Never Lose Sight: Ricardo

I found this in my other blog - I didn't realize I wrote a bunch of other entries in there about Mexico too - I'm really grateful for that. Anyway, Ricardo reads my blog a lot so this is for him.
April 17th was about 10 days before we became official boyfriend and girlfriend I just think this is hilarious looking back on it now. And like I said, grateful.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Never Lose Sight: Monterrey and amigos
WEll, i'm not
going to write much. I'm writing only because i felt like if I didn't i'd be
punished somehow (I think I wrote this because I got a strong prompting to
write but I was tired but did it anyway lol). I was talking to
Ricardo today and I realized that I really like some things about him. And I
realized, what's the point of getting to know all of these new guys if I don't
learn anything from it? I like that he has a lot of energy. He's always funny,
he appreciates my sense of humor and life and I make him laugh. Today he asked
me if I read scriptures every day, he encouraged me to go to FHE. he was like,
you know that's important. now, there's someone who knows what's right and is
not afraid to encourage people to do it.. especially the ones he cares about.
unfortunately, I find that really attractive. but I don't think I'll have to
write that down to know it. I also like just how he is - just a really fun
person and also he compliments and appreciates me. I just really like that. I
think we are going to be good friends and I hope that I find someone with those
qualities when I go back to the US.

There were a lot of other things that I wrote in my other blog, because it was good for me to write things just for myself. But I had forgotten all about them, and I am so grateful to think of the times that I wrote and they were real spiritual checkpoints in my life and I can't help just being humbled and grateful. I feel truly blessed by the power of writing and reading our own personal history to see our progress and growth and to remember good times and hard times and lessons we have learned.

I talked to my dad today about Ricardo - and he was so much help!! He gave me ideas of possible plans for the future with him and they were better than anything I was coming up with myself so I am glad that he is supporting me because I need his help! When I told Ricardo about my conversation with my dad, he was so happy and he felt peaceful and he was really grateful for his support. We need all the support we can get.

Im home in GR right now and it is SO NICE!! I really missed my family. I just feel so loved when I'm home and there are 9 people happy to see you.

Well, I've been procrastinating reading scriptures for a really long time so I need to get on that.
Love,
Stephi