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    Favorite part about being a PH holder...

    The start of school.

    I was able to give my youngest and my wife a blessing last night before the first day of School for both of them today. It is something that I look forward to and have cherished since the first day we ever sent a child to school. Something that I mentally and spiritually start preparing for about a week before school starts.

    If only I prepared for everything at Church this way I am sure I would be a much better member than I am.

    The blessing I was able to give my daughter in her dorm room Saturday night is something that I will hold dear for life. Very special.

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    agreed. I gave my youngest and middle daughters blessing for the first day of school last night. It was indeed special.

    I may be small, but I'm slow.

    A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

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    • #3
      I almost started this exact thread this morning but then got sidetracked so thanks The Tick for starting it.

      I'm not an emotional guy, at least on the outside, but I started to cry as I blessed one of my daughters last night. It was a great experience and very spiritual.
      "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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      • #4
        Agreed, while my testimony on much of the church is shaky, giving my children blessings, especially ones like these, always seem to prop it up a bit.
        "I don't mind giving the church 10% of my earnings, but 50% of my weekend mornings? Not as long as DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket is around." - Daniel Tosh

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        • #5
          I find it more effective to have charts and graphs of goals, expectations and projected GPAs if they don't knock off all the crap they did the year before.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
            I find it more effective to have charts and graphs of goals, expectations and projected GPAs if they don't knock off all the crap they did the year before.
            We did both last night at our house. This is like the 5th time I've reminded my new 9th grader that the honeymoon is over and it's time to get serious - grades actually matter now.

            Then we had some very nice blessings.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Eddie Jones View Post
              I almost started this exact thread this morning but then got sidetracked so thanks The Tick for starting it.

              I'm not an emotional guy, at least on the outside, but I started to cry as I blessed one of my daughters last night. It was a great experience and very spiritual.
              You don't have to be so formal...my friends all call me Tick.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by kccougar View Post
                We did both last night at our house. This is like the 5th time I've reminded my new 9th grader that the honeymoon is over and it's time to get serious - grades actually matter now.

                Then we had some very nice blessings.
                I've never had that problem with my daughters, knock on wood!

                All three have been very good students and for some reason took pride in their grades.

                I may be small, but I'm slow.

                A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

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                • #9
                  We've got 5 kids, and we did back to school blessings. One year when our youngest was three, she saw all the blessings, and without a word, got into the chair to claim her blessing. It was the sweetest thing ever.

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                  • #10
                    None of my kids have ever wanted blessings, until this year when my girl who is going into first grade this year was freaking out the night before. This time she agreed to get one and that is what calmed her down.

                    I've offered them to both my school age kids and no one has taken me up on it until now.
                    Last edited by beefytee; 08-24-2010, 09:23 AM.

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                    • #11
                      When do you think this trend started?

                      I remember getting blessings before school as well growing up. Is there something in the handbook that says it is a good idea for a father's blessing at certain times, back to school being one of them? Or was this one of the more cultural things in the church that has caught on?
                      "They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.

                      Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by beefytee View Post
                        None of my kids have ever wanted blessings, until this year when my girl who is going into first grade this year was freaking out the night before. This time she agreed to get one and that is what calmed her down.

                        I've offered them to both my school age kids and no one has taken me up on it until now.
                        Beginning to think I was the only one -- feeling kinda marginalized here.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by clackamascoug View Post
                          We've got 5 kids, and we did back to school blessings. One year when our youngest was three, she saw all the blessings, and without a word, got into the chair to claim her blessing. It was the sweetest thing ever.
                          We've got 5 kids as well and my 20 month old did the same thing. So adorable.
                          "I don't mind giving the church 10% of my earnings, but 50% of my weekend mornings? Not as long as DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket is around." - Daniel Tosh

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