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So, I have seen this quote on the internet and I wondered why I wasn’t feeling this way. I mean, I am blessed–we all are, right? Or we are supposed to feel like we are. And all of these people on the internet are apparently so blessed that they are not stressed. In my life, [...]

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Something that has always been surprising to me are the many comments I have received over the years about how organized our family is, because I don’t think we are that organized. Then again, I think maybe it’s because I am so against having stuff.  I mean it–I am a little crazy about that. My [...]

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I never really began to understand having a mother heart  until I was faced with the loss of my daughter, Joy. To be honest, I learned a lot more than three lessons, but these are some that I am thinking about tonight. At first, though, I didn’t learn anything. I just felt like God had [...]

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a prayer

{04.23.13} · 3 comments

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O God, who holdest all souls in life; and callest them unto thee as seemeth best: we give them back, dear God, to thee who gavest them to us. But as thou didst not lose them in the giving, so we do not lose them by their return. For not as the world giveth, givest [...]

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three months

{04.21.13} · 10 comments

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Three months ago one of my college roommates (and one of my dearest friends) had a beautiful baby girl named Victoria. It was fun to be pregnant at the same time as she was. She ran a marathon in her second or third trimester. She swam in the water. In Maine. In a wetsuit. And [...]

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missing…

{04.15.13} · 8 comments

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Idaho. I can’t believe we did it and made it through a red eye and an early morning flight into Orlando International Airport. I know it must be Heavenly Father’s will, because otherwise, we wouldn’t have made it. My favorite part of the trip was when Noah decided about an hour before landing that he [...]

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I will write more about our hotel stay, plane ride and getting here adventure as soon as I have time, but wanted to post this picture, because it so accurately describes our entire adventure–a little messy, but overall a great experience: Here are a few pictures of what will be home for a long time. [...]

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goodnight, moon

{03.23.13} · 7 comments

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Hello, moon. It is three am and you woke me up. I looked out the window at the silver blue light cascading and spilling out all over the snow covered hills and flowing into every nook and cranny of the valley and I thank Him for the gift. She even left a few stars out [...]

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soul sisters

{03.17.13} · 6 comments

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Get the beautiful necklaces from the Vintage Pearl. Have I ever mentioned how much I love Tetonia–and how it’s my Home. I feel like I am in heaven here (they would say thrown in with a coupla’ “hell’s angels”), but it’s true. The Lord has put blinders on me and I can see no fault [...]

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I am participating in Five Things For Friday! And in the spirit of all the baby news, I am going to kind of stay with the theme and celebrate a birthday with all of you! -1- March 17th is the Relief Society’s birthday, and since many of my readers belong to this society, I thought it [...]

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