Tomorrow Will Be A Better Day

Of all the villians (it feels wrong to compliement them as good...but if I had a word, that would be it, I'm sorry to say) that Disney has shown a representation of, I find Gaston to be truly the most terrifying villian because he really could be representing ANYONE in the world. Later on from this dreadful scene, he convinces (and is eager) the whole town to set up his wedding with full knowlege that the would-be bride would have to be thrown into it. Everyone also finds his creepy tactics as cute and pushing all negative thoughts aside with the slogan of "boys will be boys." Ewww...Gross! So, if you don't see it yet, he makes a pretty terrifying character. So, you see, the true terror of this story of "Beauty and the Beast" isn't that Gaston exists, but that all the background characters that represent plain society freaking (plus ignorantly) love him! What is the world truly coming to? Really?? People who plainly deride this flick by saying that i...

Introducing Nathaniel Anthony Duran! (As of August 31, 2022 😁)

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...

Not to introduce you all to the dark parts of my mind (the parts that I think that nobody wants to see or explore), but everything does have a deeper meaning, even if it initially was used to entertain children (not initially initially...not to get too ahead of myself) (I study too much if that is even possible). What I am talking about here is wherein the recently seen, or rewatched movie Mulan   (the original animated Disney one, that was better in my opinion), the members of the troop each sang about their dreams of finding " A girl worth fighting for" and their own fantasy being a girl of romance. Still, the song abruptly comes to a freeze (or rather a gasp of dismay) once they genuinely find that a girl really worth fighting for happens to be vastly different.  This small, yet pivotal character happens to be a tiny girl who has been killed due to the hands of the Huns. I cannot even say how much this cruel act startles me, or how much it breaks my heart that there are ac...

  It’s a harrowing account of one of the worst periods in human history, told from the point of view of a teenager ripped from his life, family, and aspirations.  Elie Wiesel's novel , " Night " which is based on his own experiences in the Sighet ghetto and the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchwald, is awfully harrowing. Enough so to change the world. " Night," tells the tragic story of  a teenage Jewish boy living in the small village of Sighet in Transylvania. When the novel starts, Wiesel depicts him as studious, dedicated to stying the Torah along with his mentor. Although things are quick to change when that same mentor is captured by the SS and manages to return to the village, reporting the sight of men and women startlingly being executed at gunpoint by Nazi soldiers. The town doesn't believe him at first, but the reality of their situation comes home when the Jewish citizens of Sighet are moved into a ghetto, then onto a cattle car and trans...

The start of a new month...or new anything (as you will see in my first picture included with this post 👶😊🥰) is my absolute favorite, truly. It’s the perfect time to hit the reset button on life (or anything...not to be too vague) and focus my goals for the month to come. It is like setting a bright mindset, which I certainly could do better at in my own personal opinion. That is why I am grateful that I am setting these goals, or rather, writing this post right at the start of the LDS General Conference April 2022, when revelation from God, our Father who loves each of us (no matter if it seems like it or not) is brought to the world during the time which He intends us each to receive. What better time is there to block for goal setting?  1) Pray more: I know that this simple act should be easy, considering the things that are occurring in my life currently (❤👶) and the habit should have been sustained years ago...considering the amount of years I have known of the...