Being a Woman

So tonight I was reading a blog that I follow pretty religiously and she posted a link that I went to and I found this talk. Brought tears to my eyes.

"The scriptures give us names of several women who have blessed individuals and generations with their spiritual gifts. Eve, the mother of all living; Sarah; Rebekah; Rachel; Martha; Elisabeth; and Mary, the mother of our Savior, will always be honored and remembered. The scriptures also mention women whose names are unknown to us but who bless our lives through their examples and teachings, like the woman of Samaria whom Jesus met at the well of Sychar (see John 4), the ideal wife and mother described in Proverbs 31, and the faithful woman who was made whole just by touching the Savior’s clothes (see Mark 5:25–34).

As we look at the history of this earth and at the history of the restored Church of Jesus Christ, it becomes obvious that women hold a special place in our Father’s plan for the eternal happiness and well-being of His children.

I hope that my dear sisters throughout the world—grandmothers, mothers, aunts, and friends—never underestimate the power of their influence for good, especially in the lives of our precious children and youth!

President Heber J. Grant (1856–1945) said, “Without the devotion and absolute testimony of the living God in the hearts of our mothers, this Church would die.”1 And the writer of Proverbs said, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6).

President Gordon B. Hinckley counseled the women of the Church:

“It is so tremendously important that the women of the Church stand strong and immovable for that which is correct and proper under the plan of the Lord. …

“We call upon the women of the Church to stand together for righteousness. They must begin in their own homes. They can teach it in their classes. They can voice it in their communities.”2

There is a saying that big gates move on small hinges. Sisters, your example in seemingly small things will make a big difference in the lives of our young people. The way you dress and groom yourselves, the way you talk, the way you pray, the way you testify, the way you live every day will make the difference. This includes which TV shows you watch, which music you prefer, and how you use the Internet. If you love to go to the temple, the young people who value your example will also love to go. If you adapt your wardrobe to the temple garment and not the other way around, they will know what you consider important, and they will learn from you.

You are marvelous sisters and great examples. Our youth are blessed by you, and the Lord loves you for that." -By President Dieter F. Uchtdorf Second Counselor in the First Presidency

There is plenty more, but I really liked this passage. It made me feel so good.

I love being a Woman...

-borris

Where The Freak Are You?????

Come on now, hasn't it been long enough? What the heck is my husband doing right now? Have we met? If we have, well I guess I don't like you very much at the moment haha. When will I find you? Such a weird freaking thought. Don't really know why I am posting this on my blog, but I am so deal with it :) haha. Just wondering what in the world I am going to do with my life. It's so frustrating not being able to know what is going to happen for me. Anyway, I'm just going to stop before I get going.

Have a great day everyone!!
Tune in again soon!
-borris

Advice maybe?

Well hello again everyone. I was just wondering if anyone out there could give me some advice...Sometimes I get frustrated. I know that its normal and all but I don't know how to handle my frustration. Sometimes I get to the point where I want to hit something, like the wall, or the TV or anything that is near me, and sometimes I actually do hit something. I know some of you didn't know this about me, but when I get frustrated when I'm around people I usually can hide it pretty well, or to some I seem kind of down. But when I'm by myself I have no clue what to do to get my frustration under control. I've thought about going on a run, but I hate running too much.

If any of you have any advice, please let me know! Thanks. Much Love
-borris

Just a Thought...

Do you ever wonder why you say, think, or do the things you do? Do you ever feel like it's someone or something that is influencing you in someway to make you feel the way you do or say the things you do or act the way you act? These are some of the questions that have been floating around in my head lately and I still haven't found an answer. Sometimes I feel like it's just me who is making me feel this way or say those things or do those things, but other times it seems like I am being pushed or pulled a certain way to make me do or say those things.

