This week I am reading "what Alice forgot" by Liane Moriarty. It's a story about a mom who is almost 40 and has 3 kids and a failing marriage who falls and hits her head at the gym (I knew exercising was bad for you) and forgets the last 10 years. She thinks she's a happily married, newly expecting, 29 year old. I'm almost done and so far it's been a sweet, reflective story, full of surprises to her and regrets. I hope she and her husband reconcil and that her other relationships improve as well. It's a fun perspective, what would your younger self think about the person you are now? Surprised? Disappointed? Pleased?
I'm also reading " the bands of mourning" by Brandon Sanderson. I've liked quite a few of his books including the mistborn trilogy. This is a sequel to those, I didn't realize though that it's the third in the sequel series and I haven't read the first 2. It took about a third of the way thru the book to get my bearings, which is most likely because I missed the other two books. Once I did I liked it. Wax was a good hero.
Also reading the 11 essays published by the church about frequently googled gospel questions. Elder Ballard gave a talk to seminary and institute teachers and he spoke a lot about how our youth need good answers to their questions. They need knowledge and truth to combat the influences of the world. One thing he said that just made me so sad was he shared 3 stories of young people in the past who made decisions and sought for answers thru prayer and study. Then when they felt the whispering of the Holy Ghost they followed and went on to be faithful servants. He said their hearts were soft and they could hear the quiet whispers of the spirit. Today our youth have hearts that are calloused and hardened by exposure to television, music, the Internet, profanity and even for some pornography. It's harder to hear and listen to the spirit and our jobs to teach them are harder. Gone are the days where a testimony born sincerely could deflect a hard question. They need more. Sadly, we adults suffer from some of the same hardening. Anyway I haven't finished them all but I'm working my way through and trying to really remember the details so I can be better able to teach and guide.
Last night we had a camp meeting. I'm excited for our camp. Our theme is Girl On Fire and while having some fun elements from the movie we will also be talking about real heroes, integrity, having the fire of testimony guiding our lives and other campy things.
We also had a trek meeting earlier in the week.
Hannah's been having play practice every day after school.
I fell off the diet wagon for awhile but am back to it. I want good health and vigor....more than burgers and donuts though?? That's the hard choice.
No comments:
Post a Comment