IM OFF TO WOMENS CONFERENCE TOMORROW!!

I've been going to this blessed event for well over 15 years now. I don't believe I've missed a single once since I began attending. That says a few things about me and my life, doesn't it?!


FIRST: I have a most amazing husband. He has been encouraging, and ultra supportive, for every single one of those years. Some years I have even felt "booted" out the door!! If I reflect back on what this means, I realize some significant sacrifices were made on his part-duh!
I left when our kids were babies!!
I left when the kids were toddlers!
I left when the kids were teenagers and a pain in the _ _ _!!!
I'm sure there had to be times when I left when they were sick.
I even admit to having left the day after Robby returned home from his mission. (priorities ya know) It was a little rough doing that, but well worth the guilt.
I left without putting casseroles in the freezer.

Builder Bob has been perceptive of the benefits of Women's Conference from the get-go. He likes where my head is when I return home. He see that I'm a better mother/wife/woman after I have spent these few days away.
Once again I happily and publicly declare that I have been very blessed by this wonderful man!!


SECOND:My cup easily runs dry! But...it also doesn't take a lot of extravagance to fill it right back up. This is the very best use of $40.00 there is!!! No way can anyone else in the world put together the caliber of people with the variety of subjects, as they do during this annual Women's Conference. My cup always overflows, every single year!! There is no other place on the planet where women can come and be sure to be spiritually nourished and uplifted.


THIRD: The company I keep. BF Judy and I have been attending together for all these years. Judy- from high school- is one of the main sources of joy I find at the conference. In these few days it has become tradition to meet and eat and knit and serve and laugh and greet together. We catch up and renew our friendship and we always make new friends as well.

The highlight each year is also to surround myself with as many lovely woman as I may and that are willing to 'camp-out' in the basement, drive the distance, eat the yummy food, decide on which classes to take, which lines to brave and endure the sometimes nasty spring like weather. I have been so blessed with a wide variety of friends who attend with us each year. Each one of them add so much to my life and what I learn. Its such a blessing to be a woman in the gospel!!!


FOURTH: This conference is a spiritual feast. I've already said this before, but the reasons are specific. The music is second to none. Music feeds my soul and I come away from BYU FULL!!
It cant be imagined, only experienced, the feeling of 22,ooo woman all united in purpose and design. All singing, and praying, and laughing and sharing same life experiences. We are NOT alone in this thing we call life. Come to the Marriott Center and see!!! Its contagious and addictive to be among so many women who are all trying to do and be the best they can be.
I'm RUNNING (speeding) north for my 'fix."
I'll let you know the best parts for me, when I return.