never seen that side of him. He said he had noticed how Jared was dressed, so he figured he could use some new clothes. Richard said his work gave him a gift card to a…

Richard and I didn’t celebrate New Year’s. We are just happy when Jared sleeps so that we can sleep too. Friday, January 3, 1986 Beth called to tell me that she and Mom had gone ice-skating and that Mom had fallen on the ice. Mom was going to stay a couple of days in the…