Just Some Thoughts

"Each of us will have our own Fridays -- those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays. But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death -- Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come. No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come." -Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin I really enjoyed this quote and I feel like it really gives hope to all those who are struggling through a personal crisis. This week, we talked a lot about family crisis in many shapes and forms and what that does to a family as a whole, as well as what it does to the individuals in the family. In this quote, I feel like it does a really good job of explaining not only that everyone will experience a crisis at diff

"Just as Jesus used a child in His mortal ministry as an example for the people of the pure love they must and could have to be like Him, He has offered us the family as an example of an ideal setting in which we can learn how to love as He loves. That is because the greatest joys and the greatest sorrows we experience are in family relationships. The joys come from putting the welfare of others above our own. That is what love is." -President Henry B. Eyring I really loved this quote that was included in my class material this week and it made me think about why it is so important that we have family construction in place. There has been a lot of research done about families, what the best construct of a family is, how to have the most happiness in your family, what negative things impact families, but it would be much more difficult to pin down from a simple research experiment why families are important. What is interesting though is how much time and mo

 In fact, each marriage starts with two built-in handicaps. It involves two imperfect people. Happiness can come to them only through their earnest effort. Just as harmony comes from an orchestra only when its members make a concentrated effort, so harmony in marriage also requires a concerted effort. That effort will succeed in each partner will minimize personal demands and maximize actions of loving selflessness."        - President Russell M. Nelson This is the quote that I began my studies with this week and I really feel like it is inspired and applicable to these things that I learned about and studied this week. I just want to start out by saying that I truly feel that marriage is important and essential for people to grow the most and learn the best. Not only are you able to have an emotional companion, but marriage allows you to understand yourself and other people in a way that wasn’t/isn’t otherwise possible. I love this quote that I mentioned a

Love and Marriage Preparation. What a fun topic! It’s actually really funny that I am learning about the technicality of those things since last week was a “meet the parents” week for me and my sweet boyfriend. I don’t know if that is lucky or not for you readers since you’ll get a lot of information and a lot of personal information from me this week since this stage of life and this time of life has been one of my favorites so far.   Who doesn’t love to feel loved? To feel accepted and wanted and in some ways have some ownership on someone that you care deeply for. I certainly do. Let me share a little first about my life before we get into the technicality. I met my boyfriend almost exactly 11 months ago on the 4 th of July at Rigby Lake. His friend asked me to take a picture of a group of him and his friends and him and I got to talking. I left, and he looked for me to ask for my number but couldn’t find me anywhere. 2 months later we met again at the restau