This year has been a year of change, joy, sorrow, love, and peace from my heavenly father.
You always learn in church that if you endure you will have happiness. The begining of this year i asked myself so many questions, like where am i going? why am i on this earth? what am i suppose to be doing? and I questioned my Heavenly Father on a daily basis and questioned myself. Then in March one of my dearest and closest friends past away, and moy testimony grew in the power of eternal families, and I had a confirmation strnger then anything that I needed to prepare to begin my eternal family and that if i could prove to heavenly father that i was willing to follow his plan he would provide me with more happiness then I could imagine. So a few months went on and as you all know ben proposed.
I am still amazed at the love and support that came from my family, especially my Mom and brothers when I had made my decision to marry ben. I am so grateful for my family and the love that they have for me, and my choices. I am so grateful that I have them.
So we planned for a few months and then i got the blessing of my endowment, which was such an amazing and overwhelming reassurance of My Saviors love. About a week later I drove the temple at 6:30 in the morning with the love of my life, we walked in and were guided and told where to go, the whole thing seems like a dream. We knelt across the alter and looked at each other and felt peace, and happiness, and that most ultimate joy that Heavenly promises us.
I know that Families can be together forever, that through our Heavenly Fathers plan we will be the most happy. I am so grateful for the blessings I have been given this year. I so Grateful for my husband and my now huge family. I'm grateful for my friends and for the gospel and especially my savior. I am so blessed and I hope no matter what happens throughout this year I can remember all the things that make me so grateful right now.
