1 Minute Pity Party

Do you ever feel like nothing is going your way? Like you just want to throw your hands in the air, your face into a pillow and just cry? Well, you're not alone.

Lately, I've been participating in petite pity parties for myself...and I invite you to join with me.

I have a lot going on in my life right now with a lot of demands. Sometimes I get overwhelmed and discouraged because I feel like there is too much to do and not enough time. Plus, I feel like I've been making so many more mistakes than I usually do. The hubby says I just have too much going on so I've become a little absentminded.

So I've been allowing myself to have one minute pity parties. For a quick (and very enduring) 60 seconds I cry and think horrible thoughts about myself and my life. And then I wipe away the tears, tell myself that I can't change things and I just have to make the best of my situation, and then I press forward.

It sounds a little psychotic, I know. Like when I was having a one minute pity party for myself on Saturday outside the Sheraton Hotel because I accidently booked our hotel at the Sheraton uptown instead of the one downtown where we needed to be. I know people were staring. But you wouldn't believe how rejuvenating it is!

Just cry and move on--that's my new motto.

Blogging the Gospel

"With so many social media resources and the multitude of more or less useful gadgets at our disposal, sharing the good news of the gospel is easier and the effects more far reaching than ever before...Perhaps the Lord's encouragement to open our mouths might today include 'Use your hands to blog and text message the gospel to all the world...'"

-Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I've been wary about posting something about this event in my life but obviously I should just go ahead and do it.

I like to write about things in my blog that the world can relate to. I never wanted to make it into a personal blog or a "family blog," but now I think this is my blog and my followers obviously like me so they might be interested in learning a little more about me.

My blog profile, which you can see right to the left here, states that I'm LDS. Well, what does that mean you might ask. It means that I am a Latter-day Saint and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Recently, my husband and I attended our local church temple where we were sealed together for time and all eternity. Most civil marriages are declared "until death do you part," but my church believes that families can be together forever. After all, "whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven" (Matthew 16:19).

Besides that, can you even imagine heaven without the ones you love the most being there? I know I can't.