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On this day four years ago, I stood beside my best friend and soul mate as we promised each other better or worse, sickness or health, richer or poorer. We promised to love each other not only on the hard days but also on the days that would test both of us. I've learned so much about the man who stood beside me that day. I learned exactly how to handle all of his many moods, I learned how to make him happy with a simple smile or small touch. I can't believe that so much has happened in these four years. Our love has only grown since we made our first promises of love. We've learned how to be the comfort each other have needed. We've learned what it means to promise for better or worse, and there have been amazing days but sad days too. We're still learning about each other and I know that I learn something new about my husband every day. I've learned that small things make him happy, like having a good day at work or finally figuring out something that he...

No. One single word, one syllable, one second to say, one moment when life comes crashing down around you, one minute where so many hopes and dreams you had for a future all fade away. No is the cruelest words in any language. It can take someone who looks at life with this amazing perspective and make them turn to a more bleak perspective. It can take someone who normally is one of the happiest people you'll ever meet and turn them to a shell of the person they've been. I don't know if people think it's cute or sweet, whatever their reasoning, asking a couple when they're going to have a child is a very personal and private matter that should be discussed between them and not the entire world. Yes I'll admit it was cute for about 5 seconds, then it starts to become annoying and sometimes harassing. Growing up in the South, I always knew that it was a rare thing to see people waiting to have children. I didn't realize just how true this has been until ...

Three years ago I found truth, I found peace, I found the things I was desperately seeking. Sometimes it's crazy to think that just 3 years ago I was a recent convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  I was baptized into a church who welcomed me with open arms, a church who never let me forget how much I was loved and how much I meant to them. For the first time I felt like I actually had a support system to lean on when things got tough, and I would soon learn just how tough things could get.  I'd like to tell you that after my baptism everything was perfect, and while it was for a few fleeting moments that perfection didn't last long. I learned how much prayer and so many new principals that I just learned about were so easily applied into my daily life. I learned that with heartbreak and comes peace and understanding. I learned that with disappointment's come knowledge of an end goal. I learned that fasting isn't doing without, it'...

Sometimes you need a  new start. Sometimes life is so daunting that it seems like nothing or no one will help pull you through. Sometimes it seems like your barely holding your head slightly above the water line in life. Sometimes life gets so hectic and so stressful that you forget to focus on the most important things that life has to offer you. If someone would have told me 4 years ago to the day that my life would be what it is currently I don't know if I would have believed them. I mean how could a girl from such a small town end up in the city the "Mormons" created and become a member of their church? If you would have told me that I would eventually enter the temple and be sealed to someone that is everything and much more than I ever expected in a husband, I wouldn't have believed you for a moment. As it stands all these things have happened and more. Living in Salt Lake opened my eyes to so much, I learned who I really was, what my passions were and how t...