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My daughter Hannah has been taking piano lessons for about a year and a half now…. Every weekday, she comes home from school, plops herself down on the bench and tries her hardest to play each assigned song “the right way.”  Her words, not mine. I will listen to her practice as I’m getting dinner prepared, or helping Josie with a puzzle or feeding Cole…and everyday I hear a version of the same thing come out of her mouth: I can’t do this! With every encouraging phrase I can think of, I try to convince her that, “Yes, you can.” A recent day in particular was frustrating for her…not sure why, but I could tell from the sound of her voice and the pounding of the keys that something was a little off. Gently, I tried to help her…but she is just so impatient.  She wants to learn her songs in her own “timetable”…not taking into consideration that it may take a little longer. After coming down from her... Read the rest of this entry »

~by Candace I know this is the true Church of our Savior Jesus Christ and that we are led by a living prophet, Thomas S. Monson. My story: My life challenges started at a very early age. I was eight years old when I was first molested. He was a friend of the family and I had a child’s love for him. He broke my heart and severely injured my spirit. Unable to tell my parents, my trust of people around me was shaken. I became very insecure and frightened of life. When I reached my teens, my insecurities and lack of participation in school activities became evident and a concerned counselor started drawing me out and I felt comforted by his concern. But, once again my life was jolted when he betrayed my trust. One day he offered me a ride home. I accepted his kind gesture. I soon realized he had other intentions. We took a ride into the hills near our town and the unspeakable happened. Once again I was shaken to the core and afraid to go to my parents. I had no idea how to deal with any... Read the rest of this entry »