“O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it; that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they [...]

On Sunday May 23, 2011 I came out of Sacrament meeting feeling spiritually uplifted. I just came back from Kirtland for youth conference and I was so excited to tell my leaders about the amazing experience. One of the young women in my ward, Kate, was sitting on the couch and I went to join [...]

A poem describing events after Mikeys death. I know its all jambled. I was upset. Soft couch quiet words streaming tears screaming yelling your gone. your gone. A million facebook photos don’t fill the empty spaces I want to tell everyone about you and at the same time I want to keep you hidden away [...]

God loves each of us. I know he does. I know that Christ died for us. And, because of the atonement we can return to our loving Heavenly Father.

One of my best friends just died in a fire. I miss him. I was asked to give a speech of sorts about him for a memorial video. Dear Mikey, I miss you. I love you. There are so many things about you that I want to tell people. I want to tell them about [...]

I was sitting in the car as my mother drove me home from a friends birthday party. The heat was turned up blowing at me. I hate that. Whenever I’m in the car with my mother she turns the heat up all the way. I have a pet peeve of breathing in hot air. It [...]

Long ago my mother told me not to settle. But, shes also said get married as soon as possible and try for kids ‘earlier the better’. How can I be happy and marry this amazing man that will take me to the temple while not settling? How can I be happy not having kids when [...]

For the first time in my life I have experienced true forgiveness. I have forgiven a guy who used to be a very close friend. He did something terrible, I didn’t want to talk to him. I started to just treat him like I normally would..but I felt awful inside. Then he made a comment [...]

Not in any specific order. Basically a list of things I do way more often then I should! 1. Reading in my room. (Ignoring the family I’ll be leaving in 7 months. ) 2. Chatting, rambling and ranting to friends on Facebook. 3. Not answering the phone when it rings. 4. Checking my email 10x [...]

I went to a friends fathers funeral today. It got me thinking a lot about death and dying. What I’d want my funeral to be like, who I’d want to show up, what I’d want people to say and most importantly what my legacy was. What my family and friends would remember about me. I [...]