Pretty in Pink



I am exhausted.  I started my day at 6 o'clock in the morning to help my mom move to her new duplex.  It was a LOT of work, especially because she lived in an upstairs apartment so the whole morning was about going up and down the stairs carrying stuff to the moving van.  But it was exciting to see how happy she was.  We (Pedro, Erik and Me) practically stayed at this the whole morning and I should say we did this on a day where the temperature was 110 degrees.  Yes, I sweated A LOT. 

But then we came home, took a nice shower and then we headed for the adult session at stake conference.  This particular session is my FAVORITE!  We have a WONDERFUL stake president whom I love and respect very much.  He is a great leader and truth to be said, he is very spiritual without being boring, which is why I love it when he speaks.  This time, he and his two counselors, President Rapier and President Shumway, chose 3 different mormon messages to share with us, and they based their talks on them.  I loved the first one and it's main message:  For some, blessings come soon, for some blessings come later, and for some, blessings don't come until heaven.  But for members of the church, they always come.   I've seen this truth in my life unfold many times in many different circumstances and I do testify of that.  I also thought about some sisters in my branch who could have felt the spirit so strong while listening to this, but I don't think they were actually there.  :(

The second one was just as powerful, about 5 different people testifying how they found the power to change their lives through Jesus Christ.  Isn't He THE answer for us all?  Yes!  All he is waiting for is for us to open the door and let Him in.  Everything else in this life is SO secondary.  Only God and our families are what's truly important.

The third one I've seen before.  It's about Stephanie Nielson and her new life.  How she emerged from this trial triumphant and more strong spiritually than ever before.  She counsels us on how we should view our role as mothers as something divine and cherish motherhood for the privilege it is.  Motherhood and beauty go together.

Then I remembered something that happened this morning while I was driving to my mom's new house.  My niece Karmina was riding in the front with me and she was wearing her pink sunglasses.  When I saw them I thought "Oh I guess she likes to see life through pink colored glasses, like little girls usually do.  Then they grow up and discover life is a little harder and bad things happen sometimes to good people.  BUT then...as I was at Stake Conference I realized the gospel is my Pink Glasses.  Life is still hard, we still face trials, we still cry...but the gospel lets me see that there is SO much GOOD in this crazy world. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ that gives us hope amid the darkness and there is so much to learn even from those ugly storms.  So yes, I am grown up and I still CHOOSE to see life through "Pink-colored glasses" because it makes me happy and it gives me peace...