This Thanksgiving I am especially grateful for a wonderful husband who is one of the best forgivers ever (luckily for me!). He’s also a great apologizer which is also awesome. I’m…. getting better. I’m so glad he forgives so easily and freely and makes ours a happy marriage. He has taught me how toContinue Reading →
Sunday Encouragement: Laugh {11.22.15}
I feel like if circumstances would have been a little different, Sister Hinckley and I would have been besties. Those circumstances being that we were born 64 years apart and never lived anywhere near each other. But besides those two annoying facts, I know we would have been the best of friends. And this quoteContinue Reading →
Sunday Encouragement: A Strong Marriage {11.15.15}
I sometimes feel like it’s much easier to love people than it is to like them. Aaaaaaand I think you know what I’m saying here. 🙂 It’s the little things that make the “liking” hard to do. But luckily, if you choose it, love wins out over the little annoyances and makes a goodContinue Reading →
Sunday Encouragement: As A Mother {11.8.15}
I don’t know about you but, as a mother, I just needed this today. Parenting is hard! And I’m feeling like the older my kids get, the more I struggle between letting them make their own decisions and worrying my face off. I long for the days when I had complete control (relatively speaking, ofContinue Reading →
Sunday Encouragement: Gratitude {11.1.15}
I love this quote on gratitude because the world doesn’t change… you do. I love this time of year where we all, collectively, focus on being grateful and I think it really does create a wonderful feeling overall. I’m planning on my Sunday Encouragement quote to be all about gratitude for the month of November.Continue Reading →
Sunday Encouragement: Forgiveness {10.25.15}
I have also seen a quote that goes something like “Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies.” And aren’t these statements so true? I don’t know why we think it feels good to not forgive or to hold a grudge. I think the root of it all is pride.Continue Reading →
Sunday Encouragement: Mistakes {11.18.15}
I love this quote from J.K. Rowling as well: “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” Mistakes are not a bad thing, if we learn from them. I often thinkContinue Reading →
Sunday Encouragement: Happy Marriage {10.11.15}
The romance wears off, you guys. It’s nice to do something romantic every so often but with the day-to-day stuff? THIS is where it’s at. A consistent concern for your spouse (and vice versa) trumps a candlelit dinner every night or expensive flowers every day. What good are those romantic things if your spouse doesn’tContinue Reading →
Sunday Encouragement: Motherhood {9.27.15}
Thank you Elder Andersen… consider myself reminded of what is truly important! I sometimes get all caught up in what I want to accomplish/do/be when I grow up that I sometimes (oftentimes) forget that I am EXACTLY what I want to be… a mother. And motherhood is exactly what I should be doing. (IContinue Reading →
Sunday Encouragement: Happy Mother {9.20.15}
No one can teach our children this better than we can as mothers! They learn what they live with day in and day out. Find joy in your children, in your work, in your life. Have a wonderful Sunday, friends! You can download a high res copy of this HERE.