At the tender age of 43 years, I became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Anyone who knew me before then was astonished, shocked, amazed, surprised, astounded, let's just say it was unexpected. I lived a rather rough, chaotic life. I was unruly at best and not a great member of polite society. At my twenty year class reunion, my classmates were surprised I was still alive. Let's just say your mother would be distressed if I had been your friend.
I regained my faith through the help of a wonderful man, the Missionaries and some really fantastic people who invited me in and became my friends.
I am married to a marvelous man. He is tender, kind-hearted and has a tremendous amount of faith in our Heavenly Father. Together we have eight children, three his, the rest mine, all grown. When we married in 2007, we had two granddaughters, one each. Today there are thirteen granddaughters and eight grandsons. One of my daughters and her husband are attempting to adopt a child and we all know what happens to couples trying to adopt, yes grandchild #23 will be here in June 2015. If you do the math, there are currently twenty-one kiddos. I already assigned #22 to the child that will be adopted.
I have only had a few callings (jobs) so far. I was a Relief Society teacher for two years. I loved that, I learned so much. I was asked to be the Provident Living Specialist a while back, no one could tell me what the PLS did, but I accepted the job anyway. I was called to be the Webelos Assistant Leader, since I have been in the Boy Scouts for longer than I've been a member of the LDS Church, I gladly accepted that calling about four years ago or so.
The funny thing about being asked to be the Provident Living Specialist is that I always wanted to learn how to make my own laundry soap, can foods (my first attempt 30 yrs ago was a total disaster), and bake bread. Being the PLS has given me the opportunity to learn all that and a ton more. I have been blessed to serve in this capacity.
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