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Letter From My 15 Year Old Self
It was well past the stroke of midnight. My room had been turned upside down, and I was ready to cry in frustration. How could I have lost a letter I’ve been waiting for 15 years to open? A letter...
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How Great Shall Be Your Joy: My 4 Year Baptism Anniversary
Four Year Baptism Anniversary at the Los Angeles Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and...
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When Life Doesn’t Go Our Way: Relying on the Blessings of The Lord
Forgiven What do we do when our understanding of our circumstances eludes us and puts our faith in peril? How can we turn our doubt into a tool to grow closer to our Heavenly Father and our Savior...
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Cracking Loaded Questions: Is there something else bothering you?
I don’t want to sound mean. I just want to be honest. Is there something else bothering you?* Last night I was faced with that loaded question. “Was something else bothering me?” Because, she...
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The Crucifixion: 5 Things To Apply To Our Own Lives
As I was sitting in during Sacrament, I prayed for the best way to deliver this talk. I received the strangest prompting – to give my talk in a completely different order than I have written it. I...
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Burning Bright: A Poem of Faith
Since I was five years old, barely sophisticated enough to write a few words into sentences, I have been captivated by poetry. Poems just seemed to come to me as if I had plucked them right out of...
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Paradox of Man
Sometimes being human can be painfully lonely. It’s amazing to me how alone I can feel sometimes even knowing I have a loving family and a caring circle of friends who mean the world to me. At times...
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Eternal Goals: Making & Fulfilling on Life’s Purpose
Last Sunday I was asked to speak in church about making and fulfilling on goals. I also introduced an exciting new project that my ward (or congregation) will be participating in. I attend a ward for...
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Preying on Writers’ Dreams: “This Letter is an Advertisement”
Self-publishing is a big industry right now. Which means big money. Not necessarily for authors but for companies who sell self-publishing services to authors wanting to self-publish. One...
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Finding Wellness When You Can’t “Get Well Soon”
A balloon slowly twirls in the corner of my room in the ICU. “Get Well Soon!” it proclaims, in its bubbly font pastered on a backdrop of a smiling kite floating above smiling flowers. I am grateful to...
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5 Ways To Gain More Knowledge & Blessings From The Hardest Trials
The ever present hiss of oxygen and the occasional beeping of a monitor are sometimes the only sound I hear for hours, as I lay alone in my hosptial room. I stare at the white sterile walls that...
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Crafting My Testimony
Illustrating your scripture notes can help you gain deeper insight into even the most familiar scripture. Sometimes despite all we do, it can feel like our testmonies are hanging on by a unraveling...
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From the Depths of Pain I Found the Greatest Peace
Sitting in my bed Sunday night, I could no longer hold back my sobs. Tears flowed from my eyes, more like a raging river than a stream. My whole body shook. The emotional pain was a ocean so deep, I...
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