On Purpose

If you don’t typically read my blog you might want to start at the beginning of this story…Diamond 1. It might not make sense to you if you don’t. Fear “Fear not, for I am with thee.” Genesis 26:24 Shortly after my boys and I moved in with my folks I started a blog. I [...]

Personal Revelation “I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart. Now, behold, this is the spirit of revelation.” D&C 8:2-3 I am so grateful for personal revelation and the gift of the Holy Ghost. I’ve been [...]

Faith “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 Faith is a difficult principal. I always thought I was a faith-filled person, until my faith was really tried. It is not easy to look [...]

If you don’t typically read my blog you might want to start at the beginning of this story…Diamond 1. It will not make sense to you if you don’t. October 2009 My parents were out of town when the boys and I moved our things into their basement. They had helped move quite a few [...]

From my journal May 20th 2009 Today I’m frustrated. I’m frustrated with myself and my own weakness, and I’m frustrated with Jared and his lack of responsibility. He floats through his days…”I didn’t know we had so many bills. I didn’t know we were so behind.” If I ask him any financial question regarding money [...]

If you don’t typically read my blog you might want to start at the beginning of this story…Diamond 1. It might not make sense to you if you don’t. March 2009 After Jared had confessed his gambling addiction I felt a difference in my house. It was like the spirit had come back into our [...]

I was invited this past Wednesday to run the Wasatch Back Ragnar on Friday. The Wasatch Back Ragnar is a relay race that covers 197.4 miles from Logan to Park City, Utah. There are twelve to a team and they are split up between two vans. The first van takes the first 6 legs of [...]

If you don’t typically read my blog you might want to start at the beginning of this story…Diamond 1. It might not make sense to you if you don’t. January 2009 The Year of Unraveling From My Journal January 7th 2009 I’m so exhausted from financial upsets I can barely convey the complete agony I [...]

The Western Union Fiasco This next part of the story is what I now refer to as “The Western Union Fiasco”. Jared told me he’d been paying the mortgage through Western Union. That in itself was an argument because I couldn’t understand why he’d been paying the mortgage via that way. He told me that [...]

2008 Things seemed to get a little better for a time. While we still struggled financially, Jared’s paychecks were steady and my paychecks helped slowly whittle our bills down. My paycheck continued to be garnished to pay off hospital bills, and I’d signed up with a debt consolidation company that was helping us pay our [...]