My Dear Friend...

You are now looking at a face that has truly blessed my life here in good ole' Arkansas. When Mark and I moved back here everything seemed to go wrong. Let me just tell you the list...please don't get bummed out because there is light at the end of the tunnel...

My best friend from high school passed away shortly before we came back and I was looking forward to spending time with her when we moved. Then every bank that Mark applied for would not hire him even with 3 years of experience! It took me a year of living here to get a job even with a bachelors degree. Mark finally took a job at FedEx after 2 months of searching because we needed the money badly. Then after working there for a short time we realized that it was the worse job in history! I greatly missed my friend, Amanda and my dear friends Angie and Mandy in Utah. I started to think that moving to Arkansas was not a good idea. Yes I had my family but things seemed easier and great for us in Utah...everything worked out when we moved there! It was amazing. Coming home seemed like a mistake.

Then with time things started working out...I got a good job and Mark was blessed to work at UAFS with a much better job. Then a gained an amazing friend who you see in the picture...Kelly. Kelly is my visting teacher and when I first met her I instantly liked her a ton. She impressed me so much and just being around her I felt the Spirit and loved. She is an amazing woman who I looked up to a lot! One Friday night I was really lonely and Mark said I should call Kelly and before he said that I was thinking the same thing so I knew I must call so I did. After that every Friday night was Kelly and I's night (Mark tagged along at times haha). It has been wonderful and hanging out with her has been a joy. She makes me happy and I love her too death!

In the beginning the road to happiness in Arkansas seemed impossible but we have been blessed through our trials. I made an amazing friend who I will cherish and who has blessed my life. She was an answer to my many prayers. But sadly she is leaving in 12 days to move back to Utah...I know I said there is light at the end of the tunnel but there is. I will miss her greatly and I'm sad to see her go but I know that Heavenly Father will bless me again with a great friend like her. He always does but each time it takes time and I will wait patiently...okay sometimes I won't be as patient but most of the time I will! I am just very grateful to have so many people who have touched my life in some way and who I can call "friend".