A Visit to The House of The Lord

I finally got to pay a visit to the temple last Saturday with a 

cousin of mine. [Her dad and my dad are cousins.] We got 

together at work during lunch to walk and talked about 

how she's always going to the temple on the weekends, 

and I thought about how it's been a year or so, that I haven't

gone. So I asked her if I could come along too. 

I've always wanted to get away for an hour to pray and 

meditate on the things that I'm currently struggling with 

and ask for God's blessings in everything I do. Since I've

gone with my cousin, things have been starting to fall in 

place for me, I'm more at peace with where I'm at in 

life and striving to keep moving forward. 

Lani and I are sort of in the same situation right now. 

We're both married mothers, solo parents and so we 

understand each other. Her dh is in the islands and I'm 

still separated with my dh, yet he's in Portland and I'm

here in Salt Lake with the kids. 

She's so strong and has taught me many things about 

being more patient, forgiving and understanding. I'm 

glad that she's in my life right now and hope that some

day I can help her like she's helped me. 

I haven't had many friends like her that are honest and 

strive to live a Christ like life. I wish her the best in all 

that she does and that things may go her way soon. 

We've talked about getting together to get our children's

72 hour kits/backpacks ready for any upcoming emerg

encies and maybe introducing the kids to each other. 

Nesi's got a birthday coming up so I'm planning on

 inviting her and her children to stop by and have

some fun with my kids. While we get some mommy 

time to talk with the other mothers. 

I hope that you may cherish the friendships you have, 

It really helps when you have a network of friends that

are positive and non judgmental to help you get through

the good and bad times in your life.