Tonight I was encouraged by a friend to read Teachings of the Presidents: Gordon B. Hinckley Chapter 3: Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and a Spirit of Optimism and I'm sooo glad I did. I've always been a fan and supporter of President Hinckley, but with his death when I was 10 years old I know I didn't gain all the understanding from...

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infatuate [verb in-fach-oo-eyt; adjective, noun in-fach-oo-it, -eyt] verb (used with object), infatuated, infatuating. 1. to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion I am truly infatuated with the sky...especially the hawaiian sky. Most of the time when I think something is important or beautiful, I take a picture of it. This would explain the reason I have a looooot of pictures...

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Today I had the most interesting & thought-provoking conversation with my cute roommates. After hearing different comments about what different people find beautiful, it made me think to myself, "Had, whyyy do you worry so much?" I love the quote, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," because I feel that it's just so truthful. Every single person, in every single place...

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momma bringing me out to hawaii & adventuring with me * getting a job in the byu-hawaii admissions office * getting my cast off & the three pins (yixes) out of my finger * name tags that say "aloha my name is..." instead of "hello..." * surviving my first week of COLLEGE * getting an adoooorable necklace in the mail from sweet aabee...

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