Bearing the burden of diapers, and being Called To Serve

In our Church the young men are “Called To Serve” when they turn 18 to dedicate two years of their lives as missionaries.  Young ladies are able, but not requested/required to serve when they turn 19 and for eighteen months.  These two are an opportunity to grow as a person through selfless service to the … Continue reading Bearing the burden of diapers, and being Called To Serve

Normalizing my aberrant self

I’m finding that in the last few weeks, amidst all the emotion and ups and downs I am feeling like I am somewhat normalizing my diaper wearing.  I am finding when I want to wear and working through the ins and outs regarding my family.   While wearing diapers is becoming less of a tense thing, … Continue reading Normalizing my aberrant self

Journaling my diapers, just to rip it out

This feels a bit like binge and purge again.  Perhaps I had experienced it in another way aside from just throwing everything diaper-related away in hopes of never thinking about it again in a moment of weakness when I reached out to my journal to share myself with the blank pages to the story of … Continue reading Journaling my diapers, just to rip it out

That’s it, Honeymoon period is over, I don’t like myself again..

It has been a roller coaster of emotions the last few days.  There has been little balance or stability, and I have to find a way to get right.  The issue is that there is more than one thing out of whack, and that has been exacerbating the issue.  If this was just about diapers … Continue reading That’s it, Honeymoon period is over, I don’t like myself again..

Repentance is not a bad thing

All too often we associate repentance with negative feelings.  It isn’t too hard to make that correlation because if often comes after we acknowledge that we have done something wrong.  In a talk this morning a missionary said “Don’t think of repentance as a bad thing”, but as an opportunity for growth. An opportunity to … Continue reading Repentance is not a bad thing