Lessons Learned: A blog about my life

July-September 1984 I still couldn’t get enough hours at the donut shop. Richard told me they were always looking for people to work full-time at ZCMI, where he worked. Richard worked moving boxes in the warehouse. There was a job available in the office, so I applied. A lady showed me around and told me…

Our wedding night had seemed perfectly normal. After being married for two weeks, I thought there had to be something wrong. Whenever we went to bed, Richard never wanted anything to do with me. I even put on a pretty white negligee I had gotten as a wedding present. When I put it on, Richard…

When we arrived at the hotel, we were still dressed in our wedding clothes. As we were heading off to our room, everyone smiled at us and wished us a good night. It was embarrassing, and I wished we had been able to change into something else before we got there. The wedding night was…

As the big day was aprotching Richard kept trying to do more than just kiss. I told him we had to wait till after we were married, because it was important to me that we had a Temple wedding. He said that his sister and brother-in-law had done stuff, and they still got married in…

Sunday, July 10, 1983 Richard took me to Temple Square, where he proposed to me in front of the Christ statue. After I had said yes, Richard tried to talk me out of it. He said, “You don’t want to marry me! You are too good for me; I can be an awful person!” I…

Sunday, May 8, 1983 Mom, Beth, Mom’s sister Jytte, and her husband Mike came to the airport to pick me up. To my relief, Mom never said one word about me taking off to Hawaii. Instead, everyone seemed happy to see me and wanted to know all about my trip. After Aunt Jytte and Mike…

Saturday, April 23, 1983 When we got to Hawaii, Dave’s Dad and stepmother, Susan, came to pick us up at the airport. When they saw me, they gave me a beautiful lei with pink and white flowers as they welcomed me to Hawaii. They drove us to their house. They own a big, beautiful house…

Saturday, January 22, 1983 I slept over at Ed’s and Mom’s place last night. I’m here a lot because I have been painting the kitchen and Beth’s furniture. Beth’s room is starting to look cute! When I got up, Robbie was happy to see I was awake because he wanted to make me French toast.…

Sunday, December 12, 1982 After church, I called up Dave to see if he would go with me to a fireside tonight. He said he was going to stay home and write Christmas cards. I ended up going with Jeff and Rose. When I got there, Jace asked me if I wanted to go to…

Wednesday, November 10, 1982 When I got home from work, Dave called. We talked longer than we usually do. He invited me to join him this Saturday for a class called “Know Your Religion”. I let him know I would be looking forward to going with him. Friday, November 12, 1982 I had to work…