Its been 7 years today :)

Since I entered the waters of baptism and became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It's a good feeling, really. I sit back and look at ALL the experiences I've had, both good and bad, and I realize that without the guidance of the church influence (even if sometimes I made the absolute worst decision possible) I would probably NOT be where I am today. I have a LOT to learn still, but the things I have gained along the way have been so helpful and rewarding. The biggest thing being that we recently went to the temple for the first time and were sealed together as a family. It is probably one of the greatest experiences I've ever had and I know that if we weren't doing what we are supposed to be doing that it wouldn't have happened. I think I really realized how important the gospel is when Brad went to Turkey in 2006. I started to read the Work and the Glory series and even though most of it was fiction, it was written (for me at least) in such a way that I was actually THERE. I couldn't put the books down. And reading what they went through, their hardships and their togetherness just made me think that my problems were dinky and I should be grateful that it wasn't something major. I think right then I realized that we weren't living the way we needed to be living, and I discussed my feelings on the matter with Brad and he (in my opinion at least) seemed to be waiting for me to say this to him because he felt the same way. We got rid of all our R rated movies that we had on DVD in a yard sale, and we started paying tithing and we talked with the Bishop about things and we just got on track, and I'm very proud of where we are right now, even if it took 7 years to do. I just wanted to share this with you, I know I already did in my temple trip post but a little reminder never hurt ;0