This year I had the opportunity to go to TOFW in Lethbridge. I have wanted to go for years, and this year I just made it happen. It was such a wonderful experience, and I can't wait to go again next year!. Bree, Mom and I left Friday afternoon, and talked all the way down. We were lucky enough to hear from some wonderful speakers, and hear Jenny Oaks Baker play her violin - she is an extremely talented musician! Bree and I stayed up way too late Friday night, and then had an early morning to get back in to Lethbridge. Mom, Sandy, Sue, Larramie, Bree and I had a wonderful time. My favorite analogy was in a talk by Emily Watts. She talks about being on a segway, and how in order to move forward you need to be off balance and lean forward, if you lean back, you stop, and if you are perfectly balanced there is no movement. She talks about how in life we need to be slightly off balance to be progressing, if we have total harmony and balance in our home, then we are not progressing. It is such a good reminder for me. It seems like I am always striving for balance, but I need to remember that as long as I am leaning forward, then I can m0ove toward progression.
My favorite speaker though came in at the very end. Her name was Kris Belcher. She has suffered immense hardships with her health, and she talked about finding happiness, and learning to laugh again. She was a phenomenal speaker, and could have us all in stitches from laughing soo hard, and in the next minute crying because we were so touched. It was a wonderful weekend, and I am grateful to everyone who helped make it possible for me to go, and for the memories that I was able to make, and the lessons learned.
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