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It’s great to be 8! (and 39!)

Camryn was baptized with her cousin Lex on Friday, March 30, 2018. It was a beautiful evening with a great program. Camryn couldn’t smile big enough the whole night! If only we could all feel that way more often. I hope she can keep her confident, loyal and happy spirit always. Camryn is so comfortable with who she is. She loves everything about herself (physically and all). And she should! She doesn’t let things other people may say about her affect her thoughts of herself. If every woman felt the way Camryn feels about herself, there woud be no stopping the force for good! I hope to be like her one day and I hope that she never changes that part of herself!

Her Grandma Jennis told us in her testimony at the baptism that it’s also great to be 67! What an amazing outlook on life! She is another example to me of a woman who is confident in herself and loves her life no matter what!

It’s great to be 39! Life is good.

 

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Wax on Shine on

I signed up for a program all about seeing the good in myself. It was 14 days and followed the stages of the moon (ending with a full moon). The moon is a neat reminder because it is always full but not always fully illuminated. Just like us. The point was to peal more layers off everyday and let my light shine through. When you are aware of the goodness inside of you, you are better able to do more for others.

I listen to a podcast called The LifeBeats Project with Briana Johnson. She is the one who put this program together and sent out videos and emails every day with instructions and reminders and encouragement.

Everyday I was supposed to combat my inner voice of negative thoughts (Violet) with my own voice. That’s right, saying kind words to myself out loud. This was tricky for me and I didn’t do it as often as I should have. Although I do think that talking out loud is important. Hearing yourself say kind things to you is powerful. Try doing it as you look in the mirror…even more powerful. One day I wrote something down every hour that I was grateful for about myself. Then, the next day I put together affirmations based on those thoughts of gratitude. I was supposed to read those affirmations aloud throughout the day. Starting with “I am…”, “I can…”, or “I will…”

A few of the things I was grateful for were…my strong body and that I move it everyday, the positive podcasts that I fill my head with daily, my efforts to incorporate good friends in my life more often, that I’ve been learning algebra to help Spencer with his homework, my neat and organized personality that allows for an orderly home, my ability to do and love of hairstyling.

Here are the 6 affirmations I created based on some of my gratitude thoughts from the day before…

  1. I am strong
  2. I can be a light to others
  3. I will be patient
  4. I will listen to my body and give it what it needs
  5. I can do all things through Christ
  6. I am joyful!

I think I will create a sign with these on it and display it in my bathroom, car, kitchen, anywhere that I will see it often. Then, I will start to say them out loud!