I've been thinking a lot of my deceased extended family -some I barely knew and others not at all. What were they like? What were their struggles? How did they overcome? Sometimes, I feel inspired to write my own stories so that my posterity-to-be can have them to refer to and learn from -hopefully they will enjoy them too!
This week, I'm teaching a lesson at church about family history. Also this Sunday, my mom is giving a talk about the divinity of motherhood and their role in the family, as outlined in The Family: A Proclamation to the World.
She is looking for inspiration to spur her creation process. What are some stories and qualities that illustrate good mothering in your family? Any you can share? Please feel free to share them with me, either in a comment, another post that you can link to or even an email (my current email is: clo11002@byui.edu). Thanks!
Monday, July 21, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014
Saying Goodbye
It was my last full day in Rexburg. Tomorrow, I hit the road to return no sooner than this Fall, according to the plan now. I've had a good semester and I'm looking forward to the next chapter. To see more of what I've been up to academically, you can visit my more professional blog here.
Thankfully I got to spend some time this afternoon in the sun with David. Later, we went to the temple and had dinner.
I'm grateful I was able to spend my last evening here with him.
Thankfully I got to spend some time this afternoon in the sun with David. Later, we went to the temple and had dinner.
I'm grateful I was able to spend my last evening here with him.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Worldwide Sisterhood and a Historical Meeting
Tonight, I attended a world-wide broadcast of the General Women's meeting of my church.
Traditionally, this meeting is different because there are several organizations in the church that are for (using the following word loosely) women. For young girls 3-12, there's a children's Primary Program, for young women ages 12-18, there is a program called Young Women's. For all adult women, there's another program called Relief Society. They all are designed to help members of the program grow and develop spiritually according to their age and or stage in life.
I've been in all three of these programs as I've grown older and each one holds a special place my heart and reminds me of fond memories.
In addition to the general conferences held every six months for all members of our church (which will be held next weekend), there are other general, world-wide meetings. In the past, the adult women had a meeting called General Relief Society meeting and the Young Women had a meeting for themselves and their mothers called General Young Women meeting.
Now they are combined and young girls as young as eight are all invited to attend a General Women meeting. This has never happened since the church was established in 1830...until today!
It was special to be united with women of so many ages. The meeting was held at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, but sent through satellite to other congregations all over the world-thankfully, including the BYU-Idaho center in Rexburg, Idaho. :)
There was a marvelous women's choir of women ages 8 to 80. I loved their music.
Overall, I felt excited, honored and humbled to be a part of such an historical event that had so much positive and spiritual energy. It was encouraging, strengthening and enlightening as leaders talked about how we can live happily as we fulfill our spiritual role as women to emulate the Savior using our divine gifts and talents.
To learn more about this meeting, visit this web page or send me a message!
Traditionally, this meeting is different because there are several organizations in the church that are for (using the following word loosely) women. For young girls 3-12, there's a children's Primary Program, for young women ages 12-18, there is a program called Young Women's. For all adult women, there's another program called Relief Society. They all are designed to help members of the program grow and develop spiritually according to their age and or stage in life.
I've been in all three of these programs as I've grown older and each one holds a special place my heart and reminds me of fond memories.
In addition to the general conferences held every six months for all members of our church (which will be held next weekend), there are other general, world-wide meetings. In the past, the adult women had a meeting called General Relief Society meeting and the Young Women had a meeting for themselves and their mothers called General Young Women meeting.
Now they are combined and young girls as young as eight are all invited to attend a General Women meeting. This has never happened since the church was established in 1830...until today!
It was special to be united with women of so many ages. The meeting was held at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, but sent through satellite to other congregations all over the world-thankfully, including the BYU-Idaho center in Rexburg, Idaho. :)
There was a marvelous women's choir of women ages 8 to 80. I loved their music.
Overall, I felt excited, honored and humbled to be a part of such an historical event that had so much positive and spiritual energy. It was encouraging, strengthening and enlightening as leaders talked about how we can live happily as we fulfill our spiritual role as women to emulate the Savior using our divine gifts and talents.
To learn more about this meeting, visit this web page or send me a message!
Saturday, January 18, 2014
New Discoveries and a little update:)
Hi! Tonight, I got to do some family research about my ancestors and I found a neat tool for finding records. It's a compilation of records from Mormon pioneer overland travels across the plains, and I found some of my deceased family in a record for the William S. Warren Company. They're related to my great grandfather, Milton Ronald Shaw. :) Here's the link if anyone is interested. I'm excited I found this new resource!
It was really fun to do family history and I felt guided to find family that I connected with. I'm excited to do more! :) I also found a cool article about what we can give as gifts for our future families and it looked pretty cool. :)
As far as my life goes in general, I am happy. I am at BYU-Idaho as a full-time student, and I'm taking classes mostly for my Communications major: Visual Media, Writing for a Communications Career, Public Speaking and an introduction to Communications class. I'm also taking a religion class that I'm excited for because I am feeling like I am going to learn a lot! In addition to that, I received a call to serve in the presidency for the church Relief Society for my ward. This is a new calling of relatively uncharted territory but I'm looking forward to the learning, adventures, and joy ahead! :)
I hope you all feel empowered for their future in 2014! :)
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