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Teens

 You can feel like you are losing them during the teenage years, even though they're right there in front of you. One day, you are laughing and getting along, the next you feel like you are sitting with a stranger you don't know in the least. They might be unrecognizable, growing six inches in a span of six months. They might have changed personalities, from sweet and loving to salty and stoic. They might have changed their interests, their focus, their dreams. You lose them to their phones. You lose them to their rooms. You lose them to their friends, their activities, their jobs. You may feel desperate to cling to the child you once knew, the one who adored you, the one you got along with, the one whose hand you thought you'd hold forever. You may feel like crying from their constant rejection. You may feel lost when you can't get them back on track. You may feel insignificant when they ignore you or lash out. You will grow impatient with the status of your relationsh

Provo City Center Temple

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 Garrett and I drove up to Provo for the weekend to spend a few days together and watch Kimball and Ben’s kids while they attended Kimball’s mission reunion. We were able to attend the local ward where we were staying and as I was sitting waiting for the meeting to begin I looked around at all of God’s children I don’t know. That is the reason I love to move, so I can get to know more people. I hope when we pass through the veil we will remember everyone and have so many friends to catch up with. I noticed an older couple with darker skin sitting, dressed so classy and full of the spirit.  The man got up and bore his testimony and said “This month marks 50 years since my wife and I were baptized. The first and second person baptized in Jamaica. He proceeded to share a wonderful testimony.  Kimball’s mission president was Jeffrey R. Hollands son. At the reunion they visited for a few hours and then had a devotional where he shared a story of him going to the cafeteria where he works as

It’s a Wonderful Life

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 Kimball sent this to our family tonight and my heart is full. I am blessed to be a mother, and I have such a wonderful life! “I realized something while watching "It's a Wonderful Life" recently. It was something I missed the first 3,317  or so times I watched it. That is, I think the hero of the story isn't George, it's Mary.  The movie starts off with Mary praying for God to be with George. Her prayer (and others) is the catalyst for the angel, Clarence, being sent to George. Mary is the one who sees the beauty of the old broken down house. "It's full of romance, that old place." George sees empty space; Mary sees a space that can be filled with a family's love.  That's why George kisses the broken banister knob in the end; he finally sees what Mary always saw in that house. Mary saw it on the day of their wedding. She was the one who transformed the house into a "honeymoon suite." Of course, that happened after she had the idea