Daddy.

Happy Birthday Daddy. It is hard for me to imagine loving a man more than I love him. He is pretty close to perfect in my mind. When I was just a wee little girl... I told my mom that I was going to marry daddy when I grew up. She told me she had already married him, so I would have to meet someone else to marry. I was furious. I didn't talk to mom for a few days after that. Lucky for me, I get to have him in my life eternity. As my father. He has always instilled such great habits in me growing up. He has taught me to be the woman I am today. He has taught me to work hard and to always put the Lord first. If we do that, pay our tithing, have personal study, attend church weekly, have faith, be a kind person, and always work to our fullest potential... Everything will work out. Even when they seem like they will fall apart. He has shown me through example, what a worthy priesthood holder looks like. What a father, husband, and friend should be. He has shown me how to treat others, and myself. Thank you daddy, for helping shape who I am today. Thank you for always believing in me. Happy birthday, I love you so much. You're my hero. & you always will be.

The pure love of Christ.

First of all... Happy Valentines Day to everyone. In my own personal opinion, who cares if you have a "special someone" to share today with. If you ask me... it is a day of love. A day we can show love to whomever we please. It is a day where we can simply bask in the happiness of others, or of our own. As most people already know... I was blessed with the greatest mom around. She is the most incredible example to me. One day, I would consider myself the luckiest girl alive to turn out half as amazing as she is. I don't think a day goes by where she isn't constantly thinking of others. To me, my mom is an extraordinary example of the pure love of Christ. This past Sunday a boy in my ward spoke on "the pure love of Christ". It was an amazing talk. These last couple days I can't get it out of my head. Charity. Charity is more than ordinary love; it is everlasting love, perfect love, the pure love of Christ which endures for all eternity. It is an eternal love that is centered in righteousness. So much so that the person who possesses it has no aim or desire except for the eternal welfare of his own soul and for the souls of those around him. I am so grateful. So eternally grateful for life, and the opportunity I have to live it with the knowledge of the gospel. I am so grateful for family. Eternal life, and eternal love. I am grateful for my Savior and for the love he has for me as an individual. He loves me through my imperfections. He loves me through my highest of highs and my lowest of lows. He helps me through everything. Because of his love we are all here today with the incredible opportunity to live life to the fullest and to repent of our sins. We are able to return to him again. 

Happy Valentines Day

Forgiveness.

Church was amazing today, except for the part where I was an emotional wreck. (Fast Sunday does that to me) I love listening to everyone's testimonies. Everyone says something completely different, yet it all goes back to one thing...our Savior. I am so grateful for the gospel. A life without it, I can not even begin to imagine. 

Today, in Relief Society, we had an amazing lesson on "The power of Forgiveness".

"I wish today to speak of forgiveness. I think it may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed."

-Gordon B. Hinckley

 It was such a great lesson. As I really started to think, I wondered to myself...how soon am I to forgive? My thoughts were running wild. I realized I may not be as quick to forgive as I should be. Who would I be to expect to be forgiven if I can't find it in my own heart to forgive? Christ is our perfect example. No matter what may happen, or what we do... he is always standing there with open arms. He is always waiting for us to come home. I am so grateful for his love and his example of forgiveness... for the opportunity to partake of the atonement every week. I am so blessed. 

Today was a beautiful day, 

Happy Sunday!

................ (insert something positive here)

Woke up feeling great. I was ready for a fabulous day. And fabulous it was, until now. Lately that feeling of discouragement will come over me as the day goes on and I start to realize my life is going nowhere. Sometimes this can be motivating, but right now I just want to go to the gym and dance...and never come home. So that's what I will do... DANCE, and never coming back.

p.s. having only one friend, that works opposite shifts as you, is kinda not fun.... at all.

Day One.

Well, So far... So good.
Without being super boring and telling my life story... again...let me just say today is a beautiful day. I feel happier than I have in awhile. Brushed a little bit of dead weight off my shoulders this afternoon. I also allowed myself 15 extra minutes in the morning to say my prayers and read my scriptures. 1 Nephi baby. That's right. Starting fresh. I feel good already. With millions of days to come.

FHE is soon, and well... It's sorta my job to make sure everyone has a good time. No pressure right? Sheesh. I actually really love my calling. It is a blast, and I have some pretty spectacular committee members.

Lastly, I talked to Jordyn tonight. Boy, do I love her. (even though we are brats sometimes) I am just thankful to have her in my life.

Yay for good days, friends, and family. Woo!

Embrace this day with an enthusiastic welcome, no matter how it looks. - Dieter F. Uchtdorf

So, I have decided to make a few changes.. in my personal life, as well as this blog. Typically I write about my day, or my week, a recent activity, a friend, or maybe something fun I made or would like to make. But lately I haven't written at all. I find myself on my own blog on a regular basis wanting to make a new post, yet realizing I have nothing to post about. Because in my time I am at work, or on Facebook, or calling my mom a million times a day, or daydreaming on Pinterest... as I think of these activities I become disgusted with myself. Because I start to realize I can't put scripture study, or personal development, service.. on that list. Those are the things I want to see there, or be able to put there.

With that being said, today I have decided to turn this blog into a "personal development" blog. Somewhere I can write about becoming a better me. Where I can talk out the words I read of our prophet, and general authorities. I am not by any means quitting my "social" aspect of life, but managing my time to where this is my priority. Where Heavenly Father and my Savior are my priority.

I talked about my goals in my last post.... but that has changed. I am still pumped an excited about this new year, but from a different light. Instead of loosing 20 lbs, I want to be healthy. I want to gain more spiritual growth and become more like my Savior. I want to live a life he will be proud of. I want to be the kind of person people can look up to. I want to serve those around me and prepare for a mission that I could be serving by the end of this year, or in thirty years. Prepare to be a wife, and a mother. And ultimately, prepare myself for the last day. Prepare myself to stand blameless before God, that I may return to him.

So Pumped!

I am just on a ridiculous high right now. A natural one. Of course, just thought I would clarify. I am SO PUMPED for this new year. Kinda weird how it's really just a new set of days but it seems to make us all excited. We can kinda have a fresh start. Even though technically we could have done that in August.. or November but we like doing it now. And I am A-OK with that. Today is a day of goals, and lists, and cleaning, and all around excitement. Because this year I want to be better and stick to all the plans I have had forever. This is going to be a year of action. So put on your seat belts everyone, cause I am ready to go!

P.s. I love this so much. We can all use a little reminder sometimes. What an amazing man. I feel so blessed.