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I got mine on May 16 2010. It's been one year and a couple of months. I still read it about once a week...often times more :) I prayed before I got mine, and I asked God to have certain things reviled. Things I wanted to know. They were :) I also fasted. I LOVE my blessing. I absolutely adore it. I suggest really understanding what a Patirchael blessing is and such. Theres loads of Ensign/New Era articles on LDS.net about them :) I also wrote in my journey right when i got home. I love rereading it and seeing my overwhelming excitement about what my blessing said :)

Sidenote: I was talking to my frined Kyle, who lives in Irealnd. He said the USA owes the UK like 300 trillion. And, i did this math..and somehow figured that by diving the debt by US population each citzen would have to pay 978 bucks to each UKer. And, the US owes money to other places too. Just a little tidbit. Not sure if my math is right..

Welcome Chris :)

transformmice is your home from college daughters favorite website? hahah!

to be honest, coming from a 17 yr old girls perspective I don't think you were harsh enough. Taking away the internet? i don't see the big deal. She lied. She was dishonest so she could get what she wanted, and she's done it before. And, i realize you weren't exactly asking for advice... but if you wanna be 'evil and enjoy it' i'd go harsher. It seems like these days teens can't live without there cell phones (And, i think obviously what kind of website it was matters. I don't exactly get all that happened...) just my 2 cents.

Just be excited :) And, its okay to be nervous!! You'll go where god needs you!

So, I saw the announcement about people who are investigating the LDS church or have been baptized as a result of lds.net. And, I've wanted to see if anyone elses life has been changed by lds.net? And, my first thought was: Thats ridiculous, its just a fourm where ppl argue about religion and such. But, then i realized mine had been. Any interesting stories? So, I kinda have an interesting one :) Basically, Luke a YM from Ireland who used to come on here and ask questions about the church and I ended up talking. And, eventually we added each other on facebook. And, his good friend Kyle ended up also adding me on FB. And, throughout this whole thing he really wanted to join the church. So, after talking loads and him asking loads of questions I ended up shipping him a package of church materials. And, his parents finally let him go to church, meet with the missionaries and mutual a few weeks ago :) It was really exciting for him :) (And me, after hearing about how he wants so badly to be a member but cant.) So, also me and Lukes friend ended up having a lot of conversations, more then Luke and I actually. And, Kyle (lukes friend) has ended up talking to a few of my friends here, and I've ended up talking to a few of there friends there. So, its this odd connection between a bunch of teenagers in NY and Northern Ireland. And, we've exchanged some packages and things. It's just interesting :) And, when my friend Mikey died is was quite helpful to just be able to send these long messages to luke and Kyle about things going on. Because, I hated talking to my friends about it all because they were smack dab in the middle experiencing the same thing. I think, talking to Kyle was actually a big part of my healing process. It was hard to talk to people about it who lived near me, because i didn't want others to feel even more hurt. If that makes sense. And, I guess in an odd way lds.net is to credit for it.

I agree with Dustii obviously, communication is a must however sometimes that just isn't enough. My parents have always been very open with me about sex, but they didn't worry about pornography or masturbation. I'm assuming its because I'm a girl and they thought my church leaders covered it. We've never talked about masturbation or pornography in young womens. Not once, and now that i'm older I wish we really had. I mean, we read the strength of youth. And, we'd talk about "Sexual Purity' but, my leaders would always stress the importance of telling the guys were around what we believe in ect. Masturbation and Pornography are growing problems amongst todays youth. It's a really really BIG issue. I can't stress that enough. Everyone is being affected, and the whole time when I was younger I never really considered doing any of that until I went through a rough patch and got curious. I don't think what anyone would have said would have changed my mind in that moment for me to make a different decision. No matter how much talking about such issues my parents did. or how many times I heard in conference "Stay away, avoid like the plague." Ect. The whole time this was going on I was going to church, doing everything, going through the motions. No one really knew anything that was going on inside my head at that time I finally got this wake up call when I was talking to this friend who was actually, truly really badly addicted. I didn't fully grasp how he was feeling, but I understand that my curiosity was going to end up hurting me, and I didn't want to end up in the situation he was in. I think its important just in case anything does happen to realize its not your fault, and no matter how much you talk about it your sons-AND daughters- could fall to this temptation or to there curiosity. Just pray for your kids, and talk to them every few months. I'm really glad your making these preparations now. My sister is turning 12 soon. Before I leave for BYU Idaho i'm going to pull her aside and talk to her for a bit. She's young, but i don't think theres such a thing as being too young to give warning. I don't want her to ever be in my situation. God bless!

Lets just make a thread bragging about our kids. I don't have kids however, I'm quite jealous of my parents. I'll never have a kid as cool as they do.

