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My Mentors

I've been reading a few autobiographies and in them the author mentions the mentors that shaped who they are and strengthened them into being strong, hard working people. Looking back on my life, I've had several mentors as well. Of course, my Parents were my very first Mentors. They are both very faithful, strong members of the Church who go out of their way to serve others. They love children and we felt loved and cared for in their home. We knew education was important and I wanted to follow in their footsteps and attend BYU as they did. They worked hard to make sure that I felt loved and cared about. I feel so blessed to have grown up in their home and to have them as Parents today. They are still very much concerned about my welfare and level of happiness. The next mentor that I remember is my second grade teacher in Bremerton, Washington, Mr. Hicks. Mr Hicks was very approachable, lovable and made everyone feel like they were his favorite (or maybe it was just me). I woul...

On Patience

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T wo events colliding- my headache feeling worse again and dealing with my recent miscarriage- has got me thinking. I think the Lord is trying to teach my Patience. He is also trying to teach me several other lessons, but this is one of them. I have always felt like I had a hard time being patient: I wasn't sure if I could commit to a year and a half mission. That felt like a long time to me and if I wanted to be done, there wasn't that option. I felt like I waited a long time to get married, when in reality I wasn't very old when I actually did get married. We waited a long time to have Declan, but patience is something that will take a lifetime to learn. It can't be learned in just one trial, or two, or three. And so, I will wait and actively try my best to do my part, and to learn the lessons He would have me learn.

Our morning walk

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Fall gold colors On a morning walk. This is the cliff in Draper that backs our house and people paraglide from. I would love to do this- if my body wasn't so scared of heights (or is it my mind?). Here's our row of houses. They are packed together like sardines, but we are loving living here! The people are great, the school is wonderful and our Church ward is amazing! My walking buddy. My other walking buddy. She loves chasing out the birds in these fields. Walking home. And that was a morning walk with us. Hope you enjoyed it! 

My Angel Story

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                A heart I found in a leaf. My sister asked me to write more about my angel/spiritual experiences. I guess I will start when I was younger. I remember the exact place I first saw an angel. We were living in Southern California, in the same house my Parents still live in today. I shared a room with my sister Larissa so maybe this makes me 12. My bed was pointed towards the door. I had a black and teal comforter. One night I woke up and saw a dark, tall figure standing near the door. I froze in fear. It stayed there for a little bit and then was gone. I relaxed and went back to sleep. The next morning I told my Mom about it and she said "you must have seen an angel!" I hadn't thought of that! It happened again a few nights later and since this was less new to me I was still scared, but not so much. I relaxed and observed what was going on. There was no message given, as angels often give. Just a presence.  Maybe that memory has m...

Angels Among Us

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My sister sent this to me and it touched my heart! I had an interesting experience the other day. I was meditating early in the morning. As I was meditating, I had a thought that I should ask, in prayer, who was with me. I did and the answer came "Rose, Robert and Abigail." These are the three babies that I lost from a miscarriage. I didn't see them with my physical eyes, but I felt their presence- sitting on the edge of our guest room bed, as young adults. They were happy, and pure. I felt that they loved me and they are watching over me. I want you to know that I believe in angels. I have had several experiences with angels when I was younger. I know that God sends us small little signs- a butterfly on your shoulder, a big bright moon, a gorgeous sunset, a fun mazda miata- to show us that He loves us and that we are deeply cared about. He cares about us more than we will ever know in this life.  I know that angels are nearby and they are waiting to bless us, if ...

First week of October

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The Saturday before October began, Elizabeth and I had the chance to go to the General Women's Meeting of General Conference. It was great to have her by my side and the talks were lovely! She is such a lovely girl! Declan and I went to the Naturopath on last Friday. My toxins are resolved but I still have my headache. My case frustrates them- as well as me! They think it may be my estrogen levels and and it came back high. Still unresolved though. Poor doctors, I give them such a rough case! 😉 Asher had his first pine wood derby in scouts. We moved right before the one last year. We loved his idea of a couch. It wasn't the fastest, but Asher had a super great attitude about it! Good job, Asher! Jonah created this piece of art for Utah's reflections contest. I'm impressed! I had to encourage him to enter it, but he did it! Don't you love the hats on these pumpkins? I love October! 

Mind Palace Technologies

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I wanted to give a more comple update on Josh's work situation. A few months ago, he felt torn. He was spending part of his time job hunting and part of his time working on "Palace" his business idea. He found all the lawyer positions open to be not interesting at all to say the least and the few job interviews he got, he came away feeling tense and stressed out- just from being in the environment of a private law firm! We consulted together and I encouraged him to give his full time and energy to making his business work. It was a risk to take and it still is, but as he did so he felt confident, excited, energized and hopeful. He has found so many things to work on and to keep occupied with. First, preparing a presentation and slide show. Now, he is taking a business e-course he was offered for free from one of his contacts at the presentation. It seems like everything is pointing toward this being the right path for us. When we got married, Josh would say often "I ...