Tuesday, August 11, 2009

I Love My Singles Branch!!

OK so I just have to say how much I love my singles branch!

For starters my Branch President is awesome! He is so supportive and always there for me! This last Sunday he came up to me and asked if he could meet with me after church... uh oh was my first thought... I knew right away he was going to give me a calling.... I had gotten away with not having one since the middle of march when I came back to the branch (I went to this one before I got married) and now he is finally giving me one.....

So after church I go to his office and he gives me not only one calling but two!! Gees! So he called me to be a relief society instructor and a branch missionary..... OK so that isn't the why he is so supportive.... But I am excited about my callings, I was a relief society instructor before I left the branch.....

The next thing was he asked was "how are you doing?".... When he asked this he meant emotionally with my annulment....I told him I am doing great!.... Then he told me "I can see that! I have seen a Glow about you again! Your back to the Ashley that I knew before!"(happy and bubbly)...... Well that made me so happy! I am glad that people can see that I am happy again!

I gave up a lot of the things that I enjoyed when I got married because Danny did not like the same things that I did, so I gave them up and learned to like the same things he did... not that I didn't like the same things but I got to gain new hobbies and things that I like to do now! But I put all of the things I liked to do in a closet and locked them up because he would never do them with me.... But now that I am back I can enjoy the things that I loved to do before.... And thanks to my Singles Branch, they have helped me to find those things again! They are a big reason why I have been able to get through the healing process like I have! Even though I still have my hard days, I always know that I have my friends from the Branch there for me, not judging me and helping me keep my head high! We do so many fun things together! I am so Excited for our trip to Jackson Hole this weekend!!

2 comments:

Zach and Kara Van Beekum said...

Hey I'm there for you too!! ALWAYS!! :)

Ashley said...

Oh I know Kara! You are a huge part too!