I was reading my Ensign this month and came to an article called, “Temples, Taproots, and Family Trees” by Rosemary Wixom, the former General Primary President. Now, I love Rosemary Wixom, and not just because she was a great General Primary President (during the time I served as Primary President twice). I love her because…
It’s been a busy week, though I’m not exactly sure what happened to make it so busy. Life. Cleaning, getting a haircut, grocery shopping, taking the kids out on Saturday, Valentine’s Day preparations and Valentine’s Day itself, church meetings, teaching a class at church with less than a week’s notice… Things happen and fill up…
Reassurance is a bugger. For the OCD sufferer, reassurance seeking can be so subtle and not even feel like something “bad” or negative to do at all. Maybe you research online if something is going to make you sick or how to clean something “properly.” Maybe you look up how long a certain sickness is…
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, today and Wednesday we will look into the family aspect of OCD, specifically focusing on how (and if) it’s possible to prevent involving our family members and loved ones in our OCD. So many times, having a mental illness affects every single person in the household. Talking about…
Thank goodness this is not a current photograph. I’m not so much a snow person, but I do like how ghostly and calm everything looks with a blanket of snow on it. But actually living in snow? Not so much. Anyway, this week. We’ve had quite a bit of rain but also some much appreciated…