Families Are Forever

Hey everyone, today I wanted to explain a little bit about the title of my blog Families Through Eternity and why I chose this title.
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known to many as Mormon. In my religion we believe that families can be together forever. When a worthy man and a women are married in our temples they are sealed together for time and all eternity. The couple has made a covenant (a sacred agreement between God and a person or a group of people) with each other and with God. When a couple is sealed together their martial bond will not end at "death do you part." Their bond will last forever. Their children are also sealed to the them allowing the whole family to be together forever.
I chose to name my blog Families Through Eternity because I know that I will be with my family for eternity because of the sealing ordinance that takes place in the temple. The temple is such an important place to me and my family. It is a sacred place that allows families to be eternal. As I have said before we lost my dad in 2009. That was the hardest thing I have had to go through in my life so in my life. But I know that my family is sealed together for eternity and that we will my dad again. I am so grateful that I am sealed to my family. I look forward to the day when I marry in the temple for time and all eternity. My future family, like my family now, will not end with death, but will truly be a Family Through Eternity.

If you would like to know more about my faith and what I believe here are two great sites to go look at...
http://www.lds.org/?lang=eng, http://mormon.org/

I would love to hear what your thoughts and beliefs are.

Hello everyone. So I kind of introduced myself in the about me section of my blog but I thought I would give a bit more background. I was born a raised in the lovely city of Pocatello Idaho in a loving and sometimes nutty family. I am the oldest of two. I have a younger sister who I absolutely adore. She is currently studying cosmetology. My mom has always been a stay at home mom who made her family her top priority. She has had many jobs that she could do, working from the home to keep her busy as we grew up. My dad worked for Idaho Power for almost as long as I could remember. He passed away in August of 2009 the week before my senior year of high school. He now watches us from Heaven. We have had so many pets throughout my childhood. Right now we have our dog, Ebony. He knows all my secrets and is the best listener when he isn't trying to eat your food or distract you with his toys. There is also Gizmo the furry chinchilla. He loves his treats and roaming around anywhere that is not his cage. That's just my immediate family, then I have my many aunts, uncles, grandparents, and we can't forget the cousins! My cousins are like extra siblings. We grew up together and they make my life interesting and complete. We are a family of nuts and monkeys that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world! My family has made me who I am today.

Here is a message about marriage from a talk I found at LDS.org that I absolutely love. This is a great talk that I would encourage everyone to read.http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2003/04/eternal-marriage?lang=eng&query=marriage,+f.+burton+howard Eternal Marriage: a talk by F. Burton Howard
"If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. You shield it and protect it. You never abuse it. You don’t expose it to the elements. You don’t make it common or ordinary. If it ever becomes tarnished, you lovingly polish it until it gleams like new. It becomes special because you have made it so, and it grows more beautiful and precious as time goes by."