THIS ONE'S FOR YOU... :D

SO I HAVE HAD A FEW COMPLAINTS/COMMENTS ABOUT HOW NOTHING IN MY BLOG IS CAPITALIZED (EXCEPT FOR WHEN I TALK ABOUT GOD) AND I AM WELL AWARE OF THIS FACT THANK YOU AND IT IS LIKE THAT FOR A REASON AND IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY I LIKE IT THAT WAY...

BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T APPRECIATE IT THIS ONE IS FOR YOU... FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO PREFER FOR THINGS TO BE CAPITALIZED HERE ARE ENOUGH CAPITALIZED LETTERS TO LAST FOR A WHILE FOR YOU AND WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE COMPLAINING YOU CAN SIMPLY GO TO THIS POST AND SEE THAT YOU ARE IN FACT WRONG... SOME OF THE STUFF ON HERE IS CAPITALIZED... :D ENJOY!

"I AM THE ROMAN EMPEROR, AND AM ABOVE GRAMMAR." -EMPEROR SIGISMUND (INSERT 'WRITER OF THE BLOG' FOR 'ROMAN EMPEROR'... ;D)

conversations

a couple days ago i was sitting in my kitchen ranting to rachel, my little sis, and i was talking about how frustrated i was with listening to peoples problems and then having them treat me like crap when they dont have problems. who i was talking about is totally irrelevant and is not something that i am planning on sharing, but what i do want to share is what rachel said to me and realized while we were having this conversation. people talk to me a lot because i tend to be a good listener and keep things to myself and i am pretty good at giving advice and being able to relate to a lot of people. so i was talking about how i was frustrated that when there were a lot of problems in their life then suddenly they needed me but when nothing is wrong then they dont need me and dont feel the need to talk to me anymore. it was also frustrating because when they do talk to me they demand instant answers and want me to fix everything or they dont ever wait for me to give them advice or listen to anything that i was trying to tell them.

as i was telling all of this to rach she said something that really hit me and it was this: "whoa! i just realized that what you are explaining to me right now is exactly what Christ feels and the way that a lot of people treat Him." this one sentence made me view everything that i was feeling in a completely different way. i then began to see what i was experiencing as something given to me from God as a way to understand what it is that i make Him feel and how much i really need Him in every aspect of my life whether things are going good or bad. i need to talk to Him always and tell Him everything thats going on in my life regardless of if its good or bad. and not only do i need to tell him what is going on and ask for help but i also need to stop and listen to the advice that He gives and to make sure that i am in a position to hear and then follow the advice that He will give me if i will only ask. i am going to put in the effort to make my prayers a conversation with the Lord each and everyday because it will help me through the hard times and will make the good times even better. if im not willing to put in the time to listen to Him why should He put in the time to listen to me?

"There is no limit on the number of times or how long we can pray each day. There is no quota of how many needs we wish to pray for in each prayer. We do not need to go through secretaries or make an appointment to reach the throne of grace. He is reachable at any time and any place.” -James E. Faust

"Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God's voice is its most essential part. Listening to God's voice is the secret of the assurance that He will listen to mine." -Andrew Murray

to become like him

in my mission prep class my teacher encouraged us to make two or three goals that will make us better missionaries and better people, so i thought ya sure why not, this should be easy... ya it wasnt that easy... it took me two weeks, a farewell, and a long lonely night to finally come up with two goals that i thought were actually worthwhile and i am pretty stinking excited about them not gonna lie!

the first i think i will keep to myself for now but the second one is what i really wanna talk about. my second goal that i came up with is to go to the temple every single week while a good friend of mine, jordan, is out on his mission. and i dont just want to go to the same temple every single week but i wanna go to each and every single temple in utah at least once. that shouldnt be too hard right? after all i do have two years and there are only thirteen temples in utah. :) and i use the term 'only' very loosely because i sit here in utah so fortunate to have thirteen temples around me and there are people in other countries that dont even have one. because of this i have decided that just going to one isnt going to be enough and i need to go to all of them at least once to really appreciate exactly what it is that i have been blessed with.

