Food is my addiction

Wow what a summer!  School is back in session and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I had a great summer watching my grandson and a stressful one too.  I started my masters degree in reading and tried figuring out the best way to keep going on this weight loss journey even when stress hits you in full force.  Wednesday when school started I got on the scale and look at my weight.  I was lower than I have been in probably 10 years. I finally broke the 10 pound block I was in all summer and realized I lost 16 lbs over the summer.  I did better than I thought I was doing while I was bouncing around the same 10 lbs.  It really made me realize my journey is not about the number on the scale.  I walk 6 days a week and being out side is great therapy, also my grandson is great therapy.  The other day I took him outside and we just stood out there until his mom came to get him.  He loved it!  He loved watching our dog!  I tell you what I ...

A few years ago we had a superintendent at our school that told us Failure is Not an Option.  She was referring to our students.  To her if our students were failing then we as teachers were not doing our job. She wanted us to do all we could to make sure our students were not failing, call home, adjust their assignments, give them more time to do their work.  We had to fill our a paper to prove that we were doing all we could to  make sure our students did not get a failing grade.  So what were we supposed to do when  they just didn't care. Oh and really as a teacher you want to help your students succeed.   Today I want to talk to you about failure and why it is OK to fail at something. Sometimes in life we fail to succeed. What I've learned  in this life is there is opposition in all things.  Good for bad, holiness for misery, righteousness for wickedness,  life for death, corruption for in-corruption(2 Nephi 2). You experience...