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 »
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“I can’t do this!”
On June - 3 - 2010
President Uchtdorf – Hold on a Little Longer – January First Presidency Message
On January - 3 - 2010
The close of 2009 is probably one of the most tragic times in the lives of some people, especially within the Pacific Northwest. News media were filled with stories of a Seattle Officer being gunned down on Halloween night, four Lakewood Police Officers being assassinated while having coffee and preparing for their day of [...] Read More →