Warm Women's Words - BYU Women's Conference (April 29-30, 2010)

Thursday I met up with my friend Susie Summers, and two of her friends (Becky and Desirae) with whom I am now friends. Friday I met up with Lisa (Wakefield) Weaver -- unfortunately we didn't snap any photos on Friday. BUMMER, Lisa! But I loved spending time with you!

Becky, Desirae, Kath, Susie

TOP TEN

10. Susie’s unquenchable excitement just to be on the BYU campus; taunting poor Becky with cakes and goodies before her run (sorry Becky); and training Desirae on the fundamentals of Women's Conference, and making her a packing list.

9. Being able to meet new friends, and reconnect with old friends.

8. TRYING to get everyone to sing with us while we made princess wands.

7. Our nummy buffet dinner. And brownies.

6. Running all over creation trying to find a “back way” into some of the classes... and then ending up in the ballroom anyway.

5. Smelling those blasted almonds.

4. How many times did we hear the word, “distractions”?

3. Kleenex. Kleenex. And more Kleenex.

2. FUDGE at the bookstore! (“Captain Fudge Pants.” Thanks a LOT Susie. not)

and finally...

1. The concert. And unashamedly running after (and eventually tackling) Michael McLean afterwards - photo evidence follows... sort of.

Kath, Susie, Michael, Becky
(Des was our photographer. Camera didn't have time to focus! LOL)

KATH'S NOTES & QUOTES

(I have 26 pages, so these are just a few highlights):

Be a lioness at the gate of your home. - Sister Julie B. Beck

“Just to BE is a blessing; just to LIVE is holy.”

The scriptures are a handbook on FAMILY.

Pray to love what the Lord loves.

Happiness and joy were the final outcome…

“There is no greater blessing than children.” – President Hinckley

“Be still and know that I am God.”

Trust in the Lord.

Doubt and fear are opposed to FAITH.

A violin can only make music when the strings are
S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-D.

Am I willing to throw out anything in my life that would vex the Spirit?

SHOW UP for what life has to offer. People who do this are intensely alive.

If you bring forth what is in you, what is in you will save you. If you do not bring forth what is in you, what is in you will destroy you.

God loves mothers and prompts us to rescue our children when it is His will.

Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. By his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize his potential.

All of us excel at SOMEthing; but together we are a “Perfect 10!”

The Internet is a tool, but it is aptly called the “web.”

“A distraction doesn’t have to be evil to be a distraction.”

And my favorite tidbit: “What Matters Most Lasts Longest” – Elder Ballard