Apparently last Wednesday was the 20th anniversary of "The Family: A Proclamation to the world"! My favorite part of the whole thing is "IN THE PREMORTAL REALM, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally." It is amazing to me how big Heavenly Father's plan is. Yet each of us has a special part in it. I've been thinking a lot lately about families and why they are so important. Every family is different with different challenges, strengths, circumstances, etc. I guess this is the part where I let my guard down a little, right? Right. haha To give a little background, we have been a single parent family for my whole life. I've never known anything different. I have never really had a relationship with my dad and I don't really see that changing. Growing up, I thought that was normal. It never really occured to me how different we were from other families. But as I got older it suddenly hit me like a brick. Responsibilities got tougher, and so life got tougher. Not many would say this but I am so grateful. Every single thing that has happened up until this point in my life is a blessing. Maybe a blessing in disguise, but still a blessing nonetheless. You know that saying "God gives his toughest soldiers the toughest battles?" or something like that haha. Well my Mom always comes to mind when I hear that. I can't possibly even imagine what it's like for her but she still deals with us 3 crazy kids;) Anyways, where I'm going with this is that families are so important. Whether you have 2 or 1 parent(s) families are still ordained of God. I truly believe everything happens for a reason and we need to learn how to embrace it. It definitely won't be the easiest thing but will be the most worth it. Our family circumstances have brought us all the more closer. Sometimes in life happiness can be so hard to find. Especially amongst trials and other hard things we face. Heavenly father doesn't expect us to be perfect but he wants us to press on. I know that we weren't just sent here to have sorrow and learn how to deal with it. If you didn't watch the General Women's meeting last night, you should. It was great. Here is one of my favorite quotes I am so grateful that there are such things as families. I wouldn't trade mine for the world. My brothers and I Me and my cousins Left to Right: Grandparents, cousin Mal, me, Brother on his HS graduation, Oldest brother, cousin Bri, and auntie Jami Left to Right: Gramps, auntie Tracy, my mom, and Grammy basically some of the greatest people I know. My aunts and uncle, grandma in the middle and mom on the far right.
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Enrique
9/27/2015 11:57:30 am
Wow my sister is the cutest! Love you so much Ness! You have strengthened me more than you know - each day and even more through this blog. Awesome job! Keep it up :)
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Kelly
9/27/2015 12:00:52 pm
Love this one my sweet Nessy!! We do have our challenges that go along with our single part family, but I an so blessed for your kids' strength and strong testimonies to know that He is helping us along and in the end, if we remain faithful, it will ask be made right! I love you all, and you did a wonderful job on yet another blog!!
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Kelly
9/27/2015 12:16:41 pm
Since you can't edit with the comments on here, I guess I will have to try to edit the one above this way.. And doing it with swipe texting...I always forget to reread it before posting, so the asterisks of course, that I'm sure you've already figured out what they should be are * parent *am , * all,
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Mallorie
9/27/2015 02:17:48 pm
Well said :) You guys are all so strong on your own! And have so many people here for you when you need it! Even though your dad hasn't been around, you still have an amazing family! Love all of you!
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Sharon
9/27/2015 08:22:55 pm
Great job on this blog Nessy! Your insight and testimony are amazing! You are teaching all of us who are privileged to be related to you every day. Your family has endured many challenges together. But you are all so strong and will continue to receive many blessings from The Lord as you continue to study and pray together. I love you all so very much! Hope you all feel much better soon too!❤️🙏👍😘
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S Tidball
10/9/2015 11:33:21 am
Vanessa, you are so beautiful inside and out! You have such a beautiful testimony and I'm so grateful that you decided to start this blog so you could share it in new ways. You are such an example to me and I'm so glad I get to know you better through your posts!! You're amazing!
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Ness
10/11/2015 11:41:38 am
Aww thank you so much. Your comments mean so much to me. And i look up to you so much. Love you💗
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