I wonder, after I do those things, why in the world I did that. It's not always with the mistakes I've made, but with the good decisions I have made also. Sometimes I go and talk to people I have never met and feel like I just made that persons day, or sometimes I will think things about myself and get my self-esteem so low that I can't even function. It makes me wonder if it's simply human or am I being influenced by someone/something to make these decisions...? I guess there are some ways I could find that out, but in the meantime I will still have these questions.

I've also wondered whether or not I should serve a mission. A few months ago I was having a hard time because I felt like I wasn't being productive in my life. I felt like I needed to hurry and choose a career path, or hurry and find someone I could marry, or hurry and prepare for a mission, but I realized after many tears and frustration, and with the help of a very smart man (my dad) that I don't need to rush into anything. My dad told me that basically things happen when they happen. Just do the things that I feel like I need to be doing and everything will fall into place. As far as a mission goes, I am getting closer and closer to being 21 and it's kind of freaking me out. My dad says that if I need to go then I will go, that I will know whether or not its going to happen when the time is right. What a smart guy huh? So simple.

Anyway, I just would like to give a shout out to my family. This past week I have felt more appreciation for them than I have for a long time. I wanna let you guys know how much I truly love you. I feel so blessed to be able to spend eternity with you guys. Living here on earth with you is bliss, but imagining living in Heaven with you sounds so amazing.

Farrah and Rachel, thank you for your examples. I couldn't ask for better sisters seriously. I love how close we have become and I appreciate all your advice in all I do. Your guys' opinions mean so much to me, and everything you advise I really take to heart. Thanks for everything. Chad and Jake, you guys are the bomb.com. I love watching you father your children. It helps me find someone that I could potentially marry. I look in them for characteristics that you guys have. I love you. Alix and Kobie, what can I say about you huh? True blessings to the family. I get teary eyed thinking about the life you could have had if you hadn't been placed in our home. I'm sorry I tease you guys all the time and I'm not the nicest always but just know that I love you unconditionally. Now that you are maturing and getting older I like to hang out with you more and see what your lives are like. You're so much fun. Mom and Dad, words cannot express the love I have for you two. I can't think of better parents, honestly. I know that whenever I need to talk about something I can go to you guys and come out feeling so good about myself, so relieved, humbled, and loved. Thanks for all you do for the family and I. Jamie, Angie, Shawn and B, you all know I love you :) Also, to my best friend, you really are the best. I miss ya, love you, and it'll be nice to see you soon haha :)

I think I got everyone in there, sorry for the weird post. It's been a weird day so far haha. Tune in again soon!!
Borris

Update...

...I know it's been forever! I just haven't had the desire really to update my blog, but here I am and it's about time if I don't say so myself :)

Well first things first I have moved out. Exciting right? I am living in Orem in an apartment just west of the freeway off the university parkway exit. It's actually a lot of fun. Besides the fact that I am the only one who cleans the apartment, does the dishes, cleans out the nasty microwave, mops, vacuums, sweeps, basically everything. But you know what? I don't really mind cuz I enjoy cleaning actually. I am sharing a room with Autumn and it's awesome. She and I have always gotten along, and we've known each other for a long time. She lives up the street from my house in Alpine so we have been in the same ward and everything for a while. She's clean, which is fantastic, and she's funny, which is even more fantastic haha. Every night is like a sleep over, I seriously fall asleep laughing every night, we say some pretty funny things before we go to sleep.

School is going good. I am learning a lot and working hard. I am staying ontop of things in my classes and staying caught up, unlike some of the other classes I took in previous years. Wish I had been a lil smarter those years haha. But it's awesome, I'm so close to the school that it makes it way easier to go to class. If any of you know me, it's hard for me to get motivated to do school work, so it's great that I'm so close to everything.

I went to my singles ward for the first time this last sunday and it was seriously sooooo good! I am so excited to become part of that ward. The relief society president is awesome. It was one of the most spiritual Sunday's I've had in a while. Plus the church is seriously 5 steps away, I love it!

