Mama's Journal

Its Sunday morning and I am home sick, so Ryan took all three kids to Church all by himself. What a good Father,eh! So I thought I would do another post of some of my Mom's journal entry's. My Mom was inactive for a few years when her and my Dad were together. When he asked her to marry him, she said without even thinking "only if I can raise our children in the church". It still took her a few years after that to go back, but she did. I know it couldn't have been easy to take four little children all by herself for all those years. It is one of the best decisions she ever made, and I am greatful she did! Her strong testimony and desire to live the gospel has been, and will always be a huge example to me!



July 20, 78

"I have started to attend my church meetings all the time now. I really enjoy it and know that it is something that will make our family grow closer together. Jim is having a hard time accepting the fact that I am a more faithful Christian and it has been a little hard on our relationship lately. I know if I keep at it and don’t give in, things will work out alright. I have so much repenting to do and must work on myself before anything else.

Gay (my Dad's brother's wife) has gone to camp and we are keeping Brad for a week. He and Ginger get along quite well, but she enjoys locking him in rooms. I hope that’s normal. She is so full of mischief these days that I’ve begun to watch her more closely. I swear, sometimes she’s smarter than me.

Sept, 30, 78

Today was a very special day for our family. Danny was baptized by Delon and I am so proud of both of them. I’m so thankful for the gospel and for the love it brings to our family.

Before the baptism we were all sitting in the foyer of the church waiting for it to start and Ginger was getting a bit fidgety and she hopped from one couch to another and ran across the room. I told her she shouldn’t act like that in the church because it was God’s house. She sat very still after that until a man walked through the room a little while later, wearing a jean jacket and faded blue jeans. Ginger watched him pass by with great interest and when he had left the room she asked, “Mom? Was that God?”

Oct, 9, 78

I certainly have a lot to be thankful for!! It has been a glorious sunny day today. I love days like this when everything in nature seems to be rosy and perfect. It’s much easier to feel thankful on days like these. The real challenge is to feel this same gratitude during the dark hours in life when things just aren’t going all that great.

We went out to Mom’s for dinner and what a meal we had. Everyone pigged out and then Barry, Danny and I helped Dad with the dishes. Later in the evening we all gathered for a short lesson. I gave the lesson and it was on “learning to love” and how it isn’t always easy to love some people, but that we must practice love until it becomes a natural feeling. There are those who make it very difficult for us to love, but if we strive to have a Christ like love – an unconditional love - towards all men, we can acquire a pure love for mankind. We won’t necessarily love them for the things they do and the way they might behave, but we can love them for being our brother or sister, sons and daughters of a wise and loving father in heaven.

We had a nice time and sang some lovely hymns too. I wish Jim had decided to come, but he really doesn’t associate with my family much. I hope it’s because he is just shy and not because he doesn’t like them. Dad offered the closing family prayer and in the prayer he asked that Jim would be able to guide and direct his family (us) the way he should.

It has been a super day and I have a wonderful family to be thankful for."


If you knew my Mom, you know that she definitely had a sincere love for everyone. Her unconditional love touched so many people, including me. I never heard her speak unkindly about anyone, and I am not even exaggerating. I am really striving to work on this because I think it is one of the greatest attribute's my Mom had. It is a beautiful thing, and I hope I can be as she was someday!