General Conference

I did not get to watch every talk...that's the way it is with young kids, but thank goodness for the Ensign and the Church website that allows you to watch them online or download the audio for a cd or iPod. Also you can print off talks there. I did see President Monson's Sunday talks, both of them. His Sunday morning talk was so good. I felt like he related to the young mothers so well. His talk was so applicable. For young mom's, there is only so much time in the day and it's never enough. if you get one thing done, you sacrifice another... You have to pick and choose between so many good things to do and so I always feel behind. His talk was about enjoying life every day. Living in the moment.

When he started to tell the story of the girl who was visually impaired, I could not deny that he was describing myself. He said the girl became a Principal of many schools and authored 17 books. Her vision wasn't repaired until she was 50 years old. I wondered if it would be that long until mine was. I thought to myself that realistically it really could be that long. He talked about all these great things she'd done both before and after her sight was restored. I felt hope rather than discouragement that I have, and will continue to do great things and be like her in that way at least. As a young mom I feel like I'm on hold a little bit. I don't have time to worry about me and what I want to do. My focus is on my kids completely. That's ok with me. When they are grown and able to fend a little more for themselves and they are all in school, I will have more time to dive into the things I want to and work on accomplishing my goals.

It was interesting the feeling I got listening to this talk because it really did feel like he was talking about me. It was only my little family in the room but I felt like a million eyes were staring at the back of my head. It was hard not to tear up. President Monson has always been one of my favorite Apostles along with Richard G. Scott. I've met President Monson. I've talked with him. For about two minutes his full attention was on me, and my parents who were with me. I'm so glad he's our Prophet. Hopefully one day the Prophet will be telling a story about how my vision was restored, and about all the wonderful things I was still able to do in life despite the fact...

I plan on downloading the audio of his talk and putting it on my iPod so I can listen to it anytime I want to...I'm also going to buy the DVD of it. It was that good to me and I don't think that you could get the full affect of his talk without seeing and hearing him deliver it.