{"id":10157,"date":"2017-10-08T20:08:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T02:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=10157"},"modified":"2017-10-08T20:08:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T02:08:25","slug":"step-aside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=10157","title":{"rendered":"Step Aside"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s been an emotional day for me. After 2 1\/2 years of serving the wonderful sisters of my ward, I was released today from the calling of Relief Society President.
\nNever before have I had a calling where I learned so much, stretched out of my comfort zone so much, and relied on the Lord so much.
\nI have loved serving these sisters. I have loved the relationships I’ve built and the joy of service. We had a successful Relief Society Retreat 2 weeks ago, and it was a great “last activity” for our presidency.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, It’s had it’s down side (visiting teaching changes, early morning meetings on Sundays when the rest of the family gets to sleep in, and the like), but I can honestly say I’ve loved this calling. I have the absolute best counselors and people working with me, and I feel so very blessed. I’m thankful for the blessings I have received. I feel like I’ve become a more caring, less judgmental person, and I hope that I can keep those qualities as a part of me forever.<\/p>\n

I’m not a person who embraces change, especially endings. Once I have people I love in my life I don’t want to let them go.
\nSo, this is a little bit difficult for me to take a step back and trust in the Lord that whatever comes next will also be wonderful. I can still see and visit these sisters that I love.<\/p>\n

I am so grateful for the support and love I have received during this time in my life, and for 2 amazing Bishops who have supported and taught me.<\/p>\n

Someone asked me what I was going to do with my free time, now that I’ve been released. Free time? I’m sure I’ll fill it with something. But until then, perhaps I should get my office cleaned up. I’ll work on that for my goal for this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been an emotional day for me. After 2 1\/2 years of serving the wonderful sisters of my ward, I was released today from the calling of Relief Society President. Never before have I had a calling where I learned so much, stretched out of my comfort zone so much, and relied on the Lord […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10157"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10162,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10157\/revisions\/10162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}