In 2016 I was gifted with several personal revelations. I was told I would have clarity about romance in 2020. I was also told that I would meet "him."
Saturday Night Oxen Herding
My Saturday nights used to be pretty eventful. Sometimes, in fact, back in the LBC (Life Before Church), Saturday nights went on so long, Sunday morning got involved. Sometimes, there was even breakfast. When my new friends in my new church explained that the only reason for breaking Sabbath was if the “oxen were in... Continue Reading →
Gratitude
How does one say "thank you" for a life that has been turned around? How does one say it for all the "things" in life that have come about and all the more that have changed for the best. More, how does one show gratitude felt towards their fellow person for all their help? I... Continue Reading →
The End of the Journey
These last few days, I began to retrace my steps. It has been two weeks since I had reached my destination. On the Sunday after I had reached New Hampshire, "The Car that Ran on Prayers", stopped. It stopped starting. I had a bad feeling about what seemed to be a "minor" fuel-flow issue. The... Continue Reading →
From Manchester to Manchester: Meeting My Church Family Across the United States
January 8th was my last Sunday in Washington State before I embarked on a journey that would take me completely across the United States. That Sunday I spent with the Manchester Ward in the Bremerton, Washington Stake. It was the area where I was staying with a friend. Those friends were gracious enough to give... Continue Reading →
Day of Prayer
On March 6, 2013, I said a prayer. A short prayer, a simple prayer, THEN I acted on the impression I received. Since that moment, my life has changed significantly. Let me back up for a few moments. The year 2012 was a very full year for me. While I was travelling the country, I... Continue Reading →
Loving My Friends
I remember the nervousness that overcame me not long after I felt the impression to seek out and listen to the Missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They talk a lot about "being in the world, but not of the world," but all of my friends were "of the world," none... Continue Reading →
The Car That Ran on Prayers
I had planned to leave a week in advance; I had planned to rent a car. I had also planned to come back home after the twins were baptized. I didn’t plan leaving my husband at his behest. I didn’t plan to divorce him. But nothing went as planned.
A Temple Testimony of His Holy Spirit
I LOVE to see the Temple. The Twin Falls Temple in Idaho was the site of my “wrong turn” at the very start of the softening of my heart. Where I stopped and “felt” the building radiate out into the street. April 20, 2013: I went on my first proxy Baptism trip to the Seattle... Continue Reading →
My Friend Marian
From the first time we met -- Both on unfamiliar ground I knew we’d be quite a pair -- A pair of sisters Athena likes to be around. A Relief Society Gathering Salmon we ate and songs we did sing. Several weeks passed to each of us separate Blessings He did bring. Then when a... Continue Reading →