A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

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In a reacent conversation with my daughter, her questions were why I, and her Dad were so quiet about our lifes? Meaning writing or telling about our own personal historys.

I didn't think there was anything important to write about. As I was just a normal person, getting up in the morning and getting the day started, getting kids off to school, or meeting schedules of the whole family, cleaning house, and landry. Keeping little ones busy, and changing diapers, comming home fixing dinner, helping with homework, putting kids to bed, watch some news, go to bed. And then do it all over again the next day. Then some days was teaching lessons in Primary, RS, MIA, Sundayschool, cub scouts, or helping at schools, ect. Family home evening, Visiting teaching, and even some Home teaching and being the family schaefer. most of the time we had one car, 6 kids, one working husband. Oh yes, the multi years of music lessons, and baseball teams, coaching, and even one major jumproap champion, for one daughter.

We had trials too. some were very hard, just thinking about a single memory of losing our son, brings tears. But we are told that this life is to meet trials, and how we handle them will be for our own eternal growth.

A very wise Stake President, President Alred, once said "We are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity. We will work by the sweat of our brow, to work our way through this life... But remember we are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity."

So, I welcome you to my blog. Please feel free to stay and go as you please, and wander where you wish. And, as always, feel comfortable in sharing those stories that you may feel are just "an every day" thing as well...



Jul 5, 2018

A Wonderful Blessing...

May 26, 2018

Upon returning home from the store, I was surprised to find two blue pickup trucks on my driveway....I found Bro. Doug Holyoak, and Bro. Joshua Schultz working on my back porch.

It was badly weather worn, and was missing a side rail, which had never been added.  I always wondered if I could fall off the porch as my balance is not the best.  The missing side rail is on the side where the sliding door opens.

They dissembled the porch side, sanded all the wood smooth, painted all the wood, and put it all together again, including railing on both sides of the porch.  It was Wonderful...looked so new and easy to walk on.  I was very grateful to have it...I felt so bad that they were working in the hot sun for over five hours for me.  Bishop Chidester stopped by a little while and helped sand and paint.

Its so nice to be able to walk out onto the porch, and have a handrail all the way down to the cement.  I don't know why I am so blessed to be living in a ward where people watch out for me.









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