I was recently talking to a friend about someone, I can’t remember who, and I asked how old they were. I found out they were 41.  Hmm, I thought.  They are getting old.  Then I remembered, oh yeah, I’m that old!  AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! So here I am, just joined the 40 club and I decided since my life is half over (because I really don’t know if I want to live after 80) I needed to do something drastic, something amazing, something adventurous and daring something that no one will ever forget!  So here it is.  I started a blog.  I know, I know it’s bold. I honestly don’t know what I’m doing.  There are so many amazing writers out there, so many ideas and stories and things that have already been said.  I wouldn’t dare to think that I of myself have anything original or mind-blowing to get any attention for.

This year my youngest of 9 goes to school full-time.  It will be the first time in 20 years that I will not have a darling little cherub around me.  Of course my biological clock says, “NeCole, it’s time to have another baby!” I don’t think that yearning and desire ever goes away.  But as I prayerfully considered that road, which to me is the easy one, I was reminded that Heavenly Father has another plan for me.  It could also be my other biological clock that’s saying “NeCole your body is falling apart!” So with this extra time I may foolishly pretend that I have, I have decided to write.  So maybe, just maybe there will be something I write about here that He wants me to say.  And if so, then all glory goes to Him.  Then it WILL be original.  Then it WILL be mind-blowing. Then perhaps I may be an instrument in His hands to bring others to Christ.  Maybe the only ones that read this is my dear husband, children and angels, and that’s okay.  Whoever joins me on this journey is welcome!

I called this blog “Growing in Light” because that is what I’m  searching for.  Light.  One of my favorite scriptures is in the Doctrine and Covenants 50:23-25 it reads ” And that which doth not edify is not of God, and is darkness.  That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.  And again, verily I say unto you, and I say it that you may know the truth, that you may chase darkness from among you.”  So……let’s go chase that darkness away and grow in light together until that perfect day!  And what a day that will be!

annie