Hello, I'm Cassie! While I created this blog a number of years ago, allow me to reintroduce myself.
Child Of God
I think this is one of the most important and underlying characteristics of who I am. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I believe that Heavenly Father is just that-our Father, who lives in Heaven. This means that we ALL have His divine potential.
While all individuals who live and who have ever lived on this Earth can claim this, there are seemingly too few who don't know! Isn't that crazy?
While I was born into an LDS (Latter-day Saint) family, this religion is something that I have come to love. I am gaining my own personal sense of divine origin. It's not always easy to do in this confusing and loud world, but I'm working on it.
Wife
Growing up, I did NOT want to get married! I'm sure there were plenty of people out there who liked it, but it just wasn't...'me'. Or so I thought. As I went through college, this began to change. About halfway through my college education, I met Josh at church and we became good friends. Soon we became better friends, and yada, yada, yada...we got married!
I love being married to Josh! My marriage is far from perfect, but one thing he and I have in common is that we LOVE the Lord, and I think this has been such a huge key to cultivating our relationship and choosing this road. I would definitely not change anything.
Daughter/Sister
These titles indicate that I am part of a family. I have siblings. I have parents. More importantly (tying this back to the first title), I have HEAVENLY parents, and HEAVENLY siblings. That means I am in charge of taking care of the people around me and watching out for them. And I love it. I love being with my family, as crazy, wild, and dysfunctional as they may be.
Mother
Now, before you let your thoughts run too far, I do not have human children. But that doesn't mean I'm not a mom. I have helped watch out for my younger siblings since I was young, and babysat a lot. I am a teacher at church, working with children who are 3 and 4.
I also have a rabbit (Pip) and a dog (Lola), both of whom I consider to be my little four-legged kiddos. They need to be fed and loved for just like any other kid (and doctor bills!!!). I help care for these little critters and many others who don't belong to me because it is important to me. Personally, animals (in general) are easier to love than people (especially if you know me-I can be a downright pain in the butt).
Introvert
I think this is a really important thing to note about myself. This title doesn't mean I don't like socializing. On the contrary-I love being with people. But not large groups of people, particularly ones I don't know very well. I love being in tight-knit groups of people, be they family or close friends. But to people who don't know me, I can come off as a little stand off-ish. Hey-I'm not perfect. I do like getting to know new people-it just takes time.
Blogger
I started this blog a loooong time ago. I had a wonderful Young Women's leader who was a blogger, and I thought it was the coolest thing! It's basically a virtual diary, right?! Now, I love writing in my diary and have been doing so for years (longer than I've been blogging), but this reaches a lot of people and I firmly believe in putting out positive vibes. If one of my posts happens to help you in an area of your life that you may be a little rough in-great!!!
These titles-and many, many more-are all important to me, in one way or another. As I post, you (and I) will continue to find things out about me. Sometimes it's easier for me to write things down than to tell people face to face. But life's an adventure, and it's all about finding "joy in the journey-now" (Pres. Thomas S. Monson, 2008).
