Our Own Stories

To be the heroes and heroines of our own stories; to triumph over adversity; to experience life in all its beauty; and in the end, to live happily ever after – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

As a young child I remember sitting at my grandmother’s feet listening to the stories of her life.  Some of them made me laugh, others made me cry.  Some gave me courage to be strong no matter what happens in life and others made me grateful that my life was so good.  Grandma was a natural story teller and so is my dad.  Maybe I inherited some of that too.  

Each day I am writing my own story, living and breathing it.  So, this is the place where I gather my stories, our stories, the ones I share with the ones I love.  I imagine they will be simple stories of everyday events, life in the country with the challenges and joys of family.   I expect there will be wildly joyful stories and heartbreakingly sad ones.  But all stories have a place, if only to remember, if only to know that we have lived a full life together.