LGBT

I don't know why this memory has come back to me except I have spent a lot of time thinking about our choices in life, what it is that inspires or influences us and when it is that we actually make the choice or the feeling starts.

I believe that we are created in God's own image. (Genesis 1:27)  If in fact we are created as a man then maybe we may look more like our Mother but we are still a man.

But yes God gave us free agency and choice always comes with consequence.  Whatever choice we make good or bad, right or wrong there is an opportunity to experience joy or sorrow, pain or happiness.  

When I was young I had long hair and about when I started puberty I cut it short.  Actually I think I was about 10 and after that haircut as I was looking in the mirror one day and combing my short hair I thought it might be easier to be a boy!  I'm not a petite girl but oh how glad I am now that I am a girl!

Why that thought has come back to me?  How grateful I am that I never acted or dwelled on it!  I am what God created me to be!  Woman!

All About That Book (of Mormon)

Kundalini Yoga

I became a yogi last fall!  I found a class to do a 40 day meditation challenge.  I thought it was quite an undertaking and I did lots of self talk before I started.      The instructor Nam Jodi Kaur stressed the importance of getting up early.  It's called the ambrosial hours; the 2 1/2 hours before sunrise, also called amrit vela.  That is the hours between 3am and 6am.  This is the very quietest hours of the whole 24.  I had to psyche myself up for the early rising because those early morning hours are my best time to sleep! I didn't know what to expect but when my alarm went off at 5:30 my eyes popped open and I was ready to do Kundalini Yoga. It only took one time and then my internal alarm went off and I would wake before the alarm.  It truly changed the way I think, act and live!  After the 40 day challenge I have kept doing the sadhana everyday. I'm hooked because it feels so good!  One thing I changed.....getting up at 5:30! I start about 7am and it is still quiet this time of year.  When summer comes I will start earlier again.  It seems that everything is quieter in the winter.

I learned that when my mind is quiet I can receive answers more clearly and easily than when my mind is cluttered.  

Yoga/meditation clears the mind of clutter and allows pure light and knowledge to flow in. It takes all the old, unprocessed, negative chatter and experiences and processes them out to free your mind to greater light and knowledge.

Sacrifice But Not a Burden

My Mother is 88 years old, soon to be 89.  She is living in our home and we are glad to have her with us.  When I say glad I mean happy that we can help/give service to her.  She never wanted to be a burden to her children, but at the same time never wanted to go to a retirement center or 'old folks home'.  When she first came to stay it was last year in February.  It was a bit of an adjustment and people would say 'that is such a burden'.  I didn't look at it as a burden.  Yes, my life style changed.  I couldn't just think about me and what I wanted.  It helped me realize that I was quite selfish, with my husband gone during the week, in that my time was my own to decide what I wanted to do and when I wanted to do it.

So the thought of having my Mother with me made it so I wasn't so lonely, but it also required extra work and patience.  It was sad to see her get dementia.  It seemed to be gradual but more like all of a sudden she became this person that wasn't my Mother anymore.  At least not the Mother I used to know.  She turned into the Mother that needed me.  I always needed my Mother, but the roles have kind of reversed.  It is me telling her how to do things when for so many years, she told me how things went.

This picture was when my parents were still in good shape.  She was 84 and my Dad 91.

This one was almost a year ago.  She looks so forlorn and she experienced pain frequently.
Yes, it was a sacrifice, because I was in charge of her care.  She relies on me for almost everything.  But when I reflect on what she has done for me and that she has always been there for me, I can't see it as a burden.  'She's not heavy, she's my Mother.'  I love her sweet spirit.  I want to inherit that sweet forgiving, kind gentle personality that she has.  It is one of the ways I can see to do that.  To still learn from her.  Even though at times she seems like she has forgotten everything she ever knew, she is still teaching me how to be Christlike, loving, forgiving and patient.  I love you Mother.  Thank you for giving me, the opportunity to serve you.

Joseph Smith, The Prophet

Joseph Smith, The Prophet
This is awesome.  I love it!  Joseph Smith was a man of courage and conviction.  He listened an was taught these things by God our Eternal Father.  We are so blessed to have a living prophet that leads and guides us here on the earth today.

America in Summer

August 27 2012

I love summer and wish it wasn't turning into fall yet!  Even though it has been hot I love the warm evenings and cool mornings.  

The desert is beautiful, always something flowering and growing despite the high temperatures.  I feel so blessed to live in this country and be able to travel freely and enjoy the beauty of America. 

 One thing I am looking forward to is the election.  As we look forward to an election this fall, I am impressed by our candidate for the President of the United States of America, Mitt Romney.  Here is a link that really shows who he is.  He never hesitates as he answers the questions of the news anchor.  He is confident and committed.

http://mittromneycentral.com/2012/08/26/the-romneys-on-fox-news-sunday-a-personal-perspective/

I truly believe he would be able to rescue this country from many threats at this time.  That he is a Latter-Day Saint makes it much more appealing to me.  He is a man of integrity with good moral values and cares deeply for people and for the United States of America.

Mormon.org profile

I am trying to connect my blog with I am a Mormon.org.  It is just a way to spread the gospel.  I love the gospel and want so bad to make a difference in the lives of people who don't have the blessings of the gospel.  I don't have the grand story of some, but I like everyone in the world have a story.  Click on the 'My Faith' button to view my Mormon.org profile.