New Years is always a time for me to get contemplative. I always make a brief commentary on the previous year in my journal. I thought it would be a good time to do it here:
2000
1. Really my first year in plural marriage, because when the New Year hit (along with its phony Y2K scare) I had only been practicing polygamy for 4 months.
2. So this was really an adjustment year for me.
3. Spent my honeymoon in January in Phoenix with Temple while she miscarried
2001
1. Started getting used to having a plural marriage
2. My daughter Sara born the same day the first Lord of the Rings movie came out. (Hey that was a big deal to me.)
2002
1. My son Aidan was born.
2. My dad died. (Very significant and life-shaping event for me.)
3. I am diagnosed with diabetes. (Another life-shaping event.)
2003
1. Why don’t I remember much of this year?
2004
1. I start feeling driven to defend and discuss plural marriage on the Internet (in place of trying to find wives on the net the previous few years).
2. Siobhan and Alex are born.
3. I travel to Kentucky on a missionary trip – the first of several.
4. I quit my job of 9 years as a social worker with the State of Arizona.
5. I take a construction job in Connecticut.
2005
1. I spend three months working in Connecticut
2. I spend four months working in San Diego.
3. I am laid off in the summer and resort to odd jobs for the rest of the year.
4. I am very active on the Internet.
5. Missionary trips to California, Utah and Missouri
2006
1. Missionary trips to Utah, California, Missouri, Florida, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and New Zealand. Some more than once.
2. There is a sad division in our community.
3. My daughter Jerusha is born.
2007
1. Back to construction – I work most of the year in Tucson, Pittsburgh, and Vegas.
2. I have the most spiritual experience of my life.
3. I am contacted by Incubator TV.
2008
1. I work in Albuquerque for a month
2. I am accosted by Channel 3 in regard to my brother’s divorce.
3. I contact a former member of Incubator TV in regard to how to deal with the media.
4. We negotiate and Dawn Porter comes and films a segment with us in April, 2008.
5. The next day, Texas raids the YFZ Ranch.
6. I start this blog. Lol
7. I travel on the fair circuit at the end of the year.
8. Dawn Porter: The Polygamist’s Wife airs on C4 in the UK in October.
9. The show airs as Forbidden Love: Polygamy on TLC in December.
10. My son Avery is born.
2009
1. I travel to South Carolina and work there for 3 months.
2. My son Israel is born.
3. I spend the summer in Montana on the fair circuit.
4. I develop DVT in my left leg while I am there.
5. I spend a month and a half bedridden.
6. I return to South Carolina to work for a few weeks.
A FEW RECENT DETAILS
1. Temple and I just had our 10 year anniversary – 10 years as a polygamist.
2. Martha and I shared our 17th anniversary.
3. My oldest daughter Sophie just turned 16. Getting old, man!
4. A mountain lion was prowling around our house a few weeks ago. We were gone at the time, but I’m sure it was watching us. The kids now don’t go out alone when playing or doing their chores.
5. I am now wearing special medical compression socks to treat my DVT. They are like pantyhose. Now all I need are heels.
Happy New Year, everyone!
2000
1. Really my first year in plural marriage, because when the New Year hit (along with its phony Y2K scare) I had only been practicing polygamy for 4 months.
2. So this was really an adjustment year for me.
3. Spent my honeymoon in January in Phoenix with Temple while she miscarried
2001
1. Started getting used to having a plural marriage
2. My daughter Sara born the same day the first Lord of the Rings movie came out. (Hey that was a big deal to me.)
2002
1. My son Aidan was born.
2. My dad died. (Very significant and life-shaping event for me.)
3. I am diagnosed with diabetes. (Another life-shaping event.)
2003
1. Why don’t I remember much of this year?
2004
1. I start feeling driven to defend and discuss plural marriage on the Internet (in place of trying to find wives on the net the previous few years).
2. Siobhan and Alex are born.
3. I travel to Kentucky on a missionary trip – the first of several.
4. I quit my job of 9 years as a social worker with the State of Arizona.
5. I take a construction job in Connecticut.
2005
1. I spend three months working in Connecticut
2. I spend four months working in San Diego.
3. I am laid off in the summer and resort to odd jobs for the rest of the year.
4. I am very active on the Internet.
5. Missionary trips to California, Utah and Missouri
2006
1. Missionary trips to Utah, California, Missouri, Florida, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and New Zealand. Some more than once.
2. There is a sad division in our community.
3. My daughter Jerusha is born.
2007
1. Back to construction – I work most of the year in Tucson, Pittsburgh, and Vegas.
2. I have the most spiritual experience of my life.
3. I am contacted by Incubator TV.
2008
1. I work in Albuquerque for a month
2. I am accosted by Channel 3 in regard to my brother’s divorce.
3. I contact a former member of Incubator TV in regard to how to deal with the media.
4. We negotiate and Dawn Porter comes and films a segment with us in April, 2008.
5. The next day, Texas raids the YFZ Ranch.
6. I start this blog. Lol
7. I travel on the fair circuit at the end of the year.
8. Dawn Porter: The Polygamist’s Wife airs on C4 in the UK in October.
9. The show airs as Forbidden Love: Polygamy on TLC in December.
10. My son Avery is born.
2009
1. I travel to South Carolina and work there for 3 months.
2. My son Israel is born.
3. I spend the summer in Montana on the fair circuit.
4. I develop DVT in my left leg while I am there.
5. I spend a month and a half bedridden.
6. I return to South Carolina to work for a few weeks.
A FEW RECENT DETAILS
1. Temple and I just had our 10 year anniversary – 10 years as a polygamist.
2. Martha and I shared our 17th anniversary.
3. My oldest daughter Sophie just turned 16. Getting old, man!
4. A mountain lion was prowling around our house a few weeks ago. We were gone at the time, but I’m sure it was watching us. The kids now don’t go out alone when playing or doing their chores.
5. I am now wearing special medical compression socks to treat my DVT. They are like pantyhose. Now all I need are heels.
Happy New Year, everyone!
