if we are wise, we know that there's always tomorrow

::random thought #1::

and when it feels as though i have no one to lean on,

i'm grateful for a loving bishop who will just listen to my thoughts

and help me straighten them out.

so instead of making a mental list of what i want in a companion,

it was decided for me to make a list for myself of things i'd like to improve.

here's to me trying to be my absolute best, and even better!

i want to be:

more patient

more kind

more loving

more giving

selfless

a better cook

a better student

a better friend

a happier person

more virtuous

a better singer

{a mommy someday}

more faithful

a better missionary

pure

i want to be relieved.

i want this weight off my shoulders.

i want to move forward.

i don't want to be afraid.

i want to pick up the pieces.

i don't want to lose any more time.

i want to be somebody's someone.

i want to be a better daughter of my Heavenly Father.

::random thought #2::

i had lunch with my dad and grandma today.

after we ate we visited my aunt's {my dad's sister} gravesite at the cemetery.

i hadn't been in quite a while and as i approached i noticed the olive tree that had been planted above her headstone when she was buried had grown much larger over the past few years.

i then thought of how meaningful, and significant olive trees are.

it's so amazing to me to think of the little things, like that olive tree springing up into life 

next to my aunt that have shaped my life 

and are significant to my faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

"Olive trees are special in the Holy Land. The olive branch is universally regarded as a symbol of peace. This tree provides food, light, heat, lumber, ointments, and medicine. It is now, as it was then, crucial to life in Israel. It is not a deciduous tree, but ever bearing—always green. Even if the tree is chopped down, life will spring from its roots, suggesting everlasting life." -- Russell M. Nelson

as i wandered around, i noticed now what i had never noticed before.

there were so many headstones that held the names of married couples who have passed on,

but even more lovely, i saw so many that bore an engraved image of the temple.

how beautiful and comforting it was to see images of the temple, placed between two names of two people who had dedicated their lives to each other and to the Savior.

my eyes held back the sting of tears as i was comforted by the love and the joy that 

families can be forever,

and that someday, i will have my very own time and all eternity.