Please forgive the following; it is late, and I need to say something. If you are going to read on, do so slowly, one sentence at a time. That's how it was written. Bleh ( Read more... )

Well, what is to be said. I wish I were a new person, now that I am filled with new understandings and enthusiasm. But as time passes I am bitterly disproven. Just the same as always. A new light for me has given me a perspective that I can spot between the clouds, but still strive to fully acquire. I do, however take comfort in feeling more ( Read more... )

A 48 year old woman had a seizure in the store yesterday. The ambulance came and took her away, she appeared to be all right. Perhaps the thing that was the most unnerving was how quickly everything returned to normal, as if nothing had happened. In about ten minutes, any shoppers who had witnessed it had finished shopping and left. All the ( Read more... )

I just feel so empty when she leaves...

It's like having a cold, and therefore a stuffy, plugged up head all day. Finally, after you have discovered how to ignore it all, you sneeze or something, and your ears open up. Ding!!! There it is! But sure enough, after a few minutes, the ears are plugged up again, and all you have is the memory. But that's all it takes ( Read more... )

What a ride. The past few days have been something else ( Read more... )

I'm the Elders quorum secretary now, which is cool cause I'm not even an elder yet. And I'm still the primary chorister. Two callings = very busy Sundays. This is a good thing, I would rather be too busy than not, which is what I usually am. I think that is something I have needed to learn how to do for a long time, keep busy when not busy. Oh ( Read more... )

Time recorded: approx. 2:30 AM ( Read more... )

Our ward's Primary Program is tomorrow. We just did a Saturday practice, and of course less than half the kids were there. I have been the Chehalis Wards's Primary Chorister for over a year now. In some ways, I feel like that has been one of the only things I have done that was worth while in all this time. That's probably not true, but ( Read more... )

Way back in the year 1996, the Chehalis/Centralia suffered a record setting flood year. The freeway was under water, hundreds of homes were washed out, and millions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses was caused. This 96' flood has since then become a "reference flood," a gauge by which every flood since then, (minor floods that occur ( Read more... )