"What! Don't look at me!"

I HAVE THIS HUNKY KID (the blue one on stage :)



WHO TRULY HAS GREAT FRIENDS AND PRETTY MUCH LOVES THEM MORE THAN LIFE RIGHT NOW




SOMETIMES, I JUST WANT HIM HOME, BUT I GET IT TOO. I SO REMEMBER 15 AND 16.



WE WENT FOR A DRIVING LESSON RECENLTY. :) IT WAS CUTE.



(he is the one lifting the kid in this one)



HE WAS BACKING UP OUR EXPLORER, AND HIT THE GAS TOO FAST....OFF WE WENT!





INSTEAD OF HITTING THE BREAK, HE LOOKED AT ME! LIKE HE HAS HIS WHOLE LIFE, WITH A FACE OF 'YOU FIX IT'. 'MOM!', "I'M GONNA FALL!!!", "CATCH ME!"

I LAUGHED AND JUST SAID, "WHAT! DON'T LOOK AT ME!" "YOU, HAVE TO FIX THIS"



DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE, AND TRUE, AND DEAD ON AS FAR AS WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP IS SHIFTING INTO. HE HAD TO FIX IT. HE WAS ON HIS OWN TO MANAGE THE IMPENDING DANGER. BUT, I WAS THERE, AND I ALWAYS WILL BE...




ITS SAD AND SO SWEET AT THE SAME TIME.

I HAVE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF RAISING HIM, AND PART OF ME WANTS HIM TO JUST KNOCK OFF THIS GROWING UP STUFF. I WANT HIM ALL TO MYSELF AND DON'T WANT TO SHARE HIM WITH THE WORLD YET.

HIT THE BREAKS ADAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Faith IS.

I am proof. Faith works.



I am a witness. Its real.
We are on earth having an earthy test. Will we use faith?

Will we exercise the one way to traverse an unknown path back?


Its not luck. Its not chance. Its not coincidence.


Its faith that made me walk with not one single pain in my body this morning.
I promise you that it is real.




I'm going to be a witness to you.

I'm going to be well.

Just watch me.

s.

Hi my name is Dave....

Hi, my name is Dave.

I execute unimaginable kindnesses on a regular basis that few know about.
I have a booming voice and charisma to spare.
I have helped 4 kids on missions, 5 kids married in the temple, and carved that course out for many more.
I married a worthy and wholesome woman who I serve and love.
I wrote a book about Leadership, because I'm an excellent leader.
I say,"I'm just there for the fellowship", but I mean,"I love you and am here if you need me".
I love order and a Saturday project.
I tell engaging and colorful stories that always end with a 'moral'.
I take my family to Hawaii- A LOT.
I should have been born Tongan.
I love salty snacks in front of Sportscenter
I am a 'remodeler' extrordinaire', come on give me a closet, I dare ya...
I will make you a hot breakfast if you come for a visit
I say "Turn Riot at the Liot"
I am the oldest and some say 'wisest' brother.
I have a temper. I can be fierce. AND, I've all but mastered it.
I am equally humble. Once my DIL made me so mad after calling a radio show, I decided to still love her and was kind enough to try to work it out sitting on her floor covered in gold shag carpet.
I love my grandkids and make them happy by giving them funny little nicknames.
I was a superstar trackstar, I am a superstar track coach.
I love action movies.
I miss my dad.
I love the BYU sports programs and give them stuff.
I made a bunch of money in my profession.
I have given a bunch of it away.
I love me some black workout pants with the leg zippers undone
I am perceptive about people and their 'isms'.
I hate dogs that bark in the night, (uh hem, Aspen)
I love the wild wind of the North Shore.
I love what it makes my hair look like too.
I am forgiving and generous.
I love my children with an incredoulous intensity
I miss my brothers that died too young.
I was a Stake president of epic effectiveness
I have friends that respect and admire me
I have children who worship me
I have served 3 missions
I am a dynamic and rare combination of prosperity and generosity.
I have daughters in law who write stuff about me on my birthday

Hi, I am Dave. I have built an eternal family that adores me, honors me and strives to be like me. I'm going to have a pretty great eternity of 'rejoicing in my posterity' thanks. I'm Dave. Its my birthday. TODAY!

Faith me to my face...

Prednisone and Pleas for Prayers

(Finding MY face)

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I need prayers.

I am positive they work.

Please pray for me.

I am going to stop taking my prednisone (steroids). I have been jacked up on steroids for about 6 months.

Results are a 'redistribution of fat' in my face, abdomen and behind my neck.

(http://dermnetnz.org/treatments/systemic-steroids.html)

Something I have a very difficult time reconcilling myself to.

VERY.

I want to find my face.

Thats all.

MY FACE.

The last 4 or 5 times I stopped taking the steriods I ended up not being able to walk, my heels are so painful, or my right arm completely unable to even work, couldn't sign my name,the right side of my neck completely locks up, etc.., I usually cannot sleep from the pain in my joints, especially my hips, etc....

The list goes on, but I'll spare you.

I recognize that I am not able to overcome alone. I need more than my myraid of pleadings to the Lord for support and sustaining.

I need a mini miracle to see me through this.

If this blog has ever made you laugh, or smile, or think more positively, or even just entertained you.....If I have ever made a difference in your life even a little, or if you have empathy because you have struggled similarly....well....then...

Will you FAITH me to my face?I miss it.

AND

I want it back.

I am going to try again...



(What if everyone who stopped by this blog said a prayer for this one thing? I opened this page in January. I have had over seven thousand visits. Just what if?, that is all I am wondering today.)

I promise less 'me' writing soon too.



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