Sunday's article and Nerves

I was featured again in the Deseret News --so you can click there in case you were interested and missed it.

Attended an appreciation luncheon yesterday afternoon for IAHY. I was asked to speak, which made me extremely nervous because I stood before a small group of about 30, which included news reporters, CEOs and other big-wigs of institutions such as DMC, Zions Bank, Deseret News, KSL and yes, even Sheri Dew, a woman I admire so much. Me. I had to speak to them. Nerves were high, but Todd was there cheering me on. You know what? I left there feeling very blessed to be a part of this whole process. Yes it was a contest, yes I am receiving financial mentoring for a year, yes I am in the public eye more than is comfortable for me, but what I love more than anything is the association I have with these people. I left feeling like here was a group of really amazing people--people who are committed to making a difference in the lives of women all over Utah, and perhaps beyond. They want women to succeed because they know, in turn, families will be effected. If family life improves across the state, societies change and also improve. They feel like the key is to start with women. One woman has the ability influence her children and, in turn, so many others around her. I really felt the Lord's spirit so strongly as Mark Willes, President and CEO of DMC, spoke to us about their purpose and resolve to help women. It was strange, considering the setting, but it was there nonetheless. I just knew that the work they are doing is right! It is good and so, so needed. I just feel very blessed to be a small part of it. It has been an amazing experience thus far and I know it will continue to affect our lives forever.