Looking back at this year I have really seen some growth in our family and in our work and in myself. At the beginning of the year I made a commitment to really make some definite changes in my life and in myself. One of those was to look for and dwell on the positive. [...]
The Greatest Gift of All
December 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
I just don’t have the words to truly express my feelings of gratitude and awe over this greatest gift that we all have been given. Lyrics to a beautiful song that touch me because I am a mother. A picture that, for some reason to me, touches my heart as a mortal being who is [...]
Receiving Answers To Our Prayers (warning: spiritual musings)
December 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
I finished this book recently and I have to say it was life-changing and truly inspiring. I think this book at exactly the time it needed to. At no other time have I needed to lean on The Lord and receive answers to my prayers as I have in the last couple of months. Elder [...]
A Time to Prepare
November 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
I love listening to conference talks on my cardio days. Usually, I am listening to the talk assigned for the coming lesson. But I will swap it out for another talk every other day. It gives me more to think about. It also helps me see connections between what the speakers say. It is amazing [...]
They are my friends!
October 30, 2011 1 Comment
last week I gave a lesson based on the talk The Power of Scripture. Oh how I loved this talk! Elder Richards gives such a wonderful comparison of the scriptures to being “packets of light that illuminate our minds and give place to guidance and inspiration from on high.” What truth this has been in [...]
Where I've been spending my online time.
October 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
On top of everything that has been going on, I have been hanging around a few other sites lately. I don’t know if I can call his side-tracked as much as maybe using my time slightly more wisely – to some degree. lol I have my blog feed which I love how I have set [...]
Thankfully streaming
September 4, 2011 1 Comment
I am thankful. no, really…I am. I am thankful that I have a beautiful, healthy, family. That I have kids who love each other, who love to play with each other and hang out together. I am thankful that I have a selfless husband who insists that I do something for me despite the limitations [...]
streamit
June 26, 2011 4 Comments
Oh I am so excited. I am getting new eyes. LOL I am going in to see a doctor tomorrow about lens replacement surgery. You see, I have been basically blind my entire life. In the second grade I got glasses. I was extremely farsided. We are talking pretty much coke-bottle glasses, for the most [...]
A time and a season.
June 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
Yesterday there were some changes at church. One of the changes they made was the person who is over our young women’s program. This woman organized activities, events, and Sunday classes for girls between the ages of 12-19. Mallea is now turning 18 this year. The woman that they released yesterday has been in charge [...]
What do you REALLY desire?
June 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
I had the chance to listen to this talk again last night. One of my favorite talks from conference. I just love Elder Oaks and how he presents things and how he makes me think. Here are some thoughts that came to my mind last night as well as things that made me think about [...]
