In Honor of October being National Massage Therapy Awareness Month in the US, I am offering $20 off any full-price treatment & am holding a drawing for a FREE MASSAGE.
For details go to:
http://sunrisebeachmassage.blogspot.com
Cheers!
Ashley
"Blogging is not writing... it's graffiti with punctuation." -Contagion
I know there are many who consider blogging to be prose... and while I agree it is something... I also believe that, in general, the stream of consciousness-poorly filtered writ that now spans the globe shall oft be considered "graffiti with punctuation."
Something very similar to every soccer mom who now has a Costco DSLR & considers herself a "photographer."
This summer has been a good return to a sport I love... I hadn't gone much while finishing up my degrees... but this summer with it's many trips to Powell, Willard, Pineview, Echo & Jordanelle have revived a love deeply embedded in the sinews of my soul. MANY THANKS to my Uncle Art for being the greatest teacher ever, for the KD 7000 & for the perfect pass today. Thanks mom for taking some sweet pics & to all the fabulous people & boating trips. That last pass was for you bro--I love you.
One of the happiest days of my life, seeing my brother's little boy enter the waters of baptism. My brother Brad was able to baptize him, and we got to spend time with Sydney, Stockton, Samantha & Hadyn--such a great weekend. I love you guys--all the way to Heaven & am so proud of you Stockton for deciding to follow the example of Jesus & be baptized. I know your daddy Scott would be very proud of you!
So many things change in 5 years...I have completed 2 degrees, started 2 businesses, put in thousands of hours of volunteer work, lived in 2 states, paid off a car, travelled to 17 countries and all over the states... but one thing hasn't changed... I miss my brother. I got the chance to see his 3 little kids last week when his little boy was baptized and I can't help but see him in their little smiling faces--they are the most beautiful, talented kids in the whole world! Sometimes I wonder if anyone else misses or remembers him...? I hope that from all these trials and lessons, I am a better person today than I was in 2006.
Scott Crist
Dec 30, 1977 - July 3, 2006
A reunion with good friends from Jerusalem yesterday, dates with a few good men this week, a party with a good friend and meeting some other good friends and having the chance to reach out and be that good person in the lives of some friends who needed it this week, drinking juice boxes while swinging on the swings with a good friend, following the promptings of the Spirit to help restore in others the belief in good people... it is all good, life truly is good.
Really it has helped me to realize that whether I am in Jerusalem, Israel or Florence, Italy or Boca Raton, Florida or even Bountiful, Utah--there are good people all around me of every faith and ethnicity and we each bring a great variance of life experience to the table and if we follow the promptings of the Spirit and reach out to others consistently that it really doesn't matter where we live but how we live.
Monday I had the experience to follow the Spirit--the promptings of the Holy Ghost-- the still small voice inside that whispers or prompts or induces feelings or thoughts that when acted upon help me to accomplish good for the Lord and bless the lives of others [to read more on the Holy Ghost please see: http://lds.org/study/topics/holy-ghost?lang=eng] Monday I had the opportunity to reach out to someone that I didn't even know needed it--but God was aware of this person--and through the Holy Ghost helped me to be there and help save a life.
It really doesn't matter where I live or how old I am, or what my marital or educational status is, so long as I know that the course of life I am pursuing is in accordance with the Will of my Father in Heaven and that I have qualified for the companionship of the Holy Ghost and am helping to accomplish the work that my Father in Heaven and Savior Jesus Christ would have me do... then life truly is beautiful!