also if i go out of state for any reason in the next two years i am going to try to visit the temple in that area as well if at all possible. one that i really look forward to going to is the mesa arizona temple. i am looking forward to this one because my sisters and i go out to arizona to visit my grandparents (who are not members of the church) every summer and never once have i even considered going to the temple out there but that is going to change. i have decided that with this goal it means that i am going to stand up and ask my grandparents if i can go and show them how big a part of my life the gospel is and how much it means to me. i am going to be an example not only to people that i dont know but also to my own family who i love and care about so much. and if i love them and care so much for them why wouldnt i be willing to share the joy that the gospel has brought into my life with them? it is something i have never done but that is about to change. i am going to be a better person and i am going to stand up for what i believe in when it matters most.

so anyway back to the point there are thirteen temples in utah in case you didnt know and i am going to go and do work in them all in the next two years. and just in case you didnt know which ones they are here is a list so now you can know. :D

• provo
• logan
• ogden
• bountiful
• salt lake
• oquirrh mountain
• jordan river
• draper
• mt. timpanogos
• vernal
• manti
• monticello
• st. george

and there are also three more that have been announced and they are:

• provo 'tabernacle' 
• payson
• brigham city

so if you are wanting to go the temple shoot me a text or email and let me know because i will be going every week and would love your company :) and for those of you who are not currently temple worthy i highly recommend that you do everything in your power to become temple worthy. the temple is such an amazing place with so much power for good. i know that it has blessed my life in more ways than you can possibly imagine and it can do the same for you. there truly is no greater gift in this life than being able to go into the Lord's house and feel His spirit there in a little piece of heaven here on earth. 

i found a few quotes for this post and i really like them all and couldnt pick just one so here are a few...

"I urge our people everywhere, with all of the persuasiveness of which I am capable, to live worthy to hold a temple recommend, to secure one and regard it as a precious asset, and to make a greater effort to go to the House of the Lord and partake of the spirit and the blessings to be had therein."

—Gordon B. Hinckley

 

"Let us truly be a temple-attending and a temple-loving people….Let us make the temple, with temple worship and temple covenants and temple marriage, our ultimate earthly goal and the supreme mortal experience."

—Howard W. Hunter

 

"I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you."

—Gordon B. Hinckley

flying

do you ever get that feeling? you know the one... the one where you just close your eyes and let go and theres nothing in the world that could change it. where you just keep going and it feels like theres not a care in the world and everything is all right. its that feeling of flying. its the one that you can choose to feel at anytime you just have to get up and get out of your house. and if you dont know what im talking about then turn off your computer, get up, go to a park, and go swinging. thats right swinging, that thing you used to do as a kid and pretend that you were parachuting or that you were a bird? ya that one! start going really high and then just close your eyes and let go of every care you have. just breathe deep and be a little kid again!! pretend you are something youre not and dont worry about what anyone else will think of you. take a friend and just be crazy again and then when youre done swinging go and play on the monkey bars and slides. give up your phone for a day and just be a kid. live life the way that we used to when we were kids and the way that the kids today dont. show those seven year olds who are sitting on the bench playing their electronic games what going to the park is really supposed to mean and what it really is to have fun because sometimes i dont think that they understand just how lucky they are to be young and to have a never ending supply of energy and a mom who takes them to the park to play because all they have is time!

warning: you may have the strong urge to yell and freak out a little because it is so amazing. that is normal and you can go ahead and listen to these feelings and just let it all out!


“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” -Dr. Seuss
“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.” -Dr. Seuss

broken promises

it started out and it was great. it was a new beginning. it was something that i wasnt expecting and didnt ask for but it happened anyway. and i was happy. and then we started spending time together and a lot of it. and then i made a promise to myself and it was something that i had to do. and i did a really good job of keeping my promise... until i didnt. and i didnt just not keep my promise, but i forgot that i even made it. it wasnt something that i was consciously doing or thinking about, it just happened. and i kept living life and slowly was becoming something that i promised that i would never be. and until about an hour ago i was still on the path of becoming this person.

and then an hour ago i felt like something was missing and i read some things and i found out that the thing that is missing is you. i realized what i was becoming and i remembered that i made this promise to myself and i stepped off of that path. i am no longer going to become that person. the one who doesnt remember you, the one who doesnt spend time with you, and the one who doesnt care. i am going to come back and be the me who i know i am and the me that i love. and the me who shows you that i love you. i am so sorry for the way that i made you feel and i am so sorry for acting the way that i have. i am so sorry that i didnt even realize what i was becoming and what i was doing. i have no idea how but somehow i am going to make this up to you and get things back to the way that they were and the way that they should be. i love you so much and i hope that you can find some way some how to forgive me... i miss you.

