Today I got to go to the temple with my beautiful friend Amanda. (Thanks for watching the kids at home, Pace!) Amanda was my very first roommate in Heritage Halls at BYU, and we totally hit it off from Day One! We would always talk to each other into the late hours of the night, even when we were half asleep and not even making any sense!
Amanda is an awesome example to me. She is the only LDS member in her family, and was baptized only months before she came to BYU. And she has “stuck with it” ever since! 🙂 I got to accompany Amanda to get her patriarchal blessing during our freshman year, so I felt especially privileged today to witness another great milestone in her life! Amanda is amazing; she is a great listener, and is definitely one of the most thoughtful and loving people I know. Why, just yesterday she took Chase off my hands (and spoiled him) for a while so I could have a little break. Thanks so much for your friendship, Amanda, and I love you!