Mine it to a tee about who I am...goodness.

Any oregon ex-mos here?

And horoscopes. :-)


I do think the Patriarch had a bit more personal information to go on about you than the average fortune teller.

But HECK, I could give a TBM a Patriarchal Blessing . . . just assign them to the tribe of Ephraim, tell them they were born of goodly parents, talk about serving a mission (for a guy), marriage in the temple, reading the scriptures and raising your kids in the gospel. Then predict leadership or callings, but don't go overboard (don't tell the kid he'll be the next Prophet or that he'll die and be raised from the dead in Jerusalen . . . alongside Glen Beck). And include a bunch of exhortations to keep the commandments and read the scriptures and seal them up to come forth on the morning of the first resurrection. Whiz Bang BAM . . . and THAT's a patriarchal blessing.

Only Ephraim? Boring. A missionary friend of mine was in the tribe of Benjamin. His patriarch had given blessings to members of every tribe. Just trying to speed along the second coming I guess.

I'm from Oregon! But living in England right now :)

I burned mine during the bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night (aka bonfire night)

It was very cathartic.

Frame it and hang it on the wall, as a reminder of the cult.

I burnt mine. In a private ritual, letting go of the morg, celebrating my freedom.

Do with it whatever you want. Hang on to it if you feel the need, or just toss it if you think it's not worth spending any more energy on.

..or canaries, who might need some nice new carpeting for their abode?

I never got a blessing........

But DH got one when he was about 18......supposedly he was to become a bishop....didn't happen.

K