Something needs Said:

I just wanted to say how much I love my family. They mean SO very much to me. Its hard for me to be away from all of them especially at this time of year. Its just not Christmas unless I am with them. Even with all the snow up here it just doesn't feel the same. Luckily, Jordan and I will be able to come home in time for Christmas and spend some time with the family. This is gonna be long, but it something that needs said. First, I am grateful for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which is the true and everlasting church. Without the gospel I would be in the worst state of mind possible. I would never have survived in this world. I look at all those who are lost and I feel sorry for them. Their lives are always in a state of unhappiness. Their happiness only lasts for the moment that its made. My happiness will last forever. I Love my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Though I cannot see them I speak with them often and I know they understand any of my pains and my burdens, but they seek for my happiness. I feel them with me often and I am thankful that they are willing to stick with someone such as I. I am grateful for my brother Josh. While on his mission he truly inspired me to listen, ponder, and pray. I didn't really care to feel the Holy Spirit until he prompted me to just pray about the true church. I look up to him in so many ways. Even if he doesn't realize it, he was my "light" helping me up the right path. We have never been able to get along very well while growing up, but I have always loved him. I am grateful for my sister Krystal. In so many ways she has been there for me.. never judging me and just listening to my problems. She has taught me so many important things about life and family. She is an inspiration to all. She has more love in her heart than a lot of people I know. She has helped me to become a more mature woman and wife through her actions. We grew up shopping together, having movie nights, and eating at Chick-fil-a and every Christmas Eve we would sleep in her room with her little Christmas tree all lit up. She is a great sister, daughter, wife and mother. I am grateful for my sister Angie. She has been a great sister. She has always given me advice while growing up and also helped me with some problems. She has always tried to take care of me like I was her own daughter. She would buy me clothes and makeup, give me her old jewelry, buy me food, and take me shopping with her. Though all these things include money, she is worth more than that. She has a warm and caring heart... buying things or giving her own things away is just one of her personal ways of showing her love for you. And she showed me her love all the time. She is always trying her best to be a good mom, wife, daughter, and sister, but what she doesn't know is that she already is just by loving those around her. I am grateful for my new brother-in-laws who have made my life all the more better. They are always concerned for me and they are always showing they care. I am glad they married my sisters because nobody else could have fit the part of husband better than them. I can see how much they love my sisters and it makes me happy. I am grateful for my neice(s) and nephew. They are so amazing. Seeing them grow is just a blessing. They are little miracles from our Heavenly Father. They have wonderful parents and I am so glad that I am their Aunt. I am grateful for my Mom and Dad, Lori and Kevin. They have taught me my whole life about the true church of Christ and though I have strayed from the path at times, they have always been there to help me. They were my first "guides" who led me from the very beginning of my life to the right path. I am thankful that they are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They have taught me how to be a better person, how to think of others before myself, and how to live in a world which has been turning for the worse. They mean so much to me. They have taught me that marriage is forever... that it can go through the most toughest of times and still survive. I am grateful for my cousins... all of them. Without them I wouldn't have had as good a childhood or as good of memories as the ones I have now. They are some of my closest friends. They are what helps keep family events going. I am grateful for my Aunts and Uncles who have helped raise me in their own ways just like my parents. They have shown me much love while growing up and I couldn't have made it this far without them. They are part of my most wonderful of memories and I wouldn't trade those for anything. I am grateful for my both sets of my grandparents. They have supported me my whole life and have given me memories that I would never trade or give away for anything in the world. Their love has always shown through for me. I love their hugs and kisses... I can never get enough of them. I am also grateful for my added family, The Pitchfords, Kevin, Gaylene, Jamie, and Amberly. Without this mom and dad my husband, Jordan, would have never been. So I am glad they fell in love. I am also thankful that they are members of the church because without their example to their son, without their teachings of the gospel, Jordan and I might never have considered marriage to one another. I am thankful that they accepted me as part of the family even before Jordan and I were engaged. I am grateful for Jamie and Amberly who have become my best friends, my sisters. They have such wonderful spirits (even if they don't know they do). They have some of the best personalities around. They are funny, talented in many ways, and they are such sweet and caring people. I love all my family. And I am so grateful that families are forever because I don't think I could survive without them. Infact I KNOW I couldn't survive without them. I saved the best for last. I am grateful for my husband Jordan who without I would not be who I am today. He has made me a better person. And in so many ways he completes me. I love him with all my heart. He truly is a wonderful person, a wonderful man, a wonderful husband. He tries his best to make me happy and shows his love for me all the time. He has taken over the job of "guide" and has continued to lead me forward in these hard times. He is EVERYTHING to me. Words cannot express what I feel for him. I only wish for his happiness. Just to see him happy makes me happy as well. I LOVE HIM! My one and only wonderful hubby!!!