Tomorrow Will Be A Better Day

Seeing that it is Pioneer Day, as I speak, I would like each of us to reflect on this question: Do you, like the pioneers, have the courage and the consistency to be true to the faith and endure to the end? For many months (I like to think our whole lives, though if you are like me, you could always use a review) each of us has studied the lives and accomplishments of our pioneers, early and modern. If lucky, we have even done some modern reenactments, I compliment you if you have done so. I personally am reminded of a little act or play that my family put on of one member of my heritage that showed us through study how to work hard. Despite what we have today through our simple grocery stores, he had to learn the art and trade of hunting, because, without it, his family would have nothing to eat that night which was never wanted. Now after all these studies and observations (sometimes with the distracting note of pure fun), it is appropriate to ask ourselves, “Therefore, what?” Ar...

I can't believe that it is July, let alone a week into it already (pretty much...)! Seeing that I celebrated my very first yearly anniversary with my husband, Michael early last month (June), it gave me a whole year to look back on with him at least, and notice how far we had made it since the day that we first accepted each other as husband and wife. Trust me, we have made it leaps and bounds! I am now pregnant, mere months away from my due date. If that doesn't suffice for the both of us enough, how close Michael is to graduating from BYU-I with the most stellar grades I have ever seen (I hope that our son inherits that can-do spirit from him, at least with how we both influence him) and enrolling into a Medical School to study to become a certified doctor...I'm ecstatic (for both of us, mainly him because I support him in whatever he does)! My can-do, go-to spirit, personality, and goals still aid me greatly so in realizing that it has been some time since I have made on...