I keep saying it year after year, but time really does seem to go faster! I have just celebrated another birthday and am happy to report I still feel as though I am eight years old except with so much more experience and knowledge but with all the passion and love that I had back then. I loved to hold my friends hands and just spin round in a circle really fast, laughing and looking up at the sun. Rolling down hills, walking to Primary through the park with my mum. I loved the creation then and that feeling of contentment that comes from being out in nature. I still feel that way now, a walk in the sun, looking at beautiful trees, watching animals, I feel so grateful for my life. I feel so grateful for the parents that I have, they have both taught me so much in different ways. I could not have learnt from my mother what I have learnt from my father and I could not have learnt from my Father what I have learnt from my mother, both examples are so important to a child and have been integral to the my own journey as a woman. I know that I have an accounting to make to my Heavenly Father one day regarding my stewardship and how well I managed it. I know I cannot pass onto someone else that responsibility to take care of my family no matter how hard it gets or how exhausted I feel ultimately I will be the one to make that accounting along with my husband who will make his own accounting. We have a family business and no other success will compensate if our family business fails. Our family business is to be an eternal family to make sure that no one gets left behind, no matter what it takes. To have the courage to make choices we know are right even when those around us weigh and measure our choices and declare them foolish or unwise. I would like to quote Julie B.Beck " with personal revelation she can prioritize correctly and navigate this life confidently. The ability to qualify for, receive and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life."  Life is so busy and noisy that it can be hard to hear the still small voice that will ever guide us home. All I can say is that I'm slowing down and eliminating as much distraction as possible so that I can feel that guiding influence in my life. I have asked myself often how much of the world I am willing to sacrifice in order to ensure the success of our family business? I find that as each day comes and I have that prayer in my heart, I am willing to sacrifice more and more.....