Happy Birthday Roshelle!

I miss Roshelle asking me what I bought her on March 1st and my typical dumb look of it's not your birthday yet dear. In typical Roshelle fashion, she say's it's my birthday month and I should get something everyday of the month. Hmmm...spoiled brattttt!!! I remember one birthday when we had this conversation I reached down and kissed her on the lips and wished her happy birthday. She said, your not getting off that easy, you have to do something little for me each day of the month and so the tradition started.

Happy Birthday Roshelle! I'm glad you have been around me the last couple of day's. You have been so close that I at times could've reached out and touched you. Thank You! I miss you beyond what my finite mind can comprehend, my soul hungers to be with you, and their is not a day that goes by that I don't think of you or miss you. Happy Birthday my LOVE!

"The Strength of A Woman"

I had the opportunity to go to the Draper Temple open house on February 28th. I went with a woman named Jenny that I have been dating for the last two month's and her three children. We sat next to each other and held hands during the eleven minute video about Temple's. During the video my heart was very tender for the Temple, the eternal family, the power of the Priesthood, and the Savior and His Atonement. The five of us took a bus to the Temple grounds and entered the Lord's House. Even though the Temple isn't dedicated yet, I could still feel the Spirit strongly as we walked around it. As we walked around the Temple I continued to hold Jenny's hand and every once in a while put my arm around her waist.

As we made our way around the Temple I could feel "The Strength of A Woman" at my side for the first time since Roshelle passed away. I could feel the power of her testimony, her faith, I knew she believed in me and cared for me. I could feel it everywhere we went that evening. I felt closer to her spiritually and emotionally as well. I can't describe in words what I truly felt, except that the "Power" woman posse is truly Divine. She warmed me from within this evening.

Jenny and I talked that evening about our thoughts and feelings of the night. I told her what I felt as we walked around that evening. She said that she felt the same way and told me that she just couldn't stop looking at me the entire night. She said that she couldn't believe that she had a righteous Priesthood holder at her side and loved the feeling of having someone that truly cared for her.