I have it. I don't find it that great. then again, I only have 6 friends on there..and its confusing me :)

I was on a car trip with my cousins. And, all we had was loads of junk food. My cousin blessed it "thanks for all this food..please help it to....keep us full of energy. And, please help us not to develop caveties." I found it hilarious, it got me thinking about blessing junk food and dessert. We always bless and thank in my family.

my mom was in a situation similar to yours. She was a YSA at 19 with a son (my amazing brother.) born out of wedlock. A year later she married my dad in the temple :) You are a daughter of God, You have a beautiful child that one day will love and appreciate your sacrifices. My brother leaves on his mission soon. I'll miss him tons. Others can 'hide' there mistakes. Your going to get looks. Probably some nasty ones. But, remember, God loves you!

The movie was excellent! So, there were these two guys in front of me. And, being a 17 yr old girl (currently in DC on vacation) who loves talking to strangers I was quite curios why these two good looking guys went alone to the movies. So, I lean forward and talk to them a bit. And, watch the movie. Half way through the movie one leans his head on the others shoulder. My thoughts : "Aww. there such good friends they don't mind being all 'un-manly" how cute." And, i watch the movie more. I go to the car and my mom and aunt are talking about the two gay teenagers in front of us being all 'intimate' during the movie. I didn't even consider they could be gay. I am so unobservant. I guess I was foucasing on the movie..like i should have been.

I'm going to the midnight showing. And, i'm dressing up

From my understanding those who are around for the 2nd coming and during the millennium are true believers doing temple work. Will the ordinance be around when people can See Christ?

I think this is a really personal question. I wonder it sometimes. I'll walk into the room at church and look around and wonder how many people have had there calling and election sure but then I remember its a sacred ordinance, and not my place to think about others personal covenants. I'm just going to worry about myself.

Just an update: This was taught very sucesfully by me about a year ago lol. This year I'm teaching first aid :)

If you went along as a chaperone for a tour group at a high school it could be cheaper to go :) And, i'd love to go with you...in like 5 years haha. I'm actually saving up for a trip around europe right now.

Aw, your doing security and can't wait and see the whole thing? Thats too bad! I LOVE the Seneca Lake girls camp. Next time your up there go to the water front and look at the pavilion on the shore. Thats my brothers eagle project :) My brothers amazing :)

Who's seeing it this year ? :)

Just because everyone else pays full price for toilet paper and my mom got it for free doesn't mean its stealing or dishonest. Anyone could have got it for free if they researched and cared enough :)

Is it as crude and nasty as the 2nd?

I know I was thinking about that too, which is why I posted it on here :) In general people aren't told enough about how great they are. We tend to criticize more then compliment.

So, I was thinking about guys today. And, how amazing the young men in my ward are ::) I got to thinking about the young men world wide. And, I realized I just love you all! So...I'm writing letters to the young men in my ward. Well, the priests. And, I thought i'd post some thoughts here as well Because, the reason I love the young men in my ward, is pretty much the same...sorta. The priesthood is amazing, and its such a blessing in my life. You YM, recieve a lot of pressure and have a load of responsibility. It's probably really hard sometimes to stay worthy to be able to complete your priesthood duties. I am so glad I have amazing YM in my life who are so open, spiritual and caring. So, Thank you for standing up for your beliefs and being worthy priestholders. I'm actually crying over all this. I'm so overwhelmed right now haha. So..thanks guys :) I really am having a hard time putting all these thoughts to words, so if I sound like a complete idiot know its cause I appreciate and love ya all so much! (Note: I hope there aren't any 'unworthy' ym who are really discouraged by all this. I don't mean it to be taken like that.I know it can be really hard to overcome challenges. And, as long as your trying I appreciate you :) )

my mom is an amazing couponer. She saves so much money. Shes purchased cans of soup at 10 cents each before. She once got TP free. She bought tons. We had 10 black garbage bags full of toilet paper. We kept it in the attic and just ran and got some when we needed it. Was that wrong? I don't think so. Both of my parents currently attend nursing school. The money we live on is from the fafsa/pell grant, my parents savings and from scholarships my parents have won for there scholastic achievements.(My dad actually just went to Cali and won nationals in a nursing competition. Yay him :) ) . I know our budget is small, and I'm glad my mom has the skills to save such money so it can go elsewhere. My mom also does the food for the youth dances, youth confrence and stake activities. She has this calling because she is AMAZING at getting food for low costs. She ends up saving the budget and making other activites possible. My mom even buys coupons off ebay that correlate with this weeks sales and then doubles them and uses other deals. She is amazing. She's trying to teach me the secrets of couponing. They'll come in handy next year in college. The bishop and SP are well aware how my mom cuts the budget for the ward. If it was wrong I'm sure they'd jump in and say so. My dream is to be just like my mother ^^. At least in regards to money.