Not that question. The question before that question. The question that can pave or pre-empt the way to the big question.
“What are you going to be when you grow up?”
Once that question was an opportunity to let your imagination soar with limitless possibilities, before the grown-up would chuckle at your answer and send you on our way with a pat on your head. But to the recently returned missionary on a first date, that question is loaded.
Fortunately, there is a new blog on the scene to help recently returned missionaries not only answer that question, but to help with the overall transition back to civilian life. It’s called the RMTC, or Returned Missionary Training Center, and it makes perfect sense. We have plowed the wisdom of generations of missionary work into our Missionary Training Center, but when our youth return home after their service, we give them a handshake and wish them all the best.
In addition to articles on how to RM (for example, this post on why we’re a mess for awhile after our missions), the blog includes a list of stuff the returning missionaries missed while they were gone (royal weddings, Adele, etc.).
While many of those who participate here at MDB are beyond being considered a recently returned missionary, we still want to help spread the word about the RMTC blog in an effort to help them get those fine young men to the point where they are candidates for Mormon dads, and therefore participants of MDB.
Thanks to Aaron Quist, one of the “faculty” members at the RMTC, for bringing this blog to our attention. Aaron is a practicing attorney. He and his wife are raising two children in California.
Enjoy Aaron’s post, The Pre-Astronaut RM.
Beat the Rush. Although most of us here have probably already tied the knot, we may have kids who could benefit from this latest help from Mormon Life Hackers, especially in light of one of the major themes of this past General Conference. That’s right, we’re talking about helping prepare for the tsunami of weddings coming this summer.
Dress Warmer. You have to cut the guy some slack; he just moved from California, not to mention the fact that he had spent the night in the E.R. with his daughter.
Watching You. With seven children from ages 13 to just a few days old, Ken Craig finds that the Deniro/Stiller father/son “watching you” roles are reversed in his house. His kids are watching his every move, especially his flaws.
30 Things. When it comes to listening to the prophet’s voice, Jamie Huston and his family don’t mess around. As they listen to General Conference, they make a list of direct instructions Pres. Monson gives, and make those priorities in their family.
Not Always Our Fault. Relationship expert Dr. Elia fields a question from a male reader who perceives from Dr. Elia’s past columns a pattern of innocent women versus men who are the bad guys. The reader poses the question of whether this perception matches Dr. Elia’s experience in his work.
