SO, in my desperate attempt to heal my family from the certain imbalance that is taking place in our lives right now, i demanded that we leave straight from church to go to the temple visitor's center. we decided to watch the joseph smith movie. have you seen it yet? this is one of the best movies yet. i don't know if it's because we've all been so emotional lately but i was a blubbering fool for most of the movie and sweet michelle cried and cried at the end. she just kept saying over and over again that Jesus would NOT have liked how joseph died. me either michelle. me either. the only person not phased? elise. she wasn't concerned in to slightest to the acknowledgment of what happened to the early saints or the prophet. how frustrated i've become with my little girl to try to teach her how amazing her life is now and just how much the pioneers struggled for her to be able to have this easy life in the gospel. i decided against giving her a lecture and just ignored her distractions. the rest of our sunday was somewhat better. we still argued over cleaning the rooms and michelle is down to the bare minimum of toys now. i think i'll skip the christmas presents this year and just give back all the toys they refused to clean up. (that is, if they start to behave better.) and elise complained about every. little. thing. i STILL have never met a child so argumentative. my spirit is becoming very heavy with dread and saddness. i must find a way to correct and heal our family in a way that won't result in spending the rest of my life in prison. even the mister is at the end of his line. how do i know? he walked out of the house this morning after elise and michelle bombed him with whiny complaints. sigh. this is going to be a very...... long........ week.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday
SO, in my desperate attempt to heal my family from the certain imbalance that is taking place in our lives right now, i demanded that we leave straight from church to go to the temple visitor's center. we decided to watch the joseph smith movie. have you seen it yet? this is one of the best movies yet. i don't know if it's because we've all been so emotional lately but i was a blubbering fool for most of the movie and sweet michelle cried and cried at the end. she just kept saying over and over again that Jesus would NOT have liked how joseph died. me either michelle. me either. the only person not phased? elise. she wasn't concerned in to slightest to the acknowledgment of what happened to the early saints or the prophet. how frustrated i've become with my little girl to try to teach her how amazing her life is now and just how much the pioneers struggled for her to be able to have this easy life in the gospel. i decided against giving her a lecture and just ignored her distractions. the rest of our sunday was somewhat better. we still argued over cleaning the rooms and michelle is down to the bare minimum of toys now. i think i'll skip the christmas presents this year and just give back all the toys they refused to clean up. (that is, if they start to behave better.) and elise complained about every. little. thing. i STILL have never met a child so argumentative. my spirit is becoming very heavy with dread and saddness. i must find a way to correct and heal our family in a way that won't result in spending the rest of my life in prison. even the mister is at the end of his line. how do i know? he walked out of the house this morning after elise and michelle bombed him with whiny complaints. sigh. this is going to be a very...... long........ week.
