It turns out that the best holidays usually get celebrated at least twice in my culture. (My culture, in this case, is my little family, the family I grew up with, and the Gang.) For example, we have Fake Thanksgiving every October, Orphan Christmas sometime in December/January, Thanksgiving Day Observed the Friday after TG, etc. I realize that even though I don't stay up until midnight and have any noisemakers beyond my two Full-Time Noisemakers, I have a New Years-ish celebration of sorts twice a year. Rather, I have self reflection and goal making twice a year, spurred by General Conference.
Some of my goals are none of your dang business, I guess, because it is SELF reflection, and sheesh, even though this is the internetz, that doesn't mean I'm hankering to air my not-so-fresh laundry. But I will tell you that something Elder Cook said hit home in a big way: We are accountable to God for our time and our talents. So I plan on being better with that. Also, I plan on getting rid of so many things that are just distractions and not at all beneficial to me & mine.
And I also want you to know that my favorite talks this time around were Elder Oaks on Saturday and Elder Holland on Sunday. I swear I'm naming some children after them.
How bout y'all?
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I hope to be able to read those talks (as with many others, 3 kids of my own makes it difficult to listen but add 6 more and it is about impossible- okay really just one 17mo made it impossible). I enjoyed Sherry's brother's talk, it was one of the few I got to hear. Did you watch the movie after the Sunday afternoon session?
I agree completely! After Holland's talk I haven't been able to stop thinking about missionary work. Wondering if there is some way to reach out in a real way on my blog.
And I want to tell you thanks for your comment. I'm so sorry to hear you are in the same boat. I talked to someone recently who said they had depression until they left the church. I know that our religion does put a lot of pressure on us to be perfect, and we're just not. But I also can't turn my back on what I know to be true.
Best of luck and know that I am here. I know what you're going through! I'm just crazy and decided to share how crazy I am with the world!
Love you guys!
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