God expects us to hold happiness and sorrow at the same time. It’s a beautiful contrary that many of us struggle to understand, but it’s really key to understanding our purpose on earth. We can easily find ourselves in a battle of emotions if we can’t accept that both can exist at the same time; we will feel or judge others as ungrateful, weak, overly strong or disingenuine. Perhaps a lot of it is how we speak to the struggle. Our main purpose is to experience heartache & frustration (one side of the coin), but to overcome it through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, which provides everlasting joy (the other side of the coin). In order to really value the Atonement & Jesus Christ, we are humbled - we will all experience some level of loss & acute awareness of our own weaknesses. But what does holding both sorrow & joy look like? That is a question we should ask ourselves. Perhaps we haven’t felt His redeeming love in awhile, but we have the faith to wait....
It's really just beginning: Sometimes, even as ordinary as it seems, I need to share it. To get it all out there. It drives Mr Smith nuts that I share my life. But I do. And this is it. We aren't perfect, but I love Mr Smith and this blog is dedicated to our life together. It's so I can remember. It's so our children may know."