Family--Entry 6

This week I was able to see from a different perspective in my time management skills and my personal finance skills.  I’m horrible at personal finance.  I’m horrible with my time management skills.  I’m good with ideas on how to make things better, but when it comes down to actually doing something, I’m terrible.  Like tomorrow, I have the Primary Program at church and I’m the chorister for the Primary and I’m not even ready for it.  I guess I should clarify, I’m ready for the program itself, but not for the actual time in the Primary later after the program is over.  

In preparing for this program, doing classwork for school, and in organizing mode in my home, I definitely have let my family time get crunched horribly.  Jan Newman said that there are two things we don’t want to ever crunch: 1) Loyalty to the Lord and 2) Loyalty to our Family.  I am loyal to my family, but there are days where I groan and whine about having to do things I don’t want to do for them.  Even some of these days are just changing a diaper.  However, while I listened to Jan Newman, I certainly knew that what he said, everything he said, is true.  He said, “Your greatest legacy will be your family and the service in the kingdom.”  My ward is my family here where I live.  Being in the Primary is a great blessing to me.  We have wonderful days and we have bad days, just like I do at home with my family.  

When I think of becoming an entrepreneur and continuing to fulfill my dreams, the thought at the front of my mind, every time is, “What’s going on with the kids today?”  I don’t know if men have this thought about their own families, but as a mom, I have think this every day, in everything I do.  I am currently working on some things with my family.  These include: making memories with them through things we do together, talking with them every day, studying the scriptures with them, and praying together.  I know I will always have the burning question of, “What are the kids doing today?” in the back of my mind, no matter what direction my life goes. 

Video: Loyalty to God and Family by Jan Newman