Believing on Purpose

Once upon a time I met a wonderful man that I fell in love with, pretty much at first sight. He was gorgeous, totally buff, athletic, smart, studious, fun, adventurous, and had big dreams. He swept me off my feet, serenading me with his great voice and amazing piano skills. He wanted a family, me to be a stay-at-home-Mom, came from an amazing family, had a great career in mind…so I had it all. We got married and lived happily ever after for a long while... I loved this man so much, I was willing to do anything for him. I wanted to make him happy and please him. So much that at some point I would sacrifice my own happiness to try to please him. And that's exactly what I did. A lot. Poor guy didn't even know about it most of the time, but it began to lead to resentment on my part. Over time, my feelings of self-worth became based on whether or not I thought I was good enough for him, or I thought he thought I was good enough for him.  So I continuously tried to please him m...

Hi. Let me introduce myself. I am MarciMom. I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I am a disciple of Christ. I’m a daughter, a wife, a mom, a sister, an aunt, and a grandma! And I’m over 50 years young, although my kids say I don’t look a day over 29. Love those kids! I’ve had struggles just like the best of you. Marriage struggles. Parenting struggles. Faith crisis struggles. Health struggles. Money struggles. Extended family struggles. Self-worth struggles. You know. Most of the normal life stuff. But over the last couple of years, I am learning and growing in the gospel, learning so much about Him and myself—and I’m making changes. Because you can’t change anyone else but yourself.   And it has the greatest rewards when you do. I’m talking sweet joy. Because I started to discover who I really am. Because I started to discover who He really is. And then I wanted to change and become someone I was always meant to be. Someone amazing! And I found out ...