A Good Woman

The other night I had gotten the kids in bed and really just wanted to crash.

But.

I peeled myself off my bed after getting Claire to sleep, and returned to the kitchen to clean up all the dinner stuff.

Then I got dressed, put my running shoes on, and slipped out into the night to run laps in front of my house.

I listened to this talk that was given in 2013.

Elder Christofferson quoted something that Sister Nadauld said that I have loved for years.

I still remember exactly where I was when she spoke these words for the first time.

I was in the basement at my dad's, together with members of my family.

I was sitting on the couch that was on the west wall.

I remember sizing myself up in comparison to the quote, wanting to be a good woman.

As I listened to this the other night, I found myself grateful for the reminder.

I came home, showered, and wrote it down, and it has taken residence on my fridge for now.

I believe in the power of tenderness, kindness, refinement, faith, goodness, virtue and purity.

For both women and men.

These attributes, when applied, change the world.