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A Personal Invitation
The other day, I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, Finding His Fingerprints. This podcast is all about finding God’s fingerprints in our daily lives. I love these girls and I am so grateful for who they are and the messages that they share each week. This year, they are taking each week…
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The Longest Night Ever
Several years ago, my son had just turned one year old and my husband started a new career. He would have to leave us for four months and travel about 10 hours away to do vigorous training for his new profession. I remember the day we said goodbye. My son had no idea what was…
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Wobbles and Ripples
My parents have this really old ladder, I have no idea how old it is, but this thing is not stable. My husband is really handy and he loves to help my parents when we visit them. They have a house with a very tall ceiling and several years ago when we were visiting, they…
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I Love You
There is a sign on the wall in the kitchen area near the table. It says “Love is Spoken Here”. It is one of my favorite songs from Primary in church as a child. Here are the lyrics: Verse 1: I see my mother kneeling with our family each day. I hear the words she…
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Doing Hard Things
One day, I was talking with my brother on the phone. The conversation took a turn and I found myself talking about all the hard things that was happening with parenting my big need kiddos. My brother then said something that made me stop short. He said, “Well Kista, you don’t choose easy.” At first,…
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It’s My Turn
It’s my turn. It’s time to go. I say quick goodbye to my loved and cherished ones. We are all so excited for me to have my turn. I go to have last words and get advice from Mother. She tells me all how much she loves me. How proud she is of me and…
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Find Me
My family loves missionaries. In my church, missionaries are typically young adults that have saved up money for 18-24 months, put their life on hold, and leave their home behind to teach complete strangers about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. What an act of faith! These kids are working hard. They have struggles. They miss…
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Purpose in the Pain
Yesterday, I came across an Instagram post that said, “One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through and it will be someone else’s survival guide.” I immediately knew that I needed to write a post about this. We all have gone through or will go through big and…
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I Could See the Wind
In a previous post, I talk about a woman that came to my church about a year ago. She got up to speak at our Fast and Testimony meeting. She shared about how she was reading in the scriptures to find strength. She came upon the story of the disciples in the ship where Peter…