121525, Monday

 Daily Vitals: Wt. 234.5, GMI: 6.8, Steps (previous day): 4,052

BP: 120/70, Pulse: 73, Reported Sleep: 6:29

Journal Entry

Cathy doesn't seem to be much better. We're seeing Dr. Porter this morning. Hopefully he will have solutions. We'll see. I wrapped our gifts for Jake's family and put them under our little Christmas tree for whenever we celebrate together.

Come Follow Me 

The Family: A Proclamation to the World,

All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.

"Normal desires and attractions emerge in the teenage years; there is the temptation to experiment, to tamper with the sacred power of procreation. These desires can be intensified, even perverted, by pornography, improper music, or the encouragement from unworthy associations. What would have only been a more or less normal passing phase in establishing gender identity can become implanted and leave you confused, even disturbed.

If you consent, the adversary can take control of your thoughts and lead you carefully toward a habit and to an addiction, convincing you that immoral, unnatural behavior is a fixed part of your nature."

Elder Boyd K. Packer, Apostle 

"Oh, how I wish I could embrace you and help you understand this great truth: You are a blessed being of light, the spirit child of an infinite God! And you bear within you a potential beyond your own capacity to imagine.

As poets have noted, you come to earth “trailing clouds of glory”!

Your origin story is divine, and so is your destiny. You left heaven to come here, but heaven has never left you!

You are anything but ordinary.

You are gifted!"

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Apostle