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The Wonderful Journey Home

I wrote this a few years ago. In fact there was probably a week straight in hygiene school where I was writing this poem rather than paying attention in most of my classes. The first person I shared it with was the girl sitting next to me that semester. And she is still one of the few I have shared it with. I didn't ever come up with a title that I actually liked. But I liked the poem, so I stopped caring what it was named. Then the other night, I was reading an  article in the Ensign , and President Utchdorf said something that completed the thought behind this poem so perfectly for me. It's beautiful. And not to mention, he provided a much better title. “[Heavenly Father] didn’t send you on this journey only to wander aimlessly on your own. He wants you to come home to Him. He has given you loving parents and faithful Church leaders, along with a map that describes the terrain and identifies the dangers; the map shows you where peace and happiness can be found and will hel...

For My Daughters

All my life I've been surrounded by women. Wonderful, strong, and just as human as I am women. These women have taught me, strengthened me, laughed with me, cried with me, and at times disappointed me, only to come back and teach me through that too. I mention that because suddenly I'm one of those women. The one that is in a position to mold and form and teach and worry about messing it all up. I think about the daughter I have, and the ones that still may come. Through my effort and tears and prayer for them, I am coming to understand how much more effort and tears and prayer have gone into me than I ever knew, than I ever could have imagined I was worth. It'll be a while yet before that daughter of mine discovers this about herself.  I think about all I want her to know; (there's so much I want her to know), and then think, 'how do I teach it? How do I know I'm not messing it up?' I wish I could just plug her in to my brain and upload what I know, th...