Families are Forever

I don’t even know where to start with this post, but I know it will be one of my most important posts in my blog book so it has to be made. It seems like people only hear the bad things that happen in people’s lives and they never get to hear the happy ending, well I am going to change that, because I want people to hear my happy ending. My blog is private so only people who really know me read this and those who really know me know my life. So you should know what this is all about and how much it means to me. This journey started when I was young. My parents raised me and taught me to have a strong testimony of the church and of forever families and all the other important things that come along with those. So that foundation was built by my sweet Mom and Dad which I will be forever grateful for. Then I was married 8 years ago in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple and what a very special day that was. I will never forget that day or the feelings that I felt on that day or the things that were said to me on that day. The one thing that stands out to me was “Marriage is never perfect and during hard times never forget this important day and the promises that were made”. Well little did I know that, that little sentence would be a marriage saver for me one day. I had a bomb and literally a bomb hit our marriage and it changed everything! I had two choices and both choices were what I called huge mountains, neither would be easy to climb. My Mom and I talked and cried often at how HUGE these two mountains were. I had a huge decision to make and at the time was young and emotionally a wreak I couldn’t think clear enough to make a wise decision. I relied on my family and church leaders to help me make that decision and it was the best thing I ever did. I know sometimes people make drastic decisions without thinking it out especially during hard times and I would have done that… I know I would have. I was given many priesthood blessings and I attended the temple very often and my sweet Dad said to me one day “You didn’t get married so that when things went wrong you could leave, you were married for it to be forever, you will do this and it will be okay”. Now I listen to everything my Dad tells me, I always have and I don’t think he has ever steered me wrong. I listened to his words over and over in my mind and I finally said “Okay Dad I will do this, it is going to be hard but I will trust you and hope it works out”. Really inside I wanted to tell my Dad he was crazy and I wasn’t going to listen to him. I thought…. this isn’t what a Dad is suppose to tell his daughter in this kind of situation.  But I will be forever grateful for my Dad’s wise counsel on that day when I needed it the most. What a journey this has been, years of heartache, truly I was at my lowest of lows at times. But would I have changed it…No! What I have become and what my sweet husband has become could not have been greater. I thought I wanted that man I married back so many times, but what I got was the same man I married, only better, and for this I owe my Heavenly Father. It was a blessing in disguise, a life changing experience that brought us so close as a couple and as a family. I feel like I GOT to go through this… I didn’t have to. I climbed the highest of mountains and I fell more times than not along the way, but we made it!!!!! I could not have been more happy on this special day January 15, 2011 when I got to take my sweet little family into the temple. The tears rolled when I saw my children all in white, it was so beautiful. I will never forget this day, one more amazing memorable day that I have! I had so many good people help me along the way, so many people cheering me on and I am so grateful for those people in my life. I feel like I was picked up and carried on days that I couldn’t make it, I have angels along my side, we all do. I have such a strong testimony of faith, prayers and patience without those I would not have made it. I hope that through this story someone out there learns something important. I wish I could speak to everyone out there and tell them all that if I can do it they can do it!  Life is not perfect but we can make it pretty close to perfect if we give it all we have, and I mean all we have!!! I am so grateful and I could not be happier right now in my life, I am truly blessed to call these people my Forever Family!! My sweet neighbor and friend came and took these pictures for me. It was cold so we made it very quick and I absolutely love them!! This was my fastest photo shoot ever taken of my family but by far my favorite because of how special they are to me. Thank you Amber http://www.ambervestphotography.blogspot.com/       Jaxon was cold and not very happy, but at least he stayed good for most of the pictures!  My sweet little girls….I love this picture of them! They were my lighthouses that got me through this!!