Joseph Alexander Holden

I was given this responsibility out of an attempt to save myself. I teach him to pray all of the time and be grateful for what he has and recieves.

He has an incredible capacity to love.

Charles Gavin Brawner

My miracle child in so many ways much more than just surviving death. I still am confused as to how it happened. Even his grandmother suggested that I was pregnant, but that would be literally impossible because I had just miscarried, only days before. But, it happened, and though I also do not remember his birth at all (correctly), he obviously was born.

I need to pray more and work.at establishing a firm.repoire. he always responds. I do not know that I have done enough yet to ensure that he knows that he is a son of God. But, he needs to be strengthened most so that he can strengthen others. I loved a quote I read where someone said that as parents we,need to fill up their confidence so much that the world could never with all of their efforts empty it.

Brooksie Lane Brawner

She is sooooo sweet. She has something about her spirit that teaches her the things I have not. It is important that she recognizes her worth and learns to use the tools of baptism and the sacrament to truly achieve perfection.

Sarah Lena Brawner

I have failed her the most. I love her so much that it brings me to tears to even think about her. I started out right. I kept a journal for her when she was born recording everything hoping it would teach her to keep good records, but I really let her down cause I abandoned my responsibility because of a simple mundane legality. I need to make more of an effort to help her become the sort of woman she can be. I understand fully what I am talking about and no speech or what not will change what I truly feel.

So, what are you going to do to fufill your stewardship to her?

I am going to pray for her all the time, more than I even do now, including temple prayers, and I will pray for her teachers and father to teach with inspiration.

I am somehow going to impress on her the significance of going to the temple often and realizing her real father is a God and so her name means princess and it was not given to her out of coincidence.

A quick impression

I felt impressed to act upon this impression. Last night it was brought to my attention that we will be asked to give an account for each child and how we have fufilled our stewardship to them.

I want to write a brief accounting of each child, because I need to dwell on such thoughts so I am sure or refocused on keeping my charge properly.

I wrote a journal entry when I was a teen that the most important thing I can ever do is teach the children I will have to know, truly know and love God. If they turn to him in any trial and build a solid, trusting foundation of communication with him then,no matter what they need or endure they will see through to what matters.

Lena's mom

This will be intesting one day, but it bothers me. Joseph had a photo of Lena in his hand and said, Lena is at school, but I want to Skype with her mother. I told him that I was her mother and he was happy, but then he upset me. He said, "no. Her real mother." He explained that her real mother lives in her house and bakes her treats. I am pretty sure he is referring to my mother. He said, "Lena

is down there, far away,and that is where her mother lives, right?"

Mary Anne's Christmas gift

Ok. I thought of the best notion yesterday I was going to end up with a gift each day each day of December.

Mary is over crying because I decided to get her a thing and she found it, but I told her no and rehid it.

Then, it occurred to me as I was thinking of a way to turn this into a learning experience, that this lesson was for me.

We all cry cause we find what we want, not knowing it is for us only not yet. I was sort of happy to see that she wanted it so badly. I imagine both she and I will be so happy to unwrap our gift to see that we get the thing we wanted so badly.