braids in my hair jesus sandles sodalicious at 9 am new lipstick middle earth studying @ the park canadian candy bars clean stair wells new friends 14.7 seconds of national championship game texts from my bestie frozen yogurt red velvet oreos snaps of my brother's dancing jumpsuits dreaming of summer. . . and red rocks ...

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not many of you know, but i've got this terrific big brother. like i'm talking about, smart, funny, kind, spiritual. (sorry, ladies, he is married.) but here are some reasons i love him. - he is the first one to get me interested in science. when he was insane about space travel and astronauts i would sneak his books and read about the...

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on a weeknight i get home from work around 10:30 pm, if it's a good night. and by "good" i mean that all the patients got to bed on time, the swing shift was relatively calm, and there wasn't much to write in shift report. all good things. i generally come home tired. my job requires you to be on your feet for...

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. . . she knows how to give you the best personal gifts. on my mission she sent me Harry Potter stamps because she knows i love Harry Potter. . . . . . she taught me how to love reading. we have a literal library in our basement. growing up with didn't have enough bookshelves so we used wooden boxes stacked on top...

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1. your own happiness is so important! sometimes we think that if we are making others happy, by sacrificing who we really are, then we will be happy. this is a lie. i remember one late night in february, talking to my mission president on the phone, and he told me, "sister arnesen, your happiness is so important!" i was shocked. it's like...

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. . . halloween candy. i mean come on people! is it weird that i seriously miss my pillowcase full of candy? and i miss Canadian halloween candy. . . . dressing up. for one day you can be whoever you want. you can be a witch or a superhero or an old man. you can literally be anything. . . . dance...

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in the last month i've been thinking about endurance and giving up. i think that in each of our lives their comes a point when we have to decide what our commitment is to our Heavenly Father and his Gospel. we have to decide if we are really going to endure, no matter what comes our way, or if we will flake out...

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