Remembering back to NOW...

Some say that life comes down to a few great moments. Often the key points in our lives pass by in stealth, leaving us to chase the shadows. We are left to question and evaluate the times we felt we've lost. Socrates once said "A life unexamined is not worth living."

I sometimes reflect upon the moments of my life that have come together brick by brick to shape the pyramid of my character.

The most prominent on my mind today is that of my mission. Today marks the 4th year that I have returned from the Ohio Cleveland Mission & Kirtland. I can't believe that it has been that long. You will never catch me saying the infamous statement of "on my mission", however, I can't help but express how much I grew while I was there... If you ask my family they will tell you that when I came home I was a little crazy/weird!!

I had an amazing Mission President who actually enter the mission field with me. President Peterson is one of many who helped shape a part of my character that assisted me in opening my mouth! I wasn't the best companion and often wish I would have been who I am today back then, but I also know that I wouldn't be who I am today without all the many wonderful experiences of back then. I could write a novel on all the memories I've been spending time in today, but to sum it up, my mission was definitely a brick by brick experience.

If I examine the surface or the materialist things in my life, it doesn't look like I've accomplished that much. You have to take a deeper look...In the last 3 years I have had some major shifts in the way I view life as well as how I view myself.

I get homesick every once and a while for the Ohio and I decided it's because a piece of my character(heart) was shaped there. Very real emotions surface as a sound, a particular sent, a song, or something that I see flashes me back to the past. I'm so grateful for all those individuals who showed up in my life to teach me, and help me remember who I am! I will forever love & miss the O.C.M