Dear Richard
Things are finally
really calming down, which is much needed! A lot of my work last week centred
around the exam for my students, between finalizing the paper, consulting with
students and then the actual writing. But the exam went well and now it's into
the marking. What's nice while in doing the marking is that I know that I won't
be marking anything for 6 months once I finish this exam marking because my
sabbatical has been approved for next semester! Very exciting :)
But what is really
hectic that happened last week was that one of my students died! It was
actually on the day of my exam and when we first found out about it I thought
it was suicide, but I found out today from another student that it was internal
bleeding and was natural causes. But she was a student that had so much going
for her, and it's so sad! But she really lived well and it seems that she's
inspired some students to live life more fully so that's good! And a reminder
that life is really short! We need to be preparing to meet God at any moment!
On Friday morning
Andrew and I ed a bit of shopping and we are 90% ready for Christmas! But with
2 months to go until Christmas I'm now so eager for the kids to get their
presents!! There will be a lot less stress as we get closer but I don't know
how I'll handle the anticipation!
I pulled out some
cross stitch that I haven't worked on for a few years and Josh and Hannah we're
very interested and wanting to help me... And then I finally succumbed to
Hannah's requests of the last few weeks to make her a bag. I made a handbag for
Hannah and then Josh wanted a bag, but a snake bag - a long thin bag. And then
Caleb also wanted a bag... So all 3 kids got new bags. But for Hannah
especially this is just her perfect situation! Give her a bag or a box to put
her collections in and she's the happiest girl around!
On Saturday morning
Hannah had her dress rehearsal for her ballet concert which is coming up. She
didn't want to get changed into her costume initially, but once we did convince
her to change by taking her to the foyer to get changed by the cool couch then
she joined the other girls and just loved it! They had to sit on the stage a
while waiting for their turn and she was quite happy and then she loved the
dancing! It was so awesome to see her so settled :)
And then the big part
of the weekend was that we had Elder Quentin L Cook here, as you know. On
Saturday morning I went to the women's session with all of the wives of the
visiting general authorities. It was a really nice meeting! The emphasis for me
was on living the Gospel in our homes. And there was also a good talk on
teaching to help youth in that example, but everyone, learn by experience and
by getting them to discover the answers for themselves.
And then for the
Sunday meeting we actually had Elder Cook visiting our stake. Being a new stake
has its advantages :) He's a really is a nice down to earth kind of man. His
message was also about our personal spirituality mainly and having Christ
centred homes. I'm seeing a theme here!
So it's been a good
week. And thankfully my work is going to be quieter the next little while
because our family life is going to be crazy with all the year end stuff! But
there are fun times ahead at this time of year too :)
Love you
Shelly
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