"brownie batter and cheese on the kitchen floor? CHAMP!!"  -you.

something missing

do you ever feel something that you cant explain? like everything is going perfect in your life and yet you still feel like something is missing? you know what youre doing, where youre going, and what youre trying to become and yet for some reason you feel... ___________.

ya thats me right now and i have no idea why or what but it feels like something is missing.


“In one moment I was feeling everything and I was feeling nothing.”  --Kami Garcia

you cant or you wont?

last night at lacrosse practice one of the high school girls that came was wearing this tee shirt that said, "i cant im mormon". all of the girls laughed about it and thought that it was really funny and a few said that they wanted one and one of the other girls on my team said that she wanted one that said "i wont im mormon". my respect for her instantly increased by a lot and she made a very good point. so i ask you now, what is your view on being a mormon, a catholic, or whatever religion you may be? do you think i cant im a mormon/catholic/etc, or do you think i wont im mormon/catholic/etc? and if your answer is that you cant what can you do to fix that?

“Whatever you choose, you might as well enjoy it. It is your choice.” -unknown

double standards

so a couple days ago i was sitting on my bed listening to music and writing when my roommate hailey came home with a bunch of bags full of clothes and other items that she went shopping for (which technically she is not allowed to do but shes kinda addicted... ;)) so anyway she had bought this dress and she went into the bathroom and tried it on and came back out and said something to the effect of "whoo this is a wee bit short! just a little bit of wind and oop you can see my panties!! definitely not appropriate for church, but its good for school!" oh ya sounds.... wait a min... so you cant wear it to church because its too short but you can wear it to school...? isnt that kinda a double standard?

well as you can tell i was slightly confused about this because personally i do not think that modesty is a relative thing. there are certain guidelines that have been set and are very clear and they do not depend on situations they are constant and unchanging. so i sat there for a min while she went back into the bathroom to change into another outfit that she had bought and when she came back out i asked her what the difference was between being church appropriate and school appropriate and why she thinks that there is a difference. well she got really confused and told me that she wasnt really sure but it was just something that her mom had always said growing up. i accepted her answer but continued to think about it as she went out to show my other roommates her new outfit. then she came back inside and told me that what i had said had really concerned her and gave her something to think about that she had never thought about before.

she then told me that she had called her mom and asked her what the difference is and this is what her mom said. she told her that the dress would be school appropriate because the leggings with a long skirt is something that is in style right now and that would be modest but if you were to wear that to church it would be like wearing pants which is not acceptable. i told her that that made sense to me but then the only concern that i have with that is the other day when she was getting ready to go on a date she asked me if some black jeans that she has looked too much like leggings rather than jeans because she wasnt ok with that look. to that she kinda stuttered and told me that she thought i had a point and said thanks for bringing that to her attention and that she was going to take the dress back.

now the point of this conversation was not to tell her how i thought she was a sinner which wasnt what i was doing but only because i really was genuinely curious about what her reasoning for having a double standard was. and the reason for this post is not me saying how awesome i am because i am not i am simply curious about this and thought i would share my findings with you.

so now i ask you... do you have a double standard when it comes to modesty? do you have clothing items that are 'appropriate for school but not for church'? if you do what is your justification for that? do you really think that the boys/girls that you see at school, the same ones you see at church, need to see any more 'skin' just because you are in a different setting? i encourage you to take a look in your own closet and ask yourself if there is anything that you have that you would not be comfortable wearing in one setting but have somehow justified wearing it in another setting, and if there is, do something to change that and make sure that you are living your life in a way that does not have double standards and does not leave any room for anyone to question what you believe in and the way that you view yourself. :D

