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Dear Readers, There once lived a man. Amazing! Life never gets the credit it deserves, both as the miracle it often proves itself as and the monster that creates the nightmares we face daily. The man? Does he prove his evil above all else or does he use his life for the betterment of his brothers? The life he lives can only receive judgement if one can see every point of such a reputation. From one side, he greatly contributes to his community and those around him think the world rests upon his shoulders. Another side sees his downfalls and expects him to fail whenever he puts himself on the spot. So one may question: What is man? Good or Evil? Hopefully neither.

Dear Readers, Obviously, there are many differences between men and women in no matter what situation a person may find him/herself in. Specifically I'm talking about sports. For those who don't know, my dad is our stake athletics chairman or something like that, so he's a big part of putting together ward leagues. Tonight, I had the opportunity to participate in men and women's basketball, as a ref, player and scorekeeper. I would like to first point out that men start early on sports. In every one of the men's games, a spirit of frustration filled the room and some were close to losing their cool. In my ward's game, I'm pretty sure there was almost a fight when one of our players collided with another as he was going up for a lay-up. Women, on the other hand, are so much calmer and are carefree about whether they win or lose. I witnessed two different women's games in which the girls were so kind about playing the game and were more focused on being po

Dear Readers, You may not know me very well, but I'm a pretty positive person. There are very rare times when there's no good side to something I'm experiencing. Tonight was one of those few times. Hopefully I won't point any fingers or rain on anyone's parade, but this was a terrible show. It was called the prelimenary round of "Holladay's Got Talent," which is true. The part that did not go well is everything besides the talent.

Dear Readers, How many people in your life can have their relationship with you traced back to one day/event where you met/saw that person? I don't know about you, but I can only think of two. Going through every person in life there may be more. As you read, you are probably questioning why on earth someone would think of such a random phenomenon. Well, how many birthday parties have you gone too during which you go around and each person shares their first experience with the birthday boy/girl? I challenge each of you: this week as you talk to people you know, try and remember the first time you interacted with them. It's harder than you think.

Dear Readers, I have been outwitted. The other night, I was texting one of my friends while watching a movie, sitting on the couch right by my front room window which, many of you know, has a huge view of the entire street. Now, I wanted to hang out with the friend mentioned above but she said she was having a 'special' night with one of our other friends. Next thing I know, there's a package of bologna, three pieces of cheese and a multiplication chart on my front porch. I had no idea what was going on becuase never before has there been someone who could even come close to our porch without being noticed. Not wanting to be outdone, I figured out who left these items on my porch and made quick preparations to leave something on her doorstep in response. As I was drving towards her house, I noticed a car that looked like hers but thought, "No, they can't still be out and about" and didn't give it another thought. As I parked down her street to finish up th

Dear Readers, Taking a temple visit this morning revealed a couple of very beautiful things that came from the same experience. My friends and I drove down to the Conference Center parking as with every Temple trip. What threw us off, though, came in the form of frustration. Parking spaces were limited, thus forcing us to go to levels of the parking garage we've never been before. We finally found a spot in which I had never parked in that led to elevators I didn't know existed. We got in the elevator and rode up with a couple of very nice, elderly gentlemen and walked through the hall in the Conference Center after the ride up. Then it all hit me. We walked out the East doors and there was the temple in its Glory. Every other time I had come to the temple, we had parked in obscure places from which the temple was hid behind buildings or trees. The Lord wanted me to see the temple in its entirety which I believe is why we had a hard time finding a place to park. It's intere

Dear Readers, Today I realized a lot of things pertaining to the end this coming Semester. On the funny side of things, it will be interesting to see how everyone reacts when there's no one there to play warm ups on Tuesday Morning. You see, I have dropped Concert Choir in order to take an Institute class. A pretty fair deal, don't you think? On a slightly sadder note, however, there will be some people that I may not see all that often this next semester. There are most likely people that you know that you never would have met had it not been for Seminary. Today brought emphasized the fact that some of the people in my Seminary Class I might never see again, depending on whether we bump into each other in the hallway. Not to mention I'm going to Sister Thomas, being the wonderful teacher and friend she is. The same idea crossed my mind during Chemistry when I realized that next semester I'll be in a different Class and won't be able to laugh with my new-found chemi

Dear Readers, Today has been an interesting day to say the least. First off, I had a pretty good morning because I woke up early and discovered that Church didn't start for another 3 or 4 hours. That was nice. Going to church was a little marginal today because My dad coaxed me into singing in Sacrament meeting. To be quite frank, I love religious/spiritual music and love performing/sharing it. Although, for some reason or another, singing in church has limited appeal. Don't ask me why, but I don't like doing it. As for the rest of the day, I went to the farwell of a great friend of mine and whom I will miss dearly. After that, it was back to my ward to give a talk in a combined youth meeting dealing with Ward Conference. The topic was the theme for this year: Joshua 1:9. Now, I don't know if I was speaking in a foreign dialect or everyone was just tired today or what, but looking at my friends' faces while I spoke of strength and courage made me feel like a terribl

Dear Readers, Today is one of those days that creates difficulty in trying to write about life. On one hand, it was a long day becuase there was little to do. On the other hand, one may dread going back to school or doing anything. My sister has a blog and she also has a gift with making her life interesting despite how repetitive it is. Unfortunately, I do not have that gift. So on days like today, when the day is long and the mood is down, I expect that you would not like to read my blog but rather much more interesting material such as Advanced Calculus or Lord Tenison.

Dear Readers, Ever heard that old saying, "Misery loves company"? Well, recently I've begun to understand why. Think of something that has had you down for days on end. It could be the loss of a loved one, stress about an issue at work or even just a fatigue that makes you depressed. Now think back to how people around you acted during that down time. Does it irritate you? It seems logical to me that misery loves company because people love to ask about what's bringing people down. When a person is upset or sad, or even seems like it, people have to ask. I question why they are so curious, but that's none of my business. Just my thought for the day, misery loves company because people only ask about you if there is misery. Misery doesn't love company, it just happens to get it more often than anything else.

Dear Readers, Receiving callings in an LDS ward/stake, as I'm discovering, is a lot more complicated than it seems. There were several organizations that today received new presidencies. My mother was actually called to be the new President of the Relief Society in our ward. For those who don't know, the Relief Society came into existence for the sole purpose of aiding the men in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on their way to growing closer to God. In it's original organizing, the sisters in this organization provided relief for men working on temples and LDS men who were crossing the plains. Now, it's grown into the Women's organization equal, if not greater, in importance to building the Kingdom of Zion here on earth. Back to the main topic, my mother was called as the President of the branch of this organization in our ward. Her Counselors are other ladies from the ward who work very hard and whose husbands were both called into the Young Men'

Dear Readers, That title is due to lack of a better or more clever introduction. As you have all undoubtedly observed, today started off a new year that is certain to be filled with lots of growth and learning. I can't say I look forward to the first part of this year due to lots of schoolwork that must be done in order to graduate. Looking at my schedule for next semester, I don't think I'll be able to take the Institute class offered by our seminary at school. Looking forward to this new year, I also see lots of goodbyes in some ways and lots of hellos in others. Hopefully I'll be leaving on my mission this year. If not in 9-12 months, it will be soon after that. It all depends on when I am called. My papers can be turned into the church offices at the end of June, so we'll see. My best friend and I agree that I'll be sent to Virginia to do the Lord's work. You guys can start guessing whenever you feel it appropriate. Congratulations to all those bowl team