Having been raised in a conservative LDS family, it was in line in our ancestral tradition that every family member will be taught boldly the good manners and attitude and etiquette which we should keep locked in place until we have our own forebears too, for which chain of custom to be passed in the next generation. Even up to now we've always been counseled to stay on the lane of the straight and narrow path and develop the Christ-like attitude. That means we have to step out of our comfort zones and find our path bundled rightly into the grand stature of His countenance, it means living life in a much more significant way.
One of the precious things they have always been laying in store for us is that when we diligently walk with an eye single to the glory of God as servants of Him with infinite faith, we will likely to find worthy eternal companions somewhere in the middle of the searching. With all relent mine apprehension is in accordance that I have learned really important and helpful factors put in our minds even as earlier when I was baptized eight in the church, I remember.
With grace and commencing maturity tiptoeing in me from time to time until both finally settle into the whole process of welcoming the beauty of legality and independence, I have long remembered my parents' forethought like all of it scattered in the most shallow depths of my being, yet somehow they have always found their way back to where they should have been. It's like those are hunting me every time, the reason they become my uppermost ground of standards to follow plus the way on how the true gospel really affects me. It's so different now than before. Similar to how my folks' golden legacies find theirs in me, I'd be searching too in no other than dimensions of finally becoming a lady and perhaps finding true loveee. *so as with flecks of pinky promise not to be freakin' cheesy! haha*
At some instances I believe others probably realized and I did not. I was still a boyish kiddo when I was first introduced to, and thought I'd never understand and live by those principles again and again only until if I let go of my playmates guns and trucks. My characteristic being vertically-challenged though, lol, had always been giving me the never-ending desire to give challenge such ventures, thus prevented me from having a real commitment but just plain "boy friends" in the years that passed (but lucky I was, I got to know more of what they seemed like in nature haha). I had tried my best to act refined but it didn't end there. I still had lots of male cousins, so be it guys heehee! Even so, during my youngster age I just considered boys as literally tough and talkative friends and nothing more than to that. Period. In short, I didn't quite possess such typical feminine qualities nor I did much care for. Lol mehehe.
My grandfather, who's now living across the country from several years ago was one of the persons who made the greatest impact teaching me the ideals that lie on being a charming lady (kidding, but before neither of it I dreamed of myself being so girly or what nor I did go for it xD). Even during our occasional phone calls or kinda Skype meeting before he hadn't missed mentioning those things to me, my grandma as well. I mean even until at this moment, there is always that bunch of assurance that they both know what is best for me and especially not in the least interesting way. I will always give heed. So I lent my ears then, knowing they already sailed through whirls of the giant seas and gathered wisdom from all corners of the earth, for which guidance I am in a heap grateful for in this present time. Relatively, family is family. It will always remain as it is whatever happens. Call it a sort of pure grandparent-grandchild strain, the mutual connection runs in every blood. :)
And so I did the chivalrous change. Hoooraaaays!! Haha thanks to my ever loving family! Always been there to serve as a constant reminder when one got lost in the mist of misery! Haha. After all dear earthlings, it was way back some yoke of years ago and I already left the whole lot of boyish thingy behind in memory of my high school days (first year in particular). Lol, this may sound like proclaiming someone thought as dead but shortly thereafter roared to life xD. Anyway er, that awkward feeling if I hadn't woken up from that coma state thinking I'd be acquiring the "Forever Alone" cartoon sketch on my face if I wouldn't get married someday. I admit I've never been seriously in love and to be honest in every *I don't know what to call this* I'd been through previously was just sort of infatuation and puppy love. Sorry! But oh man how come, today I finally have some eternal you-know-you-know prospective for real! I might be truly lalou-halou in love in no time. Hahahaha.
Well as a method of exploring my options as a "charming" lady now (this may not be too obvious for you but I guess you better believe me or else.. back off =))))), I learned I need not to rush into things for everything will gradually and eventually fall into place as how Heavenly Father planned them in His perfect time table.
Where art thou my knight in shining armor? Am I your long-sought princess now?
Plainly said, I believe that Mr. and Ms. Right will come across each other's odyssey some time for yet another chapter of an epic love story to exist. :)
And btw, here's my latest photos from the MTC tour: (Tuesday night and Friday afternoon)
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| With dearest church friends (from left to right): Vira, Shiela, Me and Gaye! |
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| Of course, everybody will love to take a seat after a long while of roaming around! :D |
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| So who says I will not be a good sister missionary someday? Hmm.. |
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| A quick photo sesh with Nancy in some Missionary Residence. Heehee~ |
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And the last but not the least, one can say a woman is truly beautiful if she delights herself in the spirit of the Lord. :)
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