I seem to be somewhat inconsistent in writing in this
blog. I apologize to those who check in
periodically for new postings only to find the same old entries. It’s been awhile since my last one so I am
taking a few minutes to catch up.
On April 22nd my wife and I celebrated our 35th
wedding anniversary. I enjoyed our
celebrations, one of which was white water rafting on the Kings River in
Central California. We had done that
before a few years ago and it was just as enjoyable. That is a long time to be married, although
my brother and sister have been married to their wonderful spouses for 57 and
53 years respectively. In comparison to
them, I’m a greenhorn!
I attended many of the BYU Men’s Volleyball games held in
Southern California and cheered them to victory a number of times. They won their league and made it to the
Championship Game of the Final Four.
Sadly, their play was far too predictable against a Cal State Irvine
team that they had beaten twice in the season and who obviously knew how BYU
plays, and were beaten in a three-game sweep.
I really thought that they were going to win it all. Oh well, there is always next year.
My daughter and her family need to move out of their rented
home in New Jersey by June 30 so the owner can move in. This sudden turn of events has placed Adam
and Emily in crisis mode attempting to find a home that they could purchase
that would not significantly add to Adam’s commute into the City, and would not
cost significantly more per month than what they’re paying for their current
rental home. This is an optimal time to
purchase a home with interest rates and prices being what they are. It’s just not very convenient or optimal to have
to make decisions so quickly. My thoughts and prayers are with them.
My brother Tom celebrated his 76th birthday on
May 6th. He is in reasonable
good health and is mentally fit, working at his employment every weekday,
unless he is coming to LA for the Rose Parade or going to Gilbert, Arizona to
see his oldest daughter, Caren, and her family.
Again, at 58, I’m just a whippersnapper!
My desire is that he lives as long as he wants to, which by all
indications is a long time. He has been
a constant in my life, as I have written in this blog, and I love him and his
lovely wife, Janeen, of whom I have written in this blog as well.
I have finally finished my 3000 hours of therapy and must
now fill out a form and send it to Sacramento to enable the regulating agency
to schedule the test I need to take to become licensed. That testing should occur before the end of
this year and with heavenly help, I should be able to pass it and “hang the
shingle.” I have learned so much and
continue to learn as I do this important and challenging work. I am grateful to those peers who have helped
me along the way and to the many folks who have sat across from me or
surrounded me as I have led groups.
The earth wobbled a little bit recently when I decided to
join the social media world and have a presence on Facebook. Although many of the 190+ people who have “friended”
me are young folks in their 20s or 30s from my time as a YSA bishop in the LDS
Church, there are some connections with people that I haven’t had any
communication with for years. I have to
say that one can get “sucked in” to the social media phenomena rather easily,
and I am controlling how much time that I allot to it. One of my motivations for having a Facebook
presence was to let folks know there about my blog and about new postings such
as this one.
I do have a challenge with both Facebook and this blog and
my profession as a psychotherapist.
Obviously, whoever I deal with and whatever occurs in my sessions must
be kept confidential. Most therapists do
not do Facebook and most do not blog, although I have seen exceptions to
both. I guess that it is a matter of
what you want to reveal about yourself and what you choose to write about. I need to be very careful.
So my life is full, I am quite contented (for better or
worse), and I am very blessed. I
appreciate having this outlet to my feelings and thoughts, and having the few
of you that do read this blog.
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