I have begun to read the Book of Mormon again. I have made it a priority to do so in morning that way my day goes better. I think that if the prophet challenges us to do it, then the Lord expects us to follow through with it. My husband and I will do it when he is rested at night before he goes to bed. I love it when our priesthood leaders know just we need to spiritually grow in this earthly life. I try to read 3-4 chapters a day. It is so uplifting for me. Donna

Thank you Daph. When I read your personal response to me I felt that it was written out of emotion and hormones and that was how I took it. I felt terrible that my intentions were misunderstood. I often forget to consider other people's emotional state when I blatantly offer my unasked for opinion. I too am terribly sorry that my response was so inappropriate. Thank you for your post. I had seriously considered dropping this board because I didn't want you seeing my name or picture to bring up negative thoughts for you. I do accept your apology and I hope that neither of us will allow it to get in the way of being forum buddies. We're supposed to offer support to each other and I let you down on that point. Change of subject. How's the pregnancy going? How much longer do you have? Are you finding that this preganacy is much different from your previous pregnancies. (WLS not allowing your to eat like we might have eaten in previous pregnancies). You are a pioneer and an example to us when it comes to getting pregant after WLS. I'm concerned with how YOU are doing. Pregnancy can be difficult in the best of cir****tances. Thinking of you Melody Melody

The prosecuting attorney came over to my house this afternoon and spent 1 & 1/2 hours with us just answering questions and explaining things. I feel much better now. He has a clearer understanding of what we want which is help and counseling for this young man and he's going to fight to get all the counseling and help for that's available. I contacted our areas public defender and asked left a message and asked if he would be interested in being an advocate for our girls. I asked this man for several reasons, one of which he is the court appointed public defender I thought he would enjoy the challenge of being on the other side of the fence and instead of asking for the lightest sentence he could get he would be in a position to be asking for the stiffest position he could get. This man is known for his honesty and his willingness to work with people in explaining things to them. I left a message and never heard back from him so I thought that he wasn't interested. Out of the blue he called me at 8:00 pm and we talked for half an hour. He explained that it doesn't matter what this young man is charged with, he could even be charged with disturbing the peace which is the most minor of all the charges that someone could be charged with, the judge (and our judge is really, really good about this), the judge will investigate and know all the history of this young man and what brought him to this point and will sentence him harshly and accordingly. The title means nothing. The judge is known for demanding counseling and help for juvenile offenders, especially those with sexual activity problems. I felt much better after speaking to both of these attorneys. First no one would speak to me and then BOOM two in one day. The public defender told me he would call me each week and stay on top of things and when the time came for us to make a victim's impact statement he would be there for us. Prayers are certainly answered. We don't want to ruin this young man's life we just want him to get all the help that he possibly can so he can live a productive life. Melody

Melody I would go to my local News they eat this stuff up. It sounds like that boy needs some time behind bars. and alot of counsling. If its not stoped now he will end up in Jail for the rest of his life. Ruthy

How many of you have read the August issue of the Ensign? In Sacrament meeting on Sunday a letter from the First Presidency was read, the First Presidency (the prophet specifically) has challenged each member of the church to read the Book of Mormon cover to cover by the end of this year. He sites many promises and blessings that will come to us if we do this. Our family is reading the Book of Mormon right now. We were in the Book of Jacob when this challenge was issued. I got out my calculator and calculated how far we were and how far we had to go to get to the end of the book by the end of the year. My family has to read 4 pages a day to reach this goal. I figure that we'd better read 5-6 pages a day because I know there will be a day here or there that we won't be able to read. If you haven't started on this challenge, I encourage you to start now. This is a message from our Prophet. I, for one, need all the blessings I can get. How can I ask for blessings if I don't do something this simple? I need to do my part. Good luck and good reading. Melody