When I lived in Oregon we did the empty nesters.....I chased my then "husband to be" at everyone of them!!! haha.....caught him too.....haha...now we are divorced, but it wasn't all bad. We also did a potluck after sacrament meeting for the stake of singles....we'd meet about 3:30 or 4:00 for a potluck and have a guest speaker or sometimes just visit alot. It was fun, included all the kids, sometimes non members....I liked those alot. They were called Break the Fast meetings......

1. I would ask for a big huge HUG!!! I have these visions of that and it feels wonderful and uplifting. 2. I have no visionary experiences, But since I work in Labor and Delivery I do feel Heavenly Fathers presence while I am cleaning and looking at those precious new souls. I remember the first time I had a baby die (he was born at 22weeks and only 14 ounces!) He was absolutely perfectly formed, just too tiny to live. He lived for 3 hours. The birthmother didn't want anything to do with him. All the other nurses were busy and the nurse in charge placed him in a blanket and layed him on the counter in our dirty utility room. I was so absolutely stunned. I was due to get off work at that time, but I decided to stay. I held him and rocked him and sang primary songs to him. I don't know if he actually knew what was going on. He only barely moved once in a while. His eyes were still fused closed. He made a few breathing attempts, though his lungs were not mature. I knew that day how important the gospel is. I will never forget that child. He died after a while and I wrapped him up in a pretty blanket and they sent him off to be placed in a mass grave for unclaimed babies. I know Heavenly father claimed him though and that he went to work in the spiritworld. Heck!!! It still bugs me that nobody thought it was important to even try to comfort him. They all just assume he was not developed enough to have feelings. Most babies that die where I work have families present who loved them and grieve for them, those times are sad and I feel sorry for the families, but I also know where those children are going. That helps alot. Robin G DSing 10/26/04

I don't know what I would ask the Savior, but I would want to know if disabilities continue into the heavens. Or if we get new bodies once we prove that we have done our best with what we had. My daughter has had visions of my relatives coming to her asking for their temple work to be done. And most of it has been. She also told me of an experience she had in the temple, in which she came home and told me she knew the church was true!!! I have kept this private till now. Donna

Hello everyone. Here's my answers. 1. If you could speak with Christ, what would you ask Him? Sherrie, I liked your response to this question. I don't think I would ask him anything, but I would like to feel his arms around me and feel his unconditional love. I search for that feeling now. I long for it. I feel it every once in a while, but I want to feel it for real, up front and personal. 2. Do you have any glimpses of the spiritual world? Not really. When I have known people who have died I often feel very close with them, like I have some sort of new communication with them, but that is mostly in my own mind. I have not had any other kinds of these special experiences people have shared.

My answers to today's questions. 1. What do you do to get out of a rut when you find yourself feeling "stuck"? I usually try to find good people to surround myself with! I usually feel worse when I don't have good people in my life. Good uplifting people help me to get out of ruts! When I was doing ediets (another diet group) I was in a LDS chat group similiar to this and those wonderful women often helped me get out of ruts. I have a couple of people right now who I turn to when I am rutting! I love people. 2. What is your greatest accomplishment? Well that pat answer is the one I will have to go with. Actually having and raising 4 children. I am not done yet, my oldest is 11, but I can't believe I am actually doing it! I never wanted children and didn't have confidence that I would be a good Mom, but I love it and I love them. 3. What is the one thing in your life you regret the most? Wow, this is a tough question! I try not to regret. There are things I wish were different, but I think that I did everything I could of done with the knowledge and situations I was in. I could of made different choices, but I don't really regret things. I am who I am because of those experiences. --OK, I have one. I regret that I started throwing up in high school. There's probably more. Hopefully we learn form our choices and we can help others because of those experiences. Sorry this is a novel. Good questions. Billie