Richardson Report

Brynne left for school at 5am on Saturday morning.  We were cleaning that church at 8.  Just as we were finishing Brynne called me.  I thought maybe she was lost in the desert.  When I answered she was completely panicking and I couldn't even understand enough except I heard her say something about her car.  I said, "Brynne, are you hurt" and she calmed down enough to say she was okay, and then she seemed a little more coherent but still panicking.  She was crying and almost hyperventilating so I could barely understand when she said "my car is upside down in a ditch!  I hit gravel and I lost control and then my car flipped". That freaked me out so I started yelling for Josh to come IMMEDIATELY because Brynne was in an accident and we needed to help her.  We found out that she was just outside Christmas Valley and she said a man had stopped to help her.  He talked to Dad on the phone for a minute and explained a little more clearly and said he would stay with he

 Last year I felt like my kids needed to do something a little bit uncomfortable for them. I called around various organizations looking for volunteer opportunities that would let children come and there was only one place - the JoCo Food Bank. So we started volunteering every Thursday.  Now this has been hard for my kids. We are only there two hours a week but it’s full of heavy lifting and sometimes stinky bad food that we sort through.  They haven’t always been the most cheerful workers but they’ve definitely been consistent. Personally, I have enjoyed it and the workers that we interact with are so nice and welcoming.  We just celebrated eight months of volunteering and because we are going to be in and out of town a lot this fall and the older girls need to do school in the mornings, today felt a little bit like good bye.  The sweet employees gave the kids a generous thank you basket that was so kind and so thoughtful.  I tell you, volunteering there has been such a good learning