Love (and sarcasm) is Spoken Here.

How was your day?

Oh one of the most dreaded questions on the face of the planet. Most days I just want to throw down my backpack, stuff my face with food, and not do a darn thing before bedtime. But then the question comes..."How as your day?" 

I'll start off by posting these before I might die...

My day. 

I have learned to love those words that my parents ask when I get home. "How was your day?" can tend to turn into crazy ridiculous stories, advice through trial, crazy weird laughs over a whole lot of nothing, and a better relationship with my parents. 

Surely. 

I'm still a dramatic teenager friends, so this isn't a story on how my life is perfect now that I have a great relationship with my parents. We still are all stubborn and have our own opinions and minds, but I don't doubt that I've learned more and become more aware of life situations and solutions by taking the step to work towards a better friendship with these crazies. 

Third wheeling.

About a year ago, Andrew left on his mission and I was left to be the only kid home--hardcore third wheeling it as I like to call it. It was hard. And people laugh and tease me all the time, but at that time for those few months, I felt alone. But you can read about that here. And it was hard to put into words, because in all reality, I wasn't really alone. But I felt like it. A lot of that I had to put on myself, because I had two of the greatest humans in the world right by my side and I wasn't realizing it because I was only thinking of myself. But things are different now.

The Change.

I'll be honest, that change factor didn't come easily. Everywhere in the media it basically shows that parents really don't know what they're talking about and can easily be deceived. BOY ARE THEY WRONG. Hahah, friends even when you think you're parents don't know, THEY KNOW. And believe it or not, they know what it's like to go through what you are right now, (even if they don't get some of the "hip" words and really try to--thanks mom for that.) and if they don't understand the situation in it's entirety, they'll try their darn best to. You've just got to give them the chance.

Love (and sarcasm) is Spoken Here. 

In my home, there's a lot of sarcasm, love, laughter, and crazy. And that's the way I like it. I don't think there's a perfect family, I know there isn't a perfect family. I'm mighty grateful for the one I have and the father and mother that guide us. But I know there's always a situation that's difficult. Maybe you don't have the kind of home life you would like. Maybe you live in a single parent home. Maybe you don't even live with your parents. But of one thing I'm sure; You have a Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother that are so aware of you and love you. They want the best for you and know what you might be going through is far from easy. But they know you can handle it. You are their child and have made it through some great and hard things. Do you know that they love you? You better know you have parents who love you, and that you're far from a mistake. I'm grateful for eternity and being able to spend it with the craziest, most wise, best random party dancing, people I know. Make the best of what you have, do what your Heavenly Father asks, and everything will work out in the end. You are doing better than you think you are.

Mostly Marissa

*Insert happy sun emoji here*

GUESS. WHAT. Your Savior, Jesus Christ LOVES YOU. 

NO  REALLY. 

AND GUESS. WHAT?! 

Your Heavenly Father LOVES YOU EVEN MORE. 

How grand is that? That two people, NO MATTER WHAT love you more than you can ever fathom. They love you and I. Regardless of the stupid mistakes we make, or the words we say, (with extremely bad timing I must say--guilty of that!) they even love us when we don't! Isn't that simply AMAZING?!

Times are rough. Ohhhh are they rough. But I PROMISE you, that even if you feel there is nobody around you, that you feel broken, lost, hurt, afraid, and far from home, that is FAR from the truth. I know of two people who love you more than anything, more than you can EVER understand. One who gave you life and a glorious life, yours for the taking to lead. Another who literally died for YOU. But He is risen again. And He wants you to know that. Now, how could you forget one who created you, and one who knows exactly how you feel? YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

Be happy. Even when it's the hardest to be happy. Even when you make mistakes that you wish you could take back. Be happy knowing that you aren't alone on this journey called life. Be happy through trials where it's hard to face another day. JUST BE HAPPY. 

Mostly Marissa 

Lost in Translation.

Friends, I think I've found it. I think I've found the key and source to all unhappiness that has ever existed on this beautiful thing we all earth. Want to know what it is? It's all affiliated with this in one form or another I FIRMLY believe it. *Drumroll...*

UNGRATITUDE. Yup. I'm not sure if that's really even a legitimate word, but I feel strongly that that is the sole reason. Ungrateful. Ungrateful for EVERYTHING our loving Heavenly Father has given us. This gorgeous place He has given us to live, the people we are lucky to share this world with, right down to the oh so good taste of chocolate. But we forget. We want more. We look for more.

More.

More than this Plan of Happiness that our Father has given us to someday return to him. We want more than every blessing He has ever given us for doing the right (and wrong) thing. We even want more than what our brother, Jesus Christ suffered in the garden of Gethsemane and on the cross for.

Instead we feel as though we know the path that our Heavenly Father should put us on. One with blissful, temptation and trial stripped lives. Paths that we think we are born to be even a gender that isn't what we were destined to be or given. Paths that even lead to taken away a life that wasn't ours to take from the start. We feel as though we can almost erase the entire Plan of Happiness that our Heavenly Father has set forth for us to succeed tremendously on. But we can't. Because even if we want "more," it may in turn become "less" because of the choices we made to make it such a way.

Lost in Translation.

Now I'm not trying to be super vague, or even say I'm not part of this. Because honestly, I'm one of the most ungrateful people I know! I see all of the things I am blessed with, but I want more. I'm ungrateful for the things I have been blessed with. But it's something I want to change.

It's time friends, come join me in truly becoming grateful for what the Lord has given us. We can surely eliminate some temptation and utter trial by just showing gratitude to our Heavenly Father.

Let's not get lost in translation of the blessings that we already have.

~Mostly Marissa~

Join me in studying this talk this week by our beloved latter-day prophet, Thomas S. Monson!