What I wish I had said on Sunday
Please tell me that I'm not the only one who often comes home from [insert any social event here] feeling uneasy about something that I said. Call it insecurity, call it self-centeredness, call it what you will, but I often stew and worry and think over and over again about what I said in a public setting and how it will affect what people think of me or even just feel the frustration of not having actually made the point I wanted to make. This is why I am a writer. I can read something over and over again before anyone else reads it and I can make sure it is saying exactly what I want to say before I announce those feelings or thoughts to anyone else. But I digress. I was at church on Sunday and we were having a fabulous lesson on tithing during our Relief Society (the women's organization) meeting. I had read the lesson beforehand and discussed it with my husband and parents who were visiting, so I had already given some thought to this topic. When I r...