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a List of Optimism
There is *always another way to look at things Every passing second is a chance to turn it all around Allow God to be God. We find what...
Oct 18, 20203 min read


When We Want to Quit
It would be so easy to quit, ya know? To give up. To go back— back where 21yrs of habit, tradition, contentment & culture lay DEEP...
May 21, 20202 min read

Wildly Optimistic; Gaining New Perspective for Life’s Challenges
JUST RELEASED: CLICK HERE Life is filled with hard, unexpected, unwanted, and uncharted paths. It’s filled with challenges that make us...
Aug 14, 20192 min read


When Things Are Dark & Undesired
Two people are on an escalator when the escalator breaks down and stops moving. One says, frustrated, “I don’t believe this,” while the...
Jul 31, 20193 min read

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCED!
Wildly Optimistic: Gaining New Perspective for Life’s Challenges. Everything we wonder and struggle and ask while going through the hard...
May 13, 20192 min read

Interesting, Isn't It? How Hard & Unnatural This is…
INTERESTING, isn’t it? Because of Isiah’s prophecy, for centuries, many young Jewish women had dreamed & wondered, “will I be chosen as...
Oct 22, 20182 min read


Our MOST Bitter Pain & Anguish of Soul
For 3 ENTIRE DAYS & 3 entire nights – nonstop – he was in the MOST BITTER pain. Torment. No breaks. No let-ups. Just paralyzing anguish...
Oct 7, 20182 min read


After I Got Baptized, Things Really Sucked…
After I got baptized, my life fell.apart. And I’m not exaggerating. Now, if you’ve heard me speak or read my book, than you know this....
Aug 29, 20184 min read


How 'All is Well' Can Be True DURING Trials
I went to bed a few Saturday’s ago trying to think of an excuse so I wouldn’t have to go to church the next day. I don’t know why,...
Jul 10, 20182 min read

Our Youth Are Struggling (& maybe it's our fault).
IF ONLY people knew how many messages I get every.day. from young teenaged girls who struggle with pornography – maybe we wouldn’t have...
Jun 21, 20182 min read

When Promised Blessings Don’t Come
I JUST got baptized, and I still didn’t know much about anything as far as the gospel and how things worked: like prayer, I still didn’t...
Jun 9, 20182 min read


MY SECRET VIDEO EXCHANGES w/ ELDER CARRAWAY
Five years ago this week Ben came home from his mission. Also 5 years ago this week was our first date anniversary! So, in spirit of this...
Feb 26, 20182 min read


Judging is NOT an LDS Thing
I just released a new video this past week called LOVE EVERYONE, that talks about how everyone is welcome to partake of the love and...
Feb 9, 20183 min read


I Forgot We Could Do This…!
😞AHHHHH man, I had a LONG day the other day where–one thing after another, it seemed– went wrong or got worst. I, myself, didn’t do a...
Jan 5, 20182 min read


Maybe It's Not Them…Maybe It's Me…?
I GET IT. I totally, 100% get it. It’s easy to feel on the verge of losing our mind b/c OH MY GOSH, if ONE MORE PERSON posts that they...
Dec 29, 20173 min read

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We Wouldn't Have *this* if He Wasn't Born! – [Christmas vid]
Hiiiiii! A message from me to YOU as we celebrate Christmas! When we celebrate Christ’s birth, we are celebrating everything we wouldn’t...
Dec 20, 20175 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...
Nov 2, 20174 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 27, 20173 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...
Sep 6, 20174 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 25, 20172 min read
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