The Sprinkle on Top

Photo Credit: Greg Olsen I recently started re-listening to the talks given in the October 2017 General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. One of my favorite talks from all of the sessions came from the Women's session. A talk titled Turn On Your Light by Sharon Eubank .  In her talk, Sister Eubank describes how we can turn on our lights. One way is to be articulate.  "Being articulate means to clearly express how you feel about something and why."  As I thought about this I realized that I don't often get up to share my testimony. For other members of the LDS church, I'm sure you're familiar with the heart pounding sensation that fills your entire being when the Spirit works on you to stand up and walk to the front of the congregation to share your feelings and to testify of the gospel. For those who aren't members, just know my fear of that long walk is quite strong. I often only bear my testimony when I've been ...

With Evie so young and us being right in the middle of RSV season, Justin and I alternate who goes to church. Since one of us stays home each week, the other one takes detailed notes on what members spoke about during Sacrament meeting so that we can bring the spirit into our home.  Well, this last week, Justin came home with some spiritual insights from Elder Nelson's recent talk. One of the insights included “as we read the Book of Mormon daily, we will be blessed to know what decisions to make that day.”   If you didn't know, since Evie was born she's had a tricky time eating and an even trickier time pooping (often with blood). We've tried everything from helping her with gas and her poops, trying to reduce her acid reflux, to taking her to many a doctor appointments and trying all sort of different things to help her feel better. Almost two months ago she was diagnosed by a GI with a dairy allergy so I changed my diet and cut out all dairy (including a...