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Missionary Mom

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I served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France.  It was one of the hardest things I have ever done, but it was also one of the best things I have ever done for myself.  Fast forward twenty plus years and now I have three of my four kids serving missions.  I get so many comments when people find out that I have three missionaries.  It is usually starts with shock and disbelief. They wrack their brains to recall if they've ever known anyone that has ever had three kids out at once.  They tell me I should be in an Ensign article and they invariably ask me how I'm doing.  Dave and I joke that we are killing three birds with one stone and that we should write to Salt Lake and see if we can get a buy-two-get-one-free-deal. But in all honesty, I'm doing great.  Not that I've ever known any different, but having them all out at once is kind of great.  I get to miss them all at the same time and they get to all come hom...