"What’s sexy about saying, ‘I’m here with my boobs out and a short skirt, have a look at everything I’ve got?’ My idea of sexy is that less is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder.” -Emma Watson

pain

i have decided something... the other day while talking over some fears and frustrations that i have i mentioned that i am terrified to get migraines. (background: my mom gets migraines every 7-9 days and they last for a couple days. they are super painful and they cant find any medicine that will work for them because her body adjusts to all of the medication that they give her. the reason that im worried about getting them is because her mom had them too so they might be hereditary but no one is sure because no one can figure out what causes them.) so as i was talking about how i was scared to get them i realized/decided something. i should be the one to get them. if one of us has to get them i hope its me. why? well because i would rather have it be me than one of my two sisters. i dont think that tali is strong enough to handle them. not to say that she isnt strong, but i think that physically, mentally, and emotionally they would break her.

then theres rachel... she would be strong enough to handle them. next to my mom she is one of the strongest people that i know, but she is also one of the sweetest, funniest, most amazing people that i know. she is the one that my mom asks for when she has a migraine because rachel being who she is has always offered to give my mom massages or help her and is always so kind in doing whatever she can to help my mom week after week. she is so sweet and does not deserve to have migraines every week of her life. she is such an amazing person and deserves so much more... and honestly i think that though she would be strong enough to handle them and continue living life the way that my mom does but i think that it would break me to watch her go through that. she is seriously the best friend that i have ever had and i am lucky enough to have her as a sister. there is no feeling better than the one that comes with seeing her when i go home or at church or when our friends all get together and my 16 year old little sister comes up and says something like "jowie i missed you!" and gives me a hug. one of the great realizations that have come with moving out was just how much i love her and how much i miss her. such a babe!! if you dont know her very well get to because she will change your life in so many incredible ways!! but anyway because of this and because of how much i love her she should not have to be the one to get the migraines and to suffer the way that i see my mom doing every week.

then there is me. jorie. i am so much like my mom it is unbelievable. we were both ready to move out and be on our own the moment that we graduated from high school, we are both very stubborn and know what we want and what we need from life. we are both willing to step up and lead when needed and we are both good listeners. we are strong and know what we need to do to get to where we need to be. we both love the lord and are very aware of what we need to do to show him that we love him. we are also both very determined to live life to its fullest and to be the best people that we can possibly be. because of these reasons and a few others that i think i will keep to myself for now i think that i would be able to handle the migraines with all of the strength and determination that my mom does.

my mom is an amazing person who keeps fighting even though sometimes it would be easier to just give up and let go. i have seen this amazing, strong, and determined woman curled up into a ball, shaking and rocking back and forth because she is in so much pain, i have seen her cry in frustration because she is so helpless and cannot do anything more, and then i have seen her pull herself together, stand up, and move forward because she is determined not to let them win and not to let them stop her from having the best life she can and becoming the best person she possibly can. this is the kind of person that i would like to become. i want her strength and i want her determination. i hope that if one of us has to have migraines that it is me. and i hope that i can face them the way that my mom does and grow to become the kind of person that she is...

“When the goal is in sight, all your physical pain disappears, and your mental determination shall carry you the rest of the way” ~Trey Patty
"We acquire the strength we have overcome."  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I never said it would be easy, i only said it would be worth it." ~Christ

damnation

a couple nights ago i was asked this question: because opposition is required in all things, does this mean God knew that at least one soul would be damned in the great war of heaven? well i thought about it and decided that yes He would have to have known that this would happen because if it didnt then how would we have agency? there would be no one to try to get us to do things that we shouldnt right? but how can that be? why would God let one of his own children be damned? doesnt he love us all the same? well in thinking about this and answering the question i came up with the idea that yes not only did God know that one soul was going to be damned, but he also knew that a lot of souls would CHOOSE damnation. Satan chose his own path and he chose damnation over God. the scripture that came to mind was "it is better that one man should perish than a whole nation should dwindle in unbelief."
then this led me to think about how so many of us here on earth who already made the decision once to be on the Lord's side will make the wrong decision and choose damnation for themselves. i have heard many people argue that in heaven we knew which side was right but here we dont know. well to those people i believe you are wrong... we know and are told now just as we were then that Gods side will win. good will always beat evil and if we are not consciously choosing good then we are consequently choosing evil. so i ask you... why would you, or why are you, knowingly choosing evil and damnation?

