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MOM - The Challenge • 25 Words to Your Children

4/26/2013

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When I heard this while listening to General Conference I knew I'd share it with you Nesties. I'm sure alot of you remember this. 
President Thomas S. Monson shared the experience of Jay Hess, an airman who was shot down over North Vietnam in the 1960s: “For two years his family had no idea whether he was dead or alive. His captors in Hanoi eventually allowed him to write home but limited his message to less than 25 words.” President Monson asks: “What would you and I say to our families if we were in the same situation—not having seen them for over two years and not knowing if we would ever see them again? Wanting to provide something his family could recognize as having come from him and also wanting to give them valuable counsel, Brother Hess wrote [the following words]: ‘These things are important: temple marriage, mission, college. Press on, set goals, write history, take pictures twice a year.’”7

What words would you write to your children if you had 25 words or less?

                                                                           General Conference April 2013  • Rosemary M. Wixom

Before conference was over (in all honesty probably before her talk was over) I had written my 25 words. Quick. Raw. From the gut. Doing something like that, spontaneously, gets to the instinctual, real thing. Here's what I felt I would say to my family if I were in that circumstance -  

My 25 Words

Love, learn of, and follow God. 
Love yourself and others. 
Repent. Forgive. 
Have a family and serve them. 
Have vision, see eternally. 
I love you. 
At that moment, if I had 25 words that would be it. 

Sometimes it's just good to hear what others say. One of our blog commenters Pebbles & Pigtails had the same idea about 25 words too. It would also be good to here your words. 

Have you taken the challenge?
What would you write to your children 
if you had 25 words?

Share your 25 words below if you've already done it. If not...... do it now!!!!

Don't worry about how it flows. Don't worry about how it sounds. Don't worry what others think. 
Be spontaneous. Be raw. Be vulnerable. Be real. 

Write to your children.
25 words.
Go.

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Messenger. Making a Difference

4/8/2013

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I love General Conference! I always look forward to it, so excited to get some more direction. I learned so much, but I tried to narrow it down to the most important thing for me.
"My part matters because I matter." The thought is from Sister Elaine S. Dalton's talk. Sometimes I compare myself to what other people my age are doing; they have careers, are in school, are traveling, etc. I look at myself; I never finished college, never had a career, and haven't traveled outside of the west and central United States. I start to feel sorry for myself and see all of the "unfinished" things I've done. I start think that what I'm not doing isn't as important, but it is! I realize it doesn't matter what I've done or haven't done in the past, what matters is where I am now, where I am willing to go, and what I am willing to do for the Lord. 

What I do matters because I matter to the Lord. What you do matters because you matter to the Lord. We all matter, and like Sister Dalton said, we can make a difference because we are different. One of my personal goals from Conference is to stop the pity parties, get outside myself, and make a difference where I am. I don't have to have a career. I don't have to be in school or travel to some exotic place to make a difference. I can make a difference where I am now, in the Middle-of-Nowhere, Missouri, and you can make a difference where you are too. 

Be happy, my Nesties! Let's make a difference, no matter where we are! 
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Messenger. Young Women Broadcast

4/4/2013

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Raise your hand if you got to go to the Young Women Broadcast last weekend! *raising hand* I did! I'm going to keep this short and sweet by saying I loved it and that I learned a lot. I chose to work on one thing I learned to better myself for the next two weeks and that is: 
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Be of good cheer! Sometimes I forget how very blessed I am and this picture and scripture helps me remember to be glad for everything I do have. What did you learn from the Young Women Broadcast? 

Be happy, nesties! 

Alisha

P.S. General Conference is this weekend! Don't forget to leave your email so you can download this super sweet General Conference map!

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