your happily ever after

happily ever after is not something found only in fairy tales...you are princesses, destined to become queens.  you own wondrous story has already begun. your once upon a time is now. -president dieter f. uchtdorf-

what wondrous words to live by! 

i rather love president uchtdorf and although i have read his talk "your happily ever after" numerous times, today it caught my eye and i just had to share. 

"sandwiched between [every heroine's] 'once upon a time' and 'happily ever after', they experience great adversity...how you react to adversity and temptation is a critical factor in whether or not you arrive at your own 'happily ever after'...in stories, as in life, adversity teaches us things we cannot learn otherwise.  adversity helps us develop a depth of character that comes in no other way...happily ever after comes only

 "through understanding who you are and what you must become". -president dieter f. uchtdorf- 

i am beginning to see what all this time was for-- the past 2 years, especially, but all the days that i have breathed in to this point. 

i am immeasurably grateful to believe the doctrines of a church which inspires such hope in the meaning and purpose of life, in my own abilities, and in the incomprehensible mission and ministry of my loving savior. 

i ask you kindly to spare a minute and watch the short video below.