im new to the site. concidering GBS/mimiGBS/or even LAPBAND. just created my profile, and blogged a bit, thought id come in and say hello to you all. i am also LDS. currently in the OKLAHOMA SOUTH STAKE area, midwest city 1st ward. been a member all my life. but in and out as well. recnely married (08/07/06) hubbys been a convert since august 13th last year (one week after we were married) i have a 12 year old son, less interested in church right now. thanks for reading! MICHELLE :wave:

Tammy what a turnaround in your life. What a blessing the teachings of the prophets bring into our lives. Good for you. Melody

Ladies, Please check this website out and promise to get a mammogram. You are never to young. For each promise made $1 will be donated to breast cancer research. More info is given at the site. It doesn't ask for any money or personal information other then your first name, last name initial, town, and state, and your written promise to get a mammogram. http://www.changethestatistic.com/make-a-promise.asp Thanks, Tammy

Hi, I haven't been on this board for a long time. I love your story. I have another story but it is about patience and waiting for things to work out. My husband has been on disability for the last 17 years. I have taught full time and between his part time income, disability and my income we have barely sqeaked by. Last December I was diagnosed with breast cancer. With medical bills and other related expenses we would look at our monthly income, if we paid our tithing we would go into the hole on our budget the exact amount of our tithing. It was really hard to continue paying tithing but we made the decision that we would anyway. We did go in the hole for several months but we continued with faith knowing things would work out and they have. Through some financial miracles (too many to name)we are now able to again make our budget and have some to spare. Sometimes miracles take time and sometimes they come right away. You just have to continue in faith even when it looks the darkest,. My testimony of tithing has certainly come full circle.

We have been having family prayer and scripture study daily for almost 2 weeks ago. Truthfully, we have missed a day here and there but we keep plugging at it. We have just been letting each family member pick the scripture they feel they want to share and then that person says the family prayer. My oldest keeps complaining about having to do it every night but on his night to share and say the prayer, he's the first one ready to go. LOL. We always discuss what that scripture means to us. Sometimes it's just 1 verse, sometimes it's a few. Once it was a whole chapter. And we have also turned Monday night into an ACTUAL family home eveing. We used to just play board games that night, but now we have a real lesson, then we play a board game, and then we have a dessert. And not a low calorie one either. We can see a difference already. Yeah, my kids still fight and disobey, and so forth. But not so much now. And when they do they have been quick to apologize and fix it. Things are looking up. Tammy