Recent events

I taught Relief Socity on December 16, 2012 and it was a very interesting lesson to teach. The lesson was about living in Periolous times. I think it applies so much to recent events and the things that have transipred over the last couple of weeks. As I was preparing my lesson, my mind kept wondering back to Elementary school shooting in Newton, CT and all those wonderful little children that have been lost. It is being said that this is the second worst school shooting, with the shooting at Virigina Tech University being the worst. I hope some parents are finding comfort that their child is not truly lost, but back in the arms of a Loving Heavenly Father and Son. I hope that those children who have passed on because of recent events realize that there is a special place waiting for them in Heaven. As I have been talking to Samuel about recent events and how he feels about, it makes me wonder what I would do to protect him. My siblings mean the world to me and I would do anything to protect them and to make sure that they were safe.We truly do live in Perioulous times and the world will get worse before it gets better, becuase of things that happening and things that have been foretold by the scriptures. Wars will continue and many more bad things will happen before we can say that things are getting better. I hope that these families realize that a world is mouring with them and people are keeping them in their prayers as they put their loved ones to rest and try to move on from this horrific situation that has occured.

Life

Life has been a little crazy in the past couple of months. Samuel has officially turned 12 this year, which is so hard to believe, because he also become a deacon. We also have two new wonderful cats, who are some of the best that we have. Both Lucy and Magellan love to be together which is so great because they are very playful at certain times. Poor Magellan had to have all of his teeth removed because he had ulcers and they were bleeding when we took him into the vet in November, the guy has recovered fairly well, and is just content to sleep in the front room or on a bed. Lucy likes to be where the people are, which is sometimes the kitchen and she likes to be in the way. She will meow when she thinks nobody is home and all that it takes to get her to stop is for her to see a face and then she is good. She knows when I'm coming up the stairs in the morning for scriptures, because she will try to lurch at me. Our family has also discovered that both cats love to be loved, and enjoy being petted, and snuggled with. Lucy will sleep on your sholder, when nobody else is around or when she just wants to snuggle with somebody. It has been great to have cats back in our house, even though there is litter all over the bathroom floor again, they are great and good animals.

Time to write a book

A couple of months ago, I ran into a friends mother, and she made this interesting comment about me dating her son, whom I have known for about 12 years now. I also ran into another friends mother last night (May 6, 2012) and she whole-heartily agreed with this other mom. Both these moms have known each other since they moved to Idaho Falls over 12 years. I couldn't believe that the first mom said something to me about me dating her son, as he was not even in the country at the time. I truly think that both of these ladies are wonderful people, and they just want what is best for their children. There are times when they might just have to give their children a little nudge and help them along in life. Both of them have boys that maybe have caused them a few more problems because they are the boys, and they also have daughters, who are sweet, and very kind, and just as sweet as their mothers.  Just to have this mother, saying that I should be dating her son, kind of surprised me, and I'm pretty sure I even blushed when she initially said the statement. I don't think I have thought more about any statement, as much as I thought about this one. It kind of surprised me that somebody thinks I should be dating their son, and it also surprised me that it came from this mom.

The really odd thing about this is that I really haven't talked to this particular in over two years, and sometimes I wonder why I even worry about all the different things that some people do. I know that sometimes it is best just to leave things along, and then not worry about things, especially if they don't concern you.

It has been really fun to write this story, as many different things have occurred since then, and this story started out to give a friend background on the history between some people. As I have really started to write the story, it has turned out be pretty interesting, as there have new things that have come to light. Two different friends’ mothers have said this guy who happens to be the son of one of them. I know of three people who think I should be dating this same guy. It is just interesting to see how many things have changed and how we are so very different. I'm not sure whether I would still consider him a friend, since it doesn't seem like he thinks of me that way, or he would try and talk to me a little more often. I guess after a certain point, people should be considered acquaintances and not really friends. 

There is sometimes so much on my mind, that sometimes I just have to write and get things in perspective. Writing is kind of my outlet for different things on my mind. I'm not really sure where this story is going, but I will hopefully know an end later in life, and then maybe the story will be complete. I wonder if there is something that I'm missing where different things are concerned and I'm just not able to see it right now. I hope that one day I will be able know what I'm suppose to look for, instead of wondering what is suppose to happen, and just wondering if it is ever going to happen, because sometimes I feel like life is passing me by. I know people who are younger than me that are getting married, who are having children, but I also know people who are older than me, who are having more children. I just hope that people will realize that there are still single people out in the world and sometimes it is really hard to watch people, especially friends who are having their second or third child and I'm not even married. It is really hard to watch things like that. 

So Excited

So Love the BYU Young Ambassadors!! They are a wonderful group and so talented. I saw their wonderful  show in Tennessee in May 2011, while they were on their Summer South Tour. I was so grateful that I got to catch up with some of the group that I knew. I had a fantastic time with my friend Nicole Wright. We kind of made an evening out of it. This group is one of my favorite things about BYU (besides football, and men's college basketball). I urge people who are down in the Provo/ Orem area to go see them while the have chance. The great things about this group, is they are all so talented, and they each add something to this wonderful group. Randy Booth is an amazing director and a great leader for such a talented group.
On to bigger and better things

Birthday Time 2012

It is time once again for my birthday. I can't believe it is almost here. I will be 26 this year, and somehow I kind of don't feel like celebrating. I look at all the great things that friends have going on in their lives, and I'm kind of envious of the fact that some of them are married, have children, and have all these great things going on in their lives.I had thought when I was a teenager that some of those wonderful things would have happened by now, but it just looks to be not happening anytime soon for me, and for right now, that is okay. I feel like I'm at a stand-still in life, and really trying to figure out where I'm suppose to go from here. I  sometimes wonder how I have made it to this point in my life and how some things have not worked out the way that I thought they would. I have some many things on my mind, and somehow I can't seem to make them happen. I sometimes wonder when great things are going to happen, and I sometimes if they are just going to pass me by. I continue to look at things, and sometimes wonder if I'm going to be along for long time(with no dating prospects on the horizon), as I wonder how I can become a better person and wonder if there is a way that I can change things. Sometimes I wish that things would just change for the better, so that maybe the world doesn't look so gloomy and such a bad place. Why can't things work out the way that we would like, for just once? Does the world have a problem with us being happy? I know that people think I'm happy a lot of time, but there are things that are constantly on my mind, and I wonder how people are able to be truly happy all of the time. How do we change things if we aren't happy with them? How do we make sure that even those that we love or that are family just encourage us, and want us to be happy instead of always being down about things? 

How do we know that certain things are going to happen and that we can truly be happy by our own standards? Why do we feel that we have to live up to everybody's ideas and what they feel that we should be doing?

Hopefully this year will be better and things will go more smoothly, with some great adventures. I really do hope that as I continue to get older, I can look back on some bad years and know that something great came from them, and that maybe instead of remembering all the bad things, I can look back and remember some of the good things.

On to bigger and better things