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Nov 2, 20174 min read

I EARNED MY PERSONAL PROGRESS MEDALLION!

I DID IT! I FINALLY EARNED MY YOUNG WOMAN’S MEDALLION! This is a huge deal to me, and my convert heart is elated! It took me 2 months to...

Sep 27, 20173 min read

How We've Been Teaching the Most Important Thing Wrong

[Don’t feel like reading? Listen to the AUDIO version, HERE.] “I was sitting in a lesson at church and the teacher said that all people...

Sep 5, 20174 min read

I Wrote a NEW BOOK!

I WROTE A BOOK WITH MY HUSBAND! Quick Links: Amazon| Deseret Book | Audio | eBook Everything we learned was poured into this thing. It’s...

Aug 25, 20172 min read

Don't Let Anyone Tell You You Can't Do These Things!

Don’t let people tell you marriage becomes boring. Don’t let people tell you kids ruin or take away from things. Don’t let people’s...

Aug 14, 201713 min read

My Sacrament Talk

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Aug 2, 20171 min read

5 Tips for Using the Gospel Library App – [video]

I teamed up with the designer of the Gospel Library App for 5 tips you’ll want to know that will increase your study experience! Here are...

Jul 23, 20174 min read

DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE A PART OF?!

After baptism, I (naively) was surprised that there were people who had the gospel their whole life and didn’t care, or didn’t do...

Jul 7, 20175 min read

Is the Church of Jesus Christ for You?

When I was living in Arizona, missionaries invited me to join in on a lesson they were having with an investigator through video chat....

Jun 15, 20173 min read

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE without judgement

MY FIRST CHURCH! This little cutie used to be a small post office, but was my very 1st LDS Singles Branch I went to when I was...

May 9, 20173 min read

Not Your Typical Mormon Mom

[Don’t feel like reading? Scroll down for the video version] I am not a typical “Mormon mom,” although I’m not really sure what that...

Feb 26, 20173 min read

STOP THINKING PERFECT IS A THING

PET PEEVE: Forgive me for feeling completely confused, (& hurt) when I get messages saying how they hate seeing my pictures because of...

Jan 29, 20174 min read

The Best Advice to Respond to Mean Members

January 2017 Just recently I had a member email me telling me I should end my life because of how I looked. He said I’m a bad person and...

Jan 22, 20172 min read

In Times of Doubt..

I think it’s common for us to all to have doubts creep in. Either from a trial, or from lack of efforts on our end, or maybe just silly...

Dec 30, 20164 min read

Bringing a Trial into the New Year

Last New Year’s we were living in Arizona and we were right in the middle of the longest and hardest trial we have had to go through thus...

Dec 27, 20163 min read

When Satan Tells You You're Ugly

I cried today because I didn’t feel pretty. I tried to take a picture with Ben to post on Instagram and it ended with me crying in our...

Nov 17, 20163 min read

Something I Really Want You to Know!

First off, YOU GUYS, YOU CAN DO NEW & SCARY THINGS! YOU CAN REACH AMAZING GOALS. YOU REALLY CAN ACCOMPLISH THE INCREDIBLE! WEAKNESSES...

Nov 2, 20167 min read

The Truth About Mormon Temples & What to Expect When Going

GET THIS BLOG POST AS AN MP3! Click HERE to listen to my Voice Recording of this post & Download for FREE November 2, 2012, I went to the...

Sep 19, 20164 min read

A Trick For Trials I learned When My Engagement Failed

I don’t tell anyone this, but I was engaged to a boy that I didn’t end up marrying. We had a date set in the temple and everything. He...

Sep 11, 20163 min read

Sacrifices We Make For God

I think it’s funny there are so many people that didn’t realize I’m from New York, haha. I grew up in Rochester and stayed there up until...

Jul 31, 20164 min read

Answers About Animals in the Afterlife

Almost 2 months ago we had to unexpectedly put down our dog, Lucas. We woke up to him randomly having seizures consistently throughout...