Shellie in Colorado

[ShellieB]

Hi, my name is Shellie. I am a convert to the church (1995). I have 5 children, ages 21, 21, 17, 14, 13 (4 girls and 1 boy-- yes he is the baby...poor kid!) My oldest are identical twins and have both recently left on their missions. Ashley left in August 2012 and is serving in the England Birmingham mission and Alexis left in September 2012 and she is serving in the Reno Nevada Mission.

I am an Occupational Therapist, but right now mostly a stay at home mom. I have a huge range of interests and love learning. Among my favorites are photography, photoshop, reading, studying things (anything), and service. I love doing service. It is like a personal high for me. I love helping people.

I am married (for the 2nd time), but he is not a member. When he proposed to me, my knee jerk response was "no" because he is not a member. Then I prayed about it and I got a very clear answer. "Yes". So I married him, and it has been the best 7 years of my life. I have learned that marriage is a wonderful thing and when united toward a goal we are stronger together. My husband is a really good man. He basically follows the teachings of the church because that is the way he is. He has a few hang ups about the restoration though and does not want to join the church, however, he is very supportive of me and the kids and even comes to Christmas programs to hear me sing in the choir. I have received confirmation that someday he will join, the time is just not right. My greatest desire is to be sealed to him and the kids to us. I pray for that daily.

Not sure what else to say that other than I live in Colorado and love the mountains.

Shellie

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

Welcome Shellie!

I have never been to Colorado but it is one of those places that I have always wanted to visit.

Your husband sounds like a great guy. You mentioned that he has issues with the restoration...that reminded me of something you might find helpful...or not.

In The God Who Weeps by Terryl and Fiona Givens, they discuss 5 core gospel principles, but they do so by quoting all kinds of people from Niezzche to Freud, and others. When they were asked about that in an interview they talked about the apostacy and Dark Ages in a way that I had not thought about before, but found fascinating. Of course, I don't know if this will address your husband's issue, but even if it doesn't I think you will enjoy it. Here are links to two podcast where they discuss it:

139: A Beautiful Vision of Mormonism | Mormon Matters

In this one--Part 2

Fiona and Terryl Givens and "The God Who Weeps" | Mormon Stories Podcast

[jasonwebb]

Hi Shelle welcome here I hope you will surely enjoy your visit to te site because its owsem...

Regards..

My Profiles:  Financial Planning Long Island, https://woodhullcapitaladvisors.com, Fee-only Financial Planners Long Island,  Woodhull Capital Advisors, techrotten, sites like primewire

Edited March 17, 2019 by jasonwebb

[Guest ghostwind]

Hi, my name is Shellie. I am a convert to the church (1995). (...)

Not sure what else to say that other than I live in Colorado and love the mountains.

Shellie

I think the Colorado Plateau is one of the most impressing landscapes in the world. I am fascinated of the national parks with their magic rocks and mountains and their curious formations and all that. The area contains South-Utah, Northern Arizona, Nort-West New Mexico and, of course, Colorado. Enchanteur! Magic!

[pam]

Not sure what else to say that other than I live in Colorado and love the mountains.

Shellie

Welcome Shellie. I will admit that reading that I wanted to start singing "I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills." :)