tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058123396269029420.post4675259063683014430..comments2023-03-20T07:25:03.743-06:00Comments on Forever Young: The Plague and Sacrament, Oddly RelatedEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01359851688999889573noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058123396269029420.post-80898437448203503902011-02-22T16:36:28.927-07:002011-02-22T16:36:28.927-07:00I feel ya. It seems someone is always sick in our ...I feel ya. It seems someone is always sick in our house, like this rotating wave of sickness just hits James, Me, Isaac, James, Me, Isaac. And now that church has changed times, Isaac is sometimes just dead asleep when we have to leave, and there's no way I'm waking my sleeping child for anything. So... I miss sacrament often, as well, and I feel it. I hope you all get well soon and find a way to get back to church. I know how important it is to spiritual/emotional sanity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033605943467715884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058123396269029420.post-35041719025955940422011-02-22T11:42:47.446-07:002011-02-22T11:42:47.446-07:00I don't have any answers. Wrestling kids in sa...I don't have any answers. Wrestling kids in sacrament meeting is death. I rarely get anything from the meeting unless both kids are entirely distracted (it happens sometimes!).<br /><br />Anyway.<br /><br />As hard as it may be, at least go to sacrament. Avoid the nursery until winter is over. But get to Church every Sunday; it'll help you feel a lot better. It won't suddenly get easy or necessarily fun, but it'll help lift your spirits and renew your strength if you get your whole family there for sacrament meeting.<br /><br />I'll be keeping you in my prayers Holly! You can do this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17568855156966455428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058123396269029420.post-55170999376294813742011-02-22T10:54:31.645-07:002011-02-22T10:54:31.645-07:00I'm sorry things have been so hard. Sick kids ...I'm sorry things have been so hard. Sick kids are always difficult, and I know I had similar thoughts about avoiding church when Dane kept coming home sick from nursery (or now, Primary), too. Here are my initial thoughts. They're just ideas, but they might be helpful:<br />1. Tell the RS president or the counselor you like best about your situation. Hopefully they'll get you good visiting teachers so you won't feel so isolated, and there are probably sisters in the ward who would be willing to sit with you and help with your kids in sacrament meeting. <br />2. With the kids so sick so much, it might be a possibility to have the sacrament brought to your house, since sick kids essentially make you a shut in. They make arrangements like this for old people all the time; why not for young moms with sick kids? Then you have the blessing of the sacrament and can read/pray on your own when you have a minute at home.<br />3. When I get in a funk of sitting at home all day (and I know my work gets me out of the house, but it's not always a good thing since my job is listening to other people's problems the whole time), I try to make it a point just to go outside for a few minutes. Even just to get the mail or walk in the driveway for 5 minutes. Even if it's snowing or the kids are sick; 5 minutes won't hurt anybody. Then I don't feel so much like my house smells like sick air and I haven't seen the light of day. <br />4. Call me anytime! Hanging out is harder when kids are sick (we kept Dane home from church this week because of a cough, too) but I'm sure we could figure something out. <br />5. Does your ward have a mom's group? Some days when I go to ours, I think "I don't even like these people that much" but I still feel better after going because it got me out of the house, it got me talking to other adults, and other moms understand. Usually.<br />Whew. Hang in there. Let me know what we can do to help!Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156709880082559405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058123396269029420.post-6855758833529395722011-02-22T10:19:21.946-07:002011-02-22T10:19:21.946-07:00Wrestle the kids through Sacrament meeting. Evan ...Wrestle the kids through Sacrament meeting. Evan is there to help. Go to the dollar store and pick up some special toys, coloring books, etc that ONLY come out during Sacrament meeting. Then, go home.<br /><br />I love you!!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630837805096633389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058123396269029420.post-41860063912474005312011-02-22T09:49:23.035-07:002011-02-22T09:49:23.035-07:00I made it to the end too. I don't have kids t...I made it to the end too. I don't have kids to wrestle at church (except for the Sunbeams I teach), but I do struggle feeling connected because I spend two of the three hours with 3-year-olds. I do miss Relief Society, though. I at least have hopes that if I were going to it, I would have some friends at church. Right now my visiting teachers (and our home teachers) never come visit, and it feels like our ward just doesn't know what to do with us.<br /><br />I know you probably don't want to hear this, but you can do it! You are one of the most capable women I know. And this can't last forever.Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300680727390723075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058123396269029420.post-72664589189626691032011-02-22T09:20:05.291-07:002011-02-22T09:20:05.291-07:00I made it to the end. I hope you all get over the ...I made it to the end. I hope you all get over the plague. Church is hard with little ones. Once I got advice from this very sweet lady who said there are months and even years where we get nothing out of because of church but we are showing our kids that it is important to us and showing them consistency even if we are just wrestling with them. That helps me when all I do is sit in the hall with a screaming kid. Good luck!Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611823077708933155noreply@blogger.com