The Problem

Dear Utah-ins,

Just one thing.  Real quick.

To the 932 people who have asked me why I have yet to get married...

...see, the problem actually is...



that I have gills, and apparently  boys aren't interested in marrying amphibians...

...but seriously, when I figure it out, I shall ratify the issue asap.



Thank you for your concern,
But no thank you :)

Amanda

Favorite.

And behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come.  Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light when you are swallowed up in the depths of the sea ?

Ether 2:25, Book of Mormon


This is one of my very favorite sections of the Book of Mormon.  When I read it, I always feel like the Brother of Jared, on the banks of the seashore of the great deep; on the precipice of the big events of my life.  I feel like the Lord has helped me, just like He helped the Brother of Jared, to build "barges" that will give me the means to cross the "sea", and has helped me to be prepared in ways I couldn't have had anticipated were necessary.  But there are still elements of the necessities required to accomplish those tasks that lie ahead, that God entrusts to me, and gives me the agency to figure out in my own style.  And then He allows me to take them to Him so that they might be prepared with  Him.

I'm grateful for the light that comes from the gospel, that illuminates my life--always.


Also, I'm grateful for the world's cutest students who bring me McFlurries, and draw pictures of me watching fireworks with them.

 #superblessed #humblebrag #lifeisgood

Change of Plans

You see that little girl sitting on her dad's lap there?

If things would have been up to her, I would have grown up to be a ballerina.

(I mean, come on, look at that technique!)

(She definitely wouldn't have let me quit that dance team when I was 17)

She probably would have loved it if I'd have stayed an art major in college, and become a children's book illustrator (on the side of ballerina-ing of course).

She'd be bummed to hear that my ETSY-cake-topper endeavor was put on hold for the "grown up" responsibilities that got in the way.

I guarantee she'd throw a fit to hear that I didn't marry that boy that looked a lot like this dude.

And she'd be baffled to hear that I have yet to start a Love-Taza-esque family...

... or one just like this.
#wantedtobeaprincess

But that's the excitement and the beauty of life. You can't predict where it is going to take you.  I had an epiphany a few weeks ago that, specifically, all the things in my life that haven't  worked out, have been a blessing.  And because I didn't do, or haven't done those things yet, I am where I am.  And life is real good.  Better than I planned it actually.  And because of that I know that God loves me.

Grateful for: being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  And for the truth it brings into my life