Anyway I'm just gonna keep this short and sweet :) I am finally happy with things going on in my life. Pretty content with it if you will. I'm learning a lot about myself and what I am capable of and it's really refreshing and fun discovering all these things I can do that I never knew I could do.

Welp, this post is coming to a close, here are some pictures of the people I've been hanging out with while bein moved out and all.
Tune in again soon! .....Borris

HI

Well hello again! I'm back! And kind of sad to tell you the truth. Hawaii was awesome, unfortunately I don't have a charger for my camera so I couldn't take any pictures, but I will tell you everything that went down.

The first week we were there the weather was actually pretty crappy, it rained for like 4 days haha. Didn't see the sun for a while and I was so discouraged/mad/disappointed. It was Emily's first time in Hawaii and I wanted to show her everything we do there when we go, but it's hard to when it's raining and cold. But we did sit in the hot tub and watched some movies and T.V. so it wasn't too bad I guess.

We rode bikes one day to the Coconut Marketplace and ate some pizza and a MASSIVE snowcone, and while we were there THE SUN CAME OUT!!! We were so stoked. So, we packed up all our stuff, got on our bikes, rode back to the condo, got our swimmingsuits, and peddled straight to the beach. That was an awesome day. Both Emily and I got FRIED! But we didn't care much, cuz the weather was AWESOME.

Then (I can't remember the exact days) one other day, Emily and I went to the ropeswing they have there, which is about 15-20 minutes away from the condo, and it was way fun. While standing there waiting for people to go, I was getting eaten alive by mosquitos. I couldn't stand there any longer, so....I jumped off the cliff, which was actually a waterfall, into the cool, fresh water. Oh and by the way, before I jumped in I saw a lil turtle pop its head up above the water, it was way cool. Then I was treading water for like 10 minutes trying to get Emily to jump off the cliff. It was so funny watching her stand up there looking down at the water. You could tell how hard she was thinking about it. There was several times where I thought she was gonna jump, because her body kind of jolted and she stopped looking at me, then she would look at me and laugh, haha such good times. I must have had 20 mosquito bites all over my body, some lady told me while I was on the cliff haha.

Well, we went to the beach everyday. No matter what we would go, even if it was for an hour or so. The ocean is so much fun to swim in. You can ask anyone who I have swimmed in the ocean with how hard I laugh when im diving under waves. I seriously cannot stop laughing when wave after wave is tossing me under the water. I would start laughing under water then when I came out I would look at Emily and Kobie and laugh even harder! Emily's head was always a mess when she popped out. All I would see is the back of her head and her trying to get her hair out of her face and the water out of her eyes, I was laughing so hard! Sometimes I couldn't breathe. One time Kobie's legs were flailing around out of the wave as it was tossing her and you can't help but laugh at that kind of stuff. I was dying!

Anyway, enough with the rambling. On one of the last days we went on a catamaran boat ride across the Napali Coast and that was seriously such a good time! We saw spinner dolphins and turtles, and we snorkeled and saw tons of fish. Ate some good food, drank some beverages, good time eh?

I could go on and on about this trip but I think you get the gist of it :) IT WAS THE BEST! Of course I loved going with my sisters, that trip probably comes in first, but this definitely was a close second. Mom and Dad, thanks for the awesome trip, and Em thanks for bein my co-pilot and joining me on this excursion.
Tune in again,
Borris

Aloooooooooha!!

Hawaii here we come, hope you are ready for us. I am so excited to go to Hawaii. It really is one of the greatest places on earth, besides Lake Powell of course. Soakin up some rays, swimming in the ocean, bein with people you love, seeing palm trees everywhere, eating good food always, sounds pretty neat to me. If you wanna souvenir.....TOOO BAAADD! But maybe you'll get one if I think about ya :) Anyway this is a pretty pointless post, but my blog needed an update so there you have it. Love you all, tune in again and maybe you will see some pictures of strangers walkin around in speedo's or something :) you can always find some interesting people wandering the beach.

Borris