how do i accept you?

compliments...
awkward. self-centered. uncomfortable. vain. secretly happy. important. loved. pretty... i think that all of us love to be complimented, because it lets us know we are loved. we all need to feel important but i think sometimes we (especially girls) have a really hard time knowing how to accept compliments without feeling awkward, self-centered, uncomfortable, or vain. but at the same time we dont know how to brush them off without sounding like we are fishing for more... so what do we do? do we go with the first and be thought of as cocky or do we go with the second and be thought of as someone with low self esteem? oh but then there is a third option it goes like this... "thanks... *awkward silence* sooo..." oh i know who wouldnt want to pass up the opportunity for an awkward silence where the girl is feeling incredibly self conscious and the guy is wondering if she really believes him, right? ya not so much... you see i have made the decision to become better at accepting the compliments that people give me and only after deciding to do so realized that i have no idea how to...
so i ask you, ladies, what do you think the best way to accept a compliment is? do you brush it off? do you say thanks awkwardly and then quickly change the subject? do you say 'oh i know', flash a cute smile, and then wait for him to say something? do you roll your eyes at him and say thanks but dont believe a word he says?
and guys, how would you like us to accept your compliment? do you think were self centered if we accept it without any protest? do you feel like your opinion about us doesnt matter when we brush it off? do you just hope that somewhere inside we are taking what you said to heart? or do you say stuff that you dont really mean but you think itll make us happy and so brushing it off is the right thing to do?

"I don't make you feel special, I just remind you that you ARE special."  -David F. Sims

becoming a true princess

so before i dive into tonights topic let me explain where this all comes from...
today i spent the day at cody's house watching Disney princess movies... which he was actually excited about too!! i know, he's a keeper... :D so anyway... we watched 101 dalmatians (no not a princess movie but we started it last night and didnt finish it so we started there), the little mermaid, pocahontas (yes she is a princess), cinderella, sleeping beauty, snow white, and aladdin! (yes in that order...) it was an awesome marathon! so while we were watching pocahontas cody got up to go put some more pumkin cookies in the oven (they were delicious!) and i had a thought. almost all of the princesses in some way or another are told not to talk to/associate with a certain group or race of people by an authority figure of some kind, disobey, and in that 'forbidden group' end up finding their true love and living happily ever after (even tho the screen doesnt say that on all of them we all know thats what happens lets get real). i know you know these stories but just in case you dont and to point out the parts i would like to focus on here is a brief synopsis of each:

Ariel: her father forbids her to have anything to do with humans. he does this because he believes that humans are dangerous. but she disobeys him, becomes a human for three days, and gets to know and falls in love with prince eric, then ends up marrying him.

Cinderella: her evil step-mother forbids her from going to the ball and does everything in her power to keep her away from the ball, and then from trying on the shoe. the step-mother does this because she wants her daughters to become queens and she thinks that they are in a higher class than simple, sooty, working cinderella. with the help of her fairy godmother and mice friends cinderella goes to the ball and gets to try on the glass slipper proving she is the one prince charming loves.

Pocahontas: her father forbids not only her but the whole tribe from going anywhere near/having anything to do with the white settlers. he does this because they are dangerous and are trying to take over the land. motivated by her determination for peace and following her dreams pocahontas disobeys her father and meets and falls in love with john smith. she ends up having to let him go but because of their love they were able to stop a war and save a lot of lives.

Mulan: she was told her whole life never to speak in front of a man out of turn and to never try to fight for her beliefs. she is taught this because it would bring shame and dishonor to her family. she disobeys everything shes ever been told when she steals her fathers orders to appear for training for the army to save his life. she ends up not only finding who she is and her true love, but also ends up saving all of china and brings great honor and respect to her familys name.

