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Getting It Together

I remember sitting at a zone conference on my mission one day.  It was hot.  There was a bug crawling across the floor.  We were behind in our monthly goals just like a lot of other companionships.  Everyone needed a little inspiration.  Or maybe just some cold Pepsi. My mission president started talking about his landscaping back home.  I was lost for while, but then he taught a simple principle that I have always remembered.  He talked about how we always have to cut the grass.  Regardless of the amount of care we provide for our flowers, or the number of hours we spend weeding, we will still always have to cut the grass.  When our grass is healthy and growing fast, we have to cut it even more often. The only time we don't have to cut our grass is when it is dead. In our lives, we have grass to cut regardless of our circumstances.  We get everything organized, we set goals, our houses are clean, and we think we are good to ...

Sisters

Today I am more grateful than I have ever been for sisters.  I never had a sister growing up.  I was blessed with a really great group of friends however, which I counted as sisters.  In 2010, my mom and I both got married and I went from having no sisters to having more than I've yet met.  I see five of them on a fairly regular basis. This weekend I went down to Salt Lake to spend some time with my sisters at Time Out for Women .  We stayed at Amy's condo downtown and had a marvelous time.  It was so much fun to be back with a group of girls.  I hadn't realized how much I missed it.  We laughed.  We cried.  We were far too immature and loud at our restaurant.  It was wonderful.  There is something divine about the unity and sisterhood found between women. Jessica & Chanelle Kristen, Me, & Amy Dana & Marianne The Whole Gang Marianne & Jessica Jessica & Chanelle Me & Da...