Mine is more of something I almost said. In high school I worked at JCPenney's. One day while I was helping a black lady, a deaf man came in, leaned over the counter and struggled to ask me a question. I answered and he left. The lady was furious that he had interupted her and started going off about how rude he was. I told her that he was deaf and she said that it was because god was
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Shummy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My cousin keeps mishes at his place. > > His dw said they get $75. I asked if that was each > and all I got was a dirty look for an answer. I assume they're paying a full tithe on that...
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Heresy's post reminded me of a few things. When I had my big chat with my father, he somehow felt that I was doing this TO him. I explained to him that it wasn't really about him, that he had done a good job and taught me to think for myself. As an adult, I had made a decision about how to live MY life. It will be hard for your parents because we all know how important being perceived as
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Them being able to get out and stay active is a great point, so I'll try to look at it from that perspective. It is still a little frustrating that they're doing away with paid positions and using them for that though.
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I will also be sending good thoughts your way. I am so glad to see that you were able to give this some actual thought and truly make a decision for yourself, instead of just giving in to the peer pressure. You sound like a very intelligent and well-thought-out kid. Hopefully your family will know this about you, and will be able to take that into account when you tell them. Good luck!
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Every week day I ride a bus into downtown SLC for work. As you may imagine, many of the other riders are on their way to the Tower of Power or Temple Square. Lately I have noticed that on the later busses there are quite a few cute little old people with their missionary tags on. A few weeks ago I sat in front of one lady who was describing to the lady next to her what a 'blessing' her calli
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awakening34 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Congrats on being a "light on the hill " for your > relatives. The outing each other story is funny. If you think that's funny, you'll love this. My aunt has discussed the fact that she is having doubts with my grandmother (no specifics since she doesn't want to scare her 73 yr old moth
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Wait? Doesn't that just make them more extra-super special? Whenever anyone lost a child I remember hearing everyone talking about how righteous those souls were that they didn't need to be tested like the rest of us...
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How precious. The Relief Society somehow hunted me down when we were living in my in-law's house for a year. (I had a different name and had moved 3 times since last they knew anything) They brought a plate of cookies around christmas when I wasn't home, and then a week before we moved showed up with a candle for my birthday. When I told them we were moving they asked if we needed help an
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We bought a short sale last month where the owners have been moved out for almost a year. (I know my mom's probably going crazy not being able to use her favorite term 'tithing story' for the great deal we got. I also made sure to subtly bring up the fact that we got their monthly Ensign in the mail with a stack of letters from bankruptcy lawyers...) As a side note, guess who showed up on fa
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It's been quite a while since I've posted, but I recently got a couple very unexpected and exciting phone calls, which got me wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences. (For quick background, my younger brother and I are the only ones openly not living the TBM lifestyle out of both sides of our entire extended families.) The first call was from my mother's younger sister. She wa
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