Happy Birthday Brian!

Dear family,

I discovered that my last email was stuck in my outbox until I rebooted my computer.  Sorry for the delay; hopefully you will enjoy two emails in one night.

I love you all!  Good night.

Love,

Dad

Wednesday, March 24, 2021
9:50 pm

Happy birthday Brian!  He would have been 39 years old today.  That is astonishing.  I'm so very grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and God's plan for us.  I find great peace through faith that everything he and we missed out on because of his early death will be compensated for in the eternities.  I enjoyed a serving of mint chocolate chip ice cream in his memory tonight.

Yesterday at work I dealt with some problems.  I seem to be doing more of that lately than I wish.  Fortunately the problems aren't with my employees.  I am fortunate to work with good people who get along well.  Some of our vendors have good people trapped in bad systems.

In the evening I had several interviews followed by bishopric meeting.  I invited a newly called YW leader to remove her nose ring when she is working with the young women.  (Funny thing about near-constant mask-wearing – there are some things you don't know about people!)  She was so gracious in her response, willingly agreeing to remove it if it was a distraction to others.  I was so appreciative of her willingness to make that personal change without resentment.

Today was a good day.  Marketing meeting in the morning, a webinar on credit risks as we come out of the COVID pandemic, followed by Board meeting.  I am grateful I can work with and for a good Board of Directors.  They trust me, and we have been very fortunate to do so well.  Another silver lining of the pandemic – not being able to meet in restaurants, we have had a year's worth of Board meetings via Zoom.  They are so much more focused and effective!  We were done today in 59 minutes and discussed everything I wanted to cover.

In the evening Spencer and I went to a Priest quorum activity.  Bro. Zabriskie ran the meeting.  In addition to Spencer, Caleb Ober and Sam Larsen were the only other boys who came.  It was challenging.  I am thankful to have Bro. Zabriskie involved to help the YM grow.

Thankful: See several items above.

Ministering: I texted with our renters to check on them after some medical issues they have been dealing with.  It sounds like they are dealing with some lingering issues but are doing better.  I'm glad we are in a position to be helpful.

More later…

This quote made me laugh.  It's so true!