My Sacred Grove

My family has a cabin up in the mountains that I will always be grateful for.  My family and my friends have been able to make so many memories up there.  This last weekend I went to our cabin with my siblings, some of their friends, and my cousins and we had a real good time.

Spending time away from everything was just what I needed,

and I'm so grateful to have a place so secluded and so beautiful.

I sat out on the deck on monday morning and I just thought about my life.

For the first time in a while I felt the Lord's hand working in my life,

not because it hasn't been working, life has just been so hectic

and I haven't been noticing.

But, as I sat outside and looked at the mountains and the trees, I could honestly feel a hand of guidance in my life and the answers to my questions came. 

I think that it is incredibly important for us to find these places where the spirit can really touch us, places without any distractions, our own "Sacred Groves."

 I'm grateful to have my cabin to go to, and I'm grateful I was able to feel so strongly the Lord's guidance in my life; for it's times that I feel it so sure that remind me why I have such a strong desire to do all that is right.  I know the Lord knows me, and I'm willing to do all that it takes to keep His guidance as my guiding influence. 



Moments of Reflection

As I was walking home from work the other day I ran into my friend Abraham.

I sat next to Abraham in my Book of Mormon class, and he always made me so happy. Abraham is deaf, so we needed a translator to talk to each other, but I was always amazed at his possitive attitude and he was SO fun to talk to.  The way he told stories from the Book of Mormon, almost acting them out Always made my day.

So when I saw Abraham crossing the street the other day, I ran up to him because I was so excited!  We shook hands and I screamed his name, and asked him how he was doing.  I know he couldn't hear me but I think he understood my excitement.  I told him it was good to see him and continued on my way but I looked back and he was still watching me.  Then he got an excited expression on his face, remembering how he knew me- and he said, in the best way he could, "Book of Mormon!" I smiled and nodded my head and he gave me one of is awesome thumbs ups.

Seriously though, this absolutely made my day.  Abraham reminded me what happiness is, and I'm so grateful I ran into him- it has brightened my week! 

Countless Tender Mercies

So I'm hoping these posts turn into a daily thing because I really should be more positive than I am. . . The last few days as I've been looking for the good things in life, trying to find those tender mercies the Lord gives all of us, I've had the most wonderful things happen. (Ha, or I've noticed the most wonderful things happening).

On Monday my brother drove to Provo to get me and bring me to South Jordan so that I could see my friends, and then my dad drove me back that night.  And though I'm so glad I got to see my friends, just knowing that my family would do that for something that was so silly to them, but so important to me, probably made me even happier than what I actually went to South Jordan for. 

Then, on Tuesday my roommate Maddie and I just sat in our room and talked for about an hour and I realized how incredibley lucky I am.  She is so awesome and I'm grateful that I've always been blessed with awesome roommates.  Being able to just sit and spend time with her was such a highlight to my day!

Now TODAY! :)  My boss sent out an email to all of us employees about any questions we have.   I'm new.  I don't really know anything, so I told her that.  When she read it, she called me over and  I thought, oh shoot, I'm in trouble, she wants me to research these camps and find questions and she probably thinks I'm lazy. . . etc. etc. But all she said was, "I loved your email, Sarah." and she laughed at me.
It's something SO silly, but it made me incredible happy to know that I made her laugh.  I like to make people laugh.

I really am so grateful for the millions of tender mercies in my life, I KNOW GOD LIVES;  and for some reason he loves me and cares about the things I care about. What a wonderful truth that is.

Such Role Models!

So I have this awesome friend who this past year was Miss South Jordan.  She has always been such a great example to me, but lately I have just grown to admire her more and more!  She is the kind of person who is kind to everyone, no matter what they have done, and is always SO forgiving.  I've been amazed with how she used the Miss South Jordan title to bring joy to so many people around her, and to be an amazing example to everyone she met. I've honestly never met anyone like her.

Now to top it all off- I get to live with her in the Fall and I just have to say I can't even wait.  I feel so incredibly blessed to have such an amazing friend in my life, and soon I get to live with her!!! I know it will be an incredible experience because I have so much to learn from her- and I'm so excited for us to help each other grow and come closer to our Savior.  Malissa Richardson is amazing, and I love her with all of my heart. I'm totally looking forward to a year of laughter, spiritual experiences, growth, and a WONDERFUL friendship. 

I also HAVE to say that I have had an amazing last year with my roommates Megan Christiansen and Lindsey Lockhart.  They have both helped me so much when I have let myself get a little too down-in-the-dumps, and they have been amazing examples too.  I can't even wait to be able to live with them again in a few months because they are absolutely amazing. 

THE FOUR OF US TOGETHER WILL CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

Friends Worth Living For! :)

Honestly, I've always been blessed with amazing friends who have been such great examples to me; and lately, I've been realizing how incredibly lucky I am.  I feel that I have so many best friends who would do anything for me if they knew I needed a hand, and I would do absolutely anything for them. Seriously though, ANYTHING.

As my friends and I have been separated over the last year I've grown even closer to these incredible friends, and made amazing new friends. I am blessed far beyond what I deserve. I feel that I could be losing so many of the, but really, no matter how distant we grow, I just can't lose these wonderful friends because I do feel that we are bonded by something greater than ourselves.  Maybe it's because we have learned to see each other beyond our weaknesses, and help each other come closer to our wonderful Savior. 

I know that I'm lucky.  And I pray that somehow I can be deserving of the wonderful friends

I have always been blessed with.

(sorry there's no picture, I just couldn't post of all the people that have truly blessed by life!!!)

Like Mother Like Daughter

I am so grateful for all of the people in my life that knew my mom and have shared a bit of her spirit with me. It has been incredible as I have grown up, feeling her here with me through the things I do, and the people I am with.  I know that she has had such an influence on my life, and I am so grateful to have felt her so near so often.  

The other day I was talking to my Uncle Dan and he said, "Sarah, Every time I look at you,  I just see Sally."

I don't know if he could know how much that meant to me.

My mom is my hero, and she always has been. 

When I was nine all I wanted was to grow up to be just like my mom.

I started writing poems, like her.

And songs, like her.

And as I got older I did the things she enjoyed because I felt that it would bring me closer to her,

and I really feel that it has. 

 So here I am. Sarah Jane Meservy; Daughter of Sally Oxborrow Meservy.  Blessed to be so close to a mom that at times feels so far away.  I have truly found who I am as I have searched for her, and being as similar as people say we are, I can't wait until I get to be with her again.