Comments on: Not singly and separately http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/04/28/not-singly-and-separately/ "Hitch your wagon to a star." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Ben http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/04/28/not-singly-and-separately/#comment-74700 Fri, 16 May 2008 19:09:59 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/04/28/not-singly-and-separately/#comment-74700 Ali: Variety is indeed a really good thing. I'm a fan. :) (But I also don't particularly mind having half of my ward consist of single females, either. There are advantages. :P) David: A very valid point, one that I've been slowly learning over time. (I have eight younger siblings and when we were younger they were often rowdy, and I'd get all embarrassed. But it really didn't matter as much as I thought it did.) Ali: Variety is indeed a really good thing. I’m a fan. :) (But I also don’t particularly mind having half of my ward consist of single females, either. There are advantages. :P)

David: A very valid point, one that I’ve been slowly learning over time. (I have eight younger siblings and when we were younger they were often rowdy, and I’d get all embarrassed. But it really didn’t matter as much as I thought it did.)

]]> by: David http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/04/28/not-singly-and-separately/#comment-71449 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:04:19 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/04/28/not-singly-and-separately/#comment-71449 I learned a lesson from something a family said in Brazil. Accompanying some missionaries to church for the first time, the children in the ward were being rambunctious and what not. The missionaries were embarrassed for the behavior and as they were apologizing, the father stopped them. He said, "Don't apologize. I'm sure the children were rowdy at church in Christ's time as much as ours." It's the truth. Yeah for family wards. Disclaimer. I was not one of the missionaries, although I shared an apartment with them and met during the same time, same building, but in another ward. I learned a lesson from something a family said in Brazil. Accompanying some missionaries to church for the first time, the children in the ward were being rambunctious and what not. The missionaries were embarrassed for the behavior and as they were apologizing, the father stopped them. He said, “Don’t apologize. I’m sure the children were rowdy at church in Christ’s time as much as ours.” It’s the truth. Yeah for family wards.

Disclaimer. I was not one of the missionaries, although I shared an apartment with them and met during the same time, same building, but in another ward.

]]> by: Ali http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/04/28/not-singly-and-separately/#comment-71414 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:12:55 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/04/28/not-singly-and-separately/#comment-71414 Yeah, I always liked family wards better. The more variety, the better. Which is why I prefer to work in public as opposed to academic libraries. I visited a Universalist Unitarian church in SLC once, and it was really cool b/c the littlest kids were looked after during the meeting in a separate room (and the meeting was only 1 hour), so it was really quiet and adult-oriented, and then afterwards, everybody got together for socializing and snacks. Yeah, I always liked family wards better. The more variety, the better. Which is why I prefer to work in public as opposed to academic libraries. I visited a Universalist Unitarian church in SLC once, and it was really cool b/c the littlest kids were looked after during the meeting in a separate room (and the meeting was only 1 hour), so it was really quiet and adult-oriented, and then afterwards, everybody got together for socializing and snacks.

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