Our dearest sisters, The message today is BIG, because it’s about BIG dreams. The kind of dreams that usually get lost in a day because the realistic part of your mind turns them off before they even get started. We’ll never forget creating a “Dream Poster” with the family one night when we were just eleven or twelve. We cut out and drew pictures of our biggest dreams that year, Continue Reading
Letter to Our Sisters: Dare to Be
Our Dearest Sisters, We came across a beautiful poem this week that we want to share with you. Let it speak for itself: “Dare to Be” When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully. When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light. When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it. When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway. When life seems to beat you Continue Reading
Letter to Our Sisters: Life is to Be Enjoyed, Not Just Endured
Dearest Sisters, We love memories. This week we’ve been thinking back on so many memories. Memories of the New England fall, when the leaves turn bright oranges and reds and the air gets crisp and chilly. Memories of moving into the Vallamont house and playing sardines when every room and cupboard was completely empty. Memories of thunderstorms in Vermont when all the neighborhood kids Continue Reading
Letter to Our Sisters: Someone Who Loves You Like Dad Loves Mom
Dear Sisters, Today the message is about boys. We know that some of you (maybe those whose names start with E, Z and C ;) ) are probably laughing about those words, or wanting to stop listening now. But really there’s some super important things that we want you all to know, because someday the time will come for you, too, to start looking for someone to spend eternity with. Someone to Continue Reading
Letter to Our Sisters: The Beauty of Life
Dearest Sisters, It has been a beautiful week. On Monday it rained. It was a refreshing and cleansing rain, a rain that made the earth and our souls feel happy and alive and new. On Tuesday we walked down the quiet, dark streets in comfortable silence, each of us caught up in the still perfection of that night and in the deepest thoughts of our hearts. We ended at the temple and sat Continue Reading
A Letter Home From BYU
September 7, 2014 Dearest Sisters, Oh, how we miss you! You probably don’t understand how much we LOVED seeing every one of your beautiful, smiling faces as we skyped you tonight. Being here at college, we realize even more the incredible blessing of having each one of you in our lives. We need each one of you in our family and each one of you have touched and changed our Continue Reading