A New Month

So its june and its already incredibly hot and I incredibly hate it so much right now. I do not mind the hot but I do not like 38 with the humidex kind of warmth. where everything sticks to you. its gross and nasty. I have had to come home and shower and change and not ready to go out anytime soon. although it will be nice when it cools down later tonight.
I hope everything is well with you. I am so grateful for the gospel in my life the blessing that it is and that I am not like the people in the world like Judy who is so confused! She believes in Satan but not in God or in Jesus Christ.
Andreas is back. he went out to Saskatchewan and came back. He missed me and was mis lead by somethings that where said. So I am grateful that he is back! I missed him so much the week that he was gone. He is my world he is my everything. he treats me like A queen. I love him and am grateful for him in my life. the lord blessed me when he put andreas in my life.

GUESS WHAT.........

Hello Fellow bloggers!
Yesterday While I was at work, And while I was at work Andreas went to a store and bought me a gift. then he says to me in a text message! Hey I bought you a gift I was like ok expecting that it was another bouquet of flowers cause I have only received 3 since we have been dating, And since he has also bought me a necklace! Well he says do you know what it is I said no! He says its gold I am like Ok thinking that it is a necklace or some earrings or something, the next thing he sends is its round! I am like a ring! HE SAYS YES A RING! HE BOUGHT ME A PROMISE RING! its cute, super adorable and I love it, I was not expecting it at all! I think he bought it so that while he is away the other guys will see that He and I are serious and that they will not try to take me from him. Not that I would anyways. I hope all is well with you! i LOVE YOU ALL I miss you all.

HELLO FELLOW FOLLOWERS

its been a while since i have written on here and I have had some pretty up and down moments. Lately I have been really sick with bronchitis. as much as it isn't fun being sick with that kind of stuff i have been making the most of it. also my boyfriend is leaving me for 6-7 months to go work on a harvest crew. he accepted the job without even talking to me so it was really hard for me then he wondered why i got upset. Ir wasn't the fact that he wanted to do it it was the fact that my feelings basically didn't matter. that upset me.I turned it around and put him in the same situation. I said how would you like it if i did the exact same thing without telling you about it. he said i would be mad and upset and i said now you know why i am upset. I said its not the fact you want to do something its the fact you didn't even talk to me to see how i felt about this. it was very very much a eye opener for him.
we are working on communication, for him and i to talk to each other about things when it comes to needing to talk to someone, its been hard as my trust issues sometimes still want to come up. but I am just taking everything one day at a time. its been a rocky few days but we are working together to make things work and to be better.

TODAY...

Today has been one of those tipsy turby days full of emotion. and the boyfriend saw the first time tonight me cry. And he was super supportive, and it all came on just like a ton of bricks the way that they usually do. I have no rhythm or reason for it. We had been talking getting to know more about each other and then its just like all Of a sudden my emotions got the better of me.
He just is starting to realize the reason that I am the way that I am, and the reason that I have a hard time being able to accept compliments, and the reason i am so hard on myself and in his loving and supporting way he says to me I am here for you. We where at my friend Camille's wedding reception on the weekend it was so beautiful.
things are crazy busy here life is busy and crazy. but i love you all

HELLO ALL

Hello Friends,
As weird as this sounds I am excited that thursday is coming, not only because that means it is closer to the weekend but also because My boyfriend will be coming back from switzerland,how this month has been a struggle, him being in a different country and me being here has really put our relationship to the test and I can say that tomorrow when I pick him up at the airport it will be our 1 month and 2 week anniversary! it's been weird to say that I have been dating him that long. Cause this coming from the girl who didn't even want a boyfriend. Now i have these feelings for a man! A man who treats me like a queen!
I hope all is well with you all just letting you all know that I am still alive!
I love you all

MY RAY OF SUNSHINE....

Hello My fellow bloggers
Today I felt inspired to write a whole blog about my little ray of sunshine Breanne.
Wow I have a tremendous friend her Name is Breanne Cantlon. She is truly a tremendous friend. I love her! I was having a hard time and the one morning while doing papers by myself I decided that I would ponder about things. I had the inspiration that I needed to write Breanne a letter. At that point I did not know why or what would come out of doing so. Let me tell you that prompting has lead to a whole new outlook on life for me. I am super happy all the time. Not only did I need to evaluate my life and learn to love myself and forgive myself for things that I have done in my past that breanne worked so hard helping me with, but she has also helped me come out of my comfort zone. she has been right there to help me destruct walls that have been in place and alot of them for many years because of many fears! many fears about being teased or bugged about things. she is someone I know I can turn to if I need a helping hand. She and her roommates have a bunch of us over sunday evenings for dinner, and for once in my life I feel like I have someone who loves and accepts me for me and not what they want me to be. There have been many nights I have prayed to the lord thanking him for placing her in my life.
For those of you who do not know how I met Breanne, this is how it went down! I met her from being on facebook one day in december after being out with the sister missionaries. She had written that she needed a ride to the greyhound station. So even though I was super tired and felt like passing out I offered myself to give her a ride. And I am truly grateful she accepted because if she had not accepted I do not know if we would be as close as we are now! God knew that she would need me and I would need her. I am grateful for that december day. For her never being Judging of Me! for her loving me flaws and all. for her inspiring me to be a better person and to love myself so I can see what others love about me. She has blessed my life in many ways that I cannot express.
I LOVE YOU BREANNE! YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON AND AN EVEN MORE AMAZING FRIEND... I HAVE SO MUCH I AM GRATEFUL FOR BUT MOST OF ALL I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU! FOR THE LOVE YOU SHOW ME THE SUPPORT YOU GIVE ME AND FOR SHOWING ME HOW TO BE A BETTER FRIEND...AND I AM MOST GRATEFUL I AM GRATEFUL FOR LISTENING TO THE LORD FOR OFFERING YOU THAT RIDE AND FOR THE WONDERFUL FRIEND HE HAS GIVEN ME.
your beautiful and most of all I love you. Never ever forget who you are. You are a beautiful daughter of God.

i hope all of my fellow bloggers had a great general conference weekend and until next time.

