Ashley

“Grief is exhausting. No one talks about that. Or, at least, no one told me. No one told me just how exhausting it feels to carry it around with you. And it uses the same muscle as love. Because with real love you have to show up and give. You have to show up and be given to. And it's not so much that I've forgotten how. It's that it's all added up to be so heavy.”
― Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him

“As Brigham Young taught, the blessings we receive during the endowment are the signs, tokens, and key words we need to walk back to God’s presence.”
― John D. Charles, Endowed From On High: Understanding the Symbols of the Endowment

“The truth is, I’m never ready to leave this place. No matter what I do today, it won’t feel like enough time.”
― Meagan Williamson, If I Never Remember

“Drawing closer to the Lord doesn’t set us up for problems. It strengthens our resilience, allowing us to find peace even when we cannot change our circumstances. God cannot teach us what we need to know by only giving life’s hardest puzzles to someone else, however. Growing up in God requires us to relinquish the false hope for permanent safety and protection.”
― Wendy Ulrich, Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can