We are not your typical Mormon family, in fact, not all of us are Mormon. I say none of us are really Mormon, because that is just a nickname, but I digress already…I may do that from time to time, jumping from subject-to-subject because that is how mind works, sort of like a word association game, only I can never quite predict what will come to mind. Most people are pretty consistent in their thoughts, but mine are all over the place. So this blog will be about me and my life and all the trials, joys, success, and failure that encompasses it.
Sometimes it’s messy and loud, and sometimes it’s so quiet and smooth it freaks me out, but one thing is for sure. My path has been guided by my Heavenly Father and He has led me to this place, so I will try to remember this always and be humble and thankful that I have His gospel in my life to help me lead my children in this loud and distracting world that likes to tear people apart.
Now for some of the juicy details…Brian and I are not married, but we live together raising our children. We were friends when I became unable to work at my former career as an event planner and director of a small educational non-profit almost four years ago, and after about eight months of not being able to work and dwindling my savings, Brian was gracious enough to take on me and my two children, so that we could raise our children with a mother and a father and I could take the time off needed to work on my health and helping the children to learn appropriate behaviors, house rules, learn to do chores, homework, reading daily, and I invited his children to church activities and we have always had the missionaries over regularly for dinner and visits. I am a convert and was baptized when I was 17 years old, against my parents wishes, though they did not express that until after they gave me permission. I will save the full story for my next blog post. So I am a member, my daughters are both members, converted about 5 1/2 years ago, around the same time that I received my temple endowments and starting attending the temple regularly. Now because I living with Brian, even though we are not involved romantically, I am currently unable to get my temple recommend. This is temporary and I am working towards becoming self-reliant so that I can move out on my own and begin moving on the path towards exaltation once again. I am still obedient to the commandments and try to be as good of a disciple of Christ as I can, but living with a person who is not a member, and not religious at all, can make for challenges in the home.
The good news is, he sometimes comes to church with us, so I know we are rubbing off on him. All three of his children living with us have been baptized, and my niece turns eight this year and is also talking about being baptized. So I know that good things are happening in my life and around me, so I feel my Heavenly Father is pleased and I will continue to strive to be better each day.
Next week I will dive more into the kids and some of their antics and how they have “blended”.
As Tigger would say “TTFN, Ta Ta for now”!
My Mormon Life... 