I need a picture like this with so many more people....
So this is a long overdue post...I have too many of them sitting there, waiting to be published. I swear I always finish things...eventually. :) 
I love it when my favorite people get married. Alaina and Todd are so fantastic together. I have this growing list of married friends I want to be so much like when I finally get that part figured out. :) I just love you guys!
And that leads me to what I kept thinking about yesterday. I really am blessed...there are so many friends to whom I owe serious gratitude.
"A true friend is someone who makes it easier to live the gospel of Jesus Christ."
Malcolm S. Jeppsen, “Who Is a True Friend?,” Ensign, May 1990, 44
Malcolm S. Jeppsen, “Who Is a True Friend?,” Ensign, May 1990, 44
Thanks for the late night talks (even the ones boys will never understand...Aubs... :]) or the ones in the middle of the day on a lunch break (Cali, I don't even need grilled cheese...unless it's on that homemade bread...in which case, I'll trade you whatever you want. Also, someday I'll have the terrible twos to deal with and you can give me actual words of wisdom instead of my desperate attempts!) or the surprise visits in my office that can get so quiet these days (you know who you are) or the seriously far too kind notes taped to my front door (you extra know who you are) that come on just the days I think I've bargained for too much, or think I might not be living up to everything I hope to become. Or just coming over and sitting on my couch with me even though we both end up in semi-tears. (haha, Carla, I seriously love you...) In every case described, as well as those I didn't describe, I have come away feeling uplifted and I know that very conversation was in some way an answer to a prayer, voiced or not. I only hope I'm not the only one being lifted.
Sister Julie B. Beck spoke in our Regional Conference yesterday, and I only wish I had every word everyone said there, but something she said really stuck with me yesterday.
Sister Julie B. Beck spoke in our Regional Conference yesterday, and I only wish I had every word everyone said there, but something she said really stuck with me yesterday.
You are doing so much better than you think you are. But we can still all be doing better than we currently are doing.
I don't want to put quotes...because that's just what I managed to write down fast enough to keep up with everything coming afterward. It was like a fountain of words I needed to hear yesterday.
I only wish I had all my notes with me so I could remember specifically the beautiful things Elder Holland said, or President Packer...who was hilarious, by the way.
The point of all of that is that I realized more than ever yesterday that I have so many blessings, yes, but so many of the good things in my life have come from good friends who truly do make it easier to live the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the best thing in my life.
Anyway...just as a parting treat...go listen to this preview:
Yes, I already ordered it. And I seriously cannot wait for it to get here!
Anyway. Sort of scattered, but...there you have it.
I only wish I had all my notes with me so I could remember specifically the beautiful things Elder Holland said, or President Packer...who was hilarious, by the way.
The point of all of that is that I realized more than ever yesterday that I have so many blessings, yes, but so many of the good things in my life have come from good friends who truly do make it easier to live the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the best thing in my life.
Someday, I'll figure out the boy part of that equation. Haha. But until one fits somewhere in those categories, I'm good. :)
Anyway...just as a parting treat...go listen to this preview:
Yes, I already ordered it. And I seriously cannot wait for it to get here!
Anyway. Sort of scattered, but...there you have it.
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Your mom is scattered. Jk, Dee. Jk. :)
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