Aurora: she is hidden away in a small cottage in a forest to protect her. she is told not to talk to strangers and not to have anything to do with anyone other than the three sweet ladies who raised her. she didnt know why but always listened until her 16th birthday when she found prince phillip (the most attractive of all the princes, jussayin'... :D) because of this she found true love.

Rapunzel: she was told never to leave a tower and never to associate with anyone. she was told that they would only hurt her and would try to steal her magic hair and try to use her powers for their own benefit. she was told this by her 'mother' who actually was just using her for her magic hair because she wanted to stay young and protect herself. when rapunzel decided to go out into the world on her own she gained experience and a life she had never known, found her real parents, and fell in love.

Jasmine: was kept inside the castle and not allowed to leave and find someone she really loved, but rather was forced to meet parades of princes and choose one to marry. this happened because she needed to get married and she needed to marry royalty because it was what was expected of her. when she escaped and took a look at life outside of the castle walls she gained experience that would help her to be a better leader and lead her to true love.

Belle: she is a little different than all the others. she is not told not to associate with the beast and his servants who are all objects rather than people, but it is not something anyone else was willing to do. they were different and out of the ordinary and therefore scary. but when she befriended them she ended up creating some great relationships, falling in love, and breaking a spell. all this happened because she was willing to accept them regardless of how different they may have been, which leads to my point.

thinking about this helped me to realize something. (and no it is not that disobeying your parents will let you find true love... not the point here). each of these girls was forbidden from associating with a certain group of people because they were different. but each one of these girls stood up for what they believed in and accepted those who were different because it was the right thing to do. this made them true princesses. they were not only princesses because their dads were kings, chiefs, or sultans, but they became TRUE princesses because they knew what was right and stood by it no matter what. accepting those who are different from us is something that is right. it is something that is important and is something that a lot of people say they do, but do they actually? i know everyones natural reaction is to say no to the following questions, but look inside yourself and really think about the answers and be honest with yourself. do you stop and stare or roll your eyes or look down on someone who is overweight? do you cough loudly or glare at someone who is smoking a cigarette? do you laugh at the boy at school with braces, glasses, and an inhaler for being a 'nerd' and having the 4.0 that you wish you could have? do you judge those around you by what they wear? their skin color? what they believe? their opinions? or their families? how often do we not allow ourselves to associate with others because theyre different than us? a lot more than we would like to admit i think. its time for us to step up and become the true princes and princesses that we were meant to be. accept those who are different than us, and not only accept them, but befriend them. we need to become the type of people who find out what is right and stand by it. we need to step up to the plate and decide now to become true princes and princesses... because that is who we are destined to become.

"Our greatest strength as a human race is our ability to acknowledge our differences. Our greatest weakness is our failure to embrace them."  -Judith Henderson

to steal a kiss

last night as i was sitting at a park and talking with cody, my boyfriend, he asked me what i thought the phrase 'to steal a kiss' meant. so i sat and thought about it for a while and then told him i would have to get back to him on that. i got home and asked hailey what she thought it meant and she said that to her it was a negative thing because in her mind the word 'steal' has an automatic negative connotation attached to it. to me the phrase 'to steal a kiss' means to kiss someone unexpectedly, almost like an interruption kiss but only a peck. to me it shows complete adoration and love :) its like stopping someone mid-sentence or randomly turning to someone and telling them that you love them. i dont see it as a creepy thing at all.
ok well what does this have to do with anything? well it made me think about life a little bit. how often do we tell those that we love that we love them? how often do we let someone slip out of our lives because we forget to tell them that we love them? i think that too often we assume that those that we love know that we love them and we assume that theyll be there forever so we turn our attention to others and then one day we turn around expecting them to be there, but theyre not... i think in life we need to take the time 'to steal a kiss' every so often. sometimes 'stealing a kiss' could be doing the dishes for your mom when shes had a long day. other times it may be sitting and listening to a friend talk about their problems, and other times it could be literally turning to the person that you love and stealing a quick, sweet kiss, just to be sure that they know that you love them. it doesnt matter how you do it, only that you do. so take the time to 'steal a kiss' today, because if you dont, they may not be there tomorrow.

