An Introduction

As per Nickie's request I will take a moment to introduce myself to the rest of the group. My name is Dezra Helgeson. I live in Minneapolis, MN with my husband and our five children (the picture is two years old, so my youngest is not pictured). My oldest is eight years old, my youngest just turned four months. This moment I am taking to blog is literally the first time all day I have had to myself where I didn't have a baby in my arms or I wasn't feeding someone else or cleaning up. Oh, wait, I did get to eat dinner, or at least I started to. The Relief Society president dropped by, as promised, with some cards for me to sign for some sisters in our ward. But by the time I was done with that, my almost-two year-old had gotten out of her seat, had come over to mine and eaten off my plate. She didn't eat that much, and fortunately, what she didn't like, she spit back onto the plate for me, so I was able to enjoy dinner, after all.

I am living my dream-come-true. I am happily married to man who loves me very much, I get to stay home with my babies and I home school them as well. Life can be pretty crazy with 5 little ones so close in age, but we do okay most of the time. I know there is more I can be doing, though. I remember being at a TJED conference and Rachel DeMille reiterated the fact that, as my children's parent, I am entitled to received personal revelation relating to raising them and what is best for them. I agree with that completely. Now I need to focus on asking for, recognizing and acting on that revelation. You can see an earlier post that goes into detail about why I accepted this challenge.

I just finished the last few pages of the book. I like what Tiffany said about saygobedos be recognized by the fact that they are the thoughts to do good that you try to rationalize yourself out of doing--too far away, not enough time, wouldn't make that much of a difference, etc. That description helped me to crystallize an understanding of what saygobedos are and then made me realize how often I have talked myself out of them.

I am looking forward to this fresh start. Thanks again, Nickie, for having the courage to act on the saygobedo that got you to start this group. Incidentally, Nickie is married to my older brother.