I have a lot on my mind today.
Maybe that's why I woke up at 4:15am and couldn't get back to sleep.
After about 30 minutes of trying, I decided to be productive and started filing and tucking away a bucketful of Lolo's memorabilia. We spent a good part of yesterday going through her room, piece by piece (and that girl has collected a TON of pieces over the years), in preparation for the BIG MOVE next week. Oh my, did we have piles! I eliminated a pile or two quietly this morning while the rest of the fam slumbered.
I don't have much time this beautiful Sunday morning, so this post might be a bit discombobulated, but for whatever reason I feel compelled to share.
Today is my sister's birthday.
I will not disclose her age, but I will freely share that I have been told by a very sweet, honest, elderly lady that my {older} sister looks like my daughter.
Good thing I'm a Grammy and can handle looking {old}.
We haven't seen each other for almost a year, so I'm hoping to catch up with her in Provo (I'm loving our plaid in the Provo pic above, circa 1973) as we help our beautiful daughters move in at BYU. Lolo and Rach will be living in the SAME BUILDING (totally by luck). I am super excited that those two cousins will be so close.
Happy Birthday, Jill! I love you and am so grateful to have an amazing sister like you.
(I'm hoping to get the chance to chat with her later on, but know that she's just as crazy-busy as I am. And our quick conversations are really never quick. Fingers crossed it will work out today!)
Since I didn't get through my Laurel lesson last week due to some timing issues, I'm extending it through today. You really can't talk too much about chastity (seriously, the girls love the topic) and preparing for a temple marriage. I have been a bit surprised about the questions the young women have, and about what they aren't really sure about. (None of the 14 girls in my class last week knew what the word fidelity meant.) I'm trying to cover these topics as thoroughly as possible so fewer questions remain.
Because I had a little less prep this week, I used some time this morning to put together a handout.
Because I had a little less prep this week, I used some time this morning to put together a handout.
A word about handouts. I kind of get the feeling that in the culture of the Church there are those who believe that handouts are a waste of time. Time that should be used in prayerfully studying and preparing for a lesson. I'll come right out and say that I occasionally feel judged for making them. Like I'm trying to "out-do" someone else, or hopping on the bribing bandwagon. Let me just say that I have always been prayerful and careful in my study and preparation for ANY lesson I am teaching. But I ENJOY making handouts. I loved receiving them as a youth, I loved them as a young mother, I love them now. I believe the YW I teach appreciate a thoughtful handout, and I love them and want to serve them. And I certainly don't judge anyone for NOT making handouts.
Maybe I feel the need to justify because I've made handouts two weeks in a row. Certainly not that typical (although we recently started a different teaching rotation so I teach for an entire month at a time rather than once or twice a month).
Here's the handout from last week:
You can access the PDF here.
I had the plastic rings from YEARS ago, and was super excited to think of a good use for them now that Mar is WAY beyond the age where they would work for a party favor. Rebecca and her fam were in town visiting, so she kindly helped me tie them together (and let me use her beautiful diamond ring as part of my object lesson, since I lost mine years ago). Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Love that.
These are my handouts for today:
You can access the PDF here.
These little bags are full of chocolate kisses.
We've had quite the discussions on kissing the past few weeks, at church AND at home.
In the For the Strength of Youth it says,
"Before marriage, do not participate in passionate kissing..."
Maybe I feel the need to justify because I've made handouts two weeks in a row. Certainly not that typical (although we recently started a different teaching rotation so I teach for an entire month at a time rather than once or twice a month).
Here's the handout from last week:
I had the plastic rings from YEARS ago, and was super excited to think of a good use for them now that Mar is WAY beyond the age where they would work for a party favor. Rebecca and her fam were in town visiting, so she kindly helped me tie them together (and let me use her beautiful diamond ring as part of my object lesson, since I lost mine years ago). Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Love that.
These are my handouts for today:
These little bags are full of chocolate kisses.
We've had quite the discussions on kissing the past few weeks, at church AND at home.
In the For the Strength of Youth it says,
"Before marriage, do not participate in passionate kissing..."
From The New Era: "...There are good reasons why you should be discriminating and self-controlled in your giving of affection... Kissing is more stimulating than satisfying; consequently, it invites more and more..." I'm hoping to help clarify, since "passionate kissing" seems to be subjective.
I also need to post some quick pics of mi amor:
Can't wait to see her next week!
Happy Sunday!
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