"If you love someone let them know, if you don't let them go."  ~Author Unknown

the independent somebody

i am an 18, almost 19, year old girl who is... well i guess we'll never know, but i'm somebody and somebody important... so it'd prolly be a good idea to remember my name... jussayin'... :D

so here are somethings you can tell your friends about me when i'm famous...

• i am a daughter of God
• He loves me
• He loves you too...
• i am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and i would die standing up for it. it is true. i know it with every fiber of my being and nothing you can say can ever change that. 
• i am a CODA (child of a deaf adult) and ASL (american sign language) is my first language
• i am addicted to listening to music and singing loud and clear!! (thought not very well i might add...)
• i love listening to friends talk about their problems and coming up with answers to their questions, definitely considering becoming a therapist
• i know what it feels like to be in love, i know what it feels like to have a broken heart, and i also know that it is possible to love again :D
• i love my mommy a lot and i am not ashamed of it. i would shout it from the rooftops if you asked me to because she is champ and deserves to know how amazing she is
• sometimes i like to just sit in the rain and think... something about getting soaked makes everything seem so clear :D
• i have a job as an ASL interpreter for the deaf and hearing. i love my job so much and the people that i work with, tho im not really allowed to talk about any of it so its just better if you dont ask...
• i have read my scriptures every single day since June 6, 2009 and i will continue to do so every day of my life, count on it
• i will be married in an LDS temple (preferably the Manti one) to a worthy young man who has returned from his mission and honors his priesthood and respects me as a daughter of God
• i am a lacrosse player. it is the most amazing thing that i have ever chosen to do and it has literally saved my life along with a few friends of mine. 
• i played high school soccer for two years and then switched to lacrosse and played that for the last two years of high school
•  i live in an apartment with four roommates: Hailey, Emilee, Kenzi, and McKenzie (ya it gets confusing sometimes...) no i did not know any of them when i moved in and getting to know them has been an adventure!!
•  my new goal in life is to be an artistic person. my medium? words. i wanna be able to write and help people to overcome trials, inspire them to live their lives to the fullest, and to put their brains to good use and think. this new obsession has probably come from the fact that i adore quotes... every time i am down i turn to quotes and get pumped up and excited for life and get off my butt and do what needs to be done. someday i hope to have my words read by others and have them be inspired and given the motivation they need.
•  i really truly have a bucket list, its champ...
•  champ is kinda one of my words so you might wanna get used to reading it cuz itll be comin your way quite a bit... :D
• i have the best boyfriend ever. he is also one of my best friends... he is always there to listen to me and always poses the most interesting questions that leave me wondering and searching for answers for days. he knows exactly what to say to cheer me up and to lift my spirits when im feeling down. we tell each other everything and i think thats how it should be :)
• i grew up going to the Deaf ward. the youth group that we have there is the strongest group of youth i have ever seen. they support one another in every single thing and are always there to help to build each others testimonies. we all love the Lord and are not afraid to tell others that we know. we often hang out with each other and end up having spiritual discussions. i have been so fortunate to know these guys and dont know what kind of person i would be without them. 
• i have a best friend. several actually, but one of them goes by the name of Liechty... well to me anyway. she is a great girl with such an amazing personality! she is someone that i have been blessed to know for the past two, almost three, years. if you get the chance to meet her do it. you will be amazed at what she can teach you about yourself without you even realize shes doing it. she always thinks that she has no motivation and lacks in confidence, but i know if she will just look inside of herself she will see that she has great power to do so very much. its only a matter of time before she realizes it... 
• i am short and i am proud of it!
• i am a dedicated watcher of bones! it rocks my freaking socks off!! (tho mine arent nearly as cool as booth's are... :)) <- ya he's fat... ;D
• i am currently a Deaf Studies major, but we'll see how long that lasts... no one really knows... :D
• one of my life goals in life was to get a black eye, and that dream came true this past month when Liechty checked me in the face while we were playing around. CHAMP!! i owe her one... :D

Well that should be enough for you to convince your friends that you knew me before i got all famous and awesome... :D


"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind." -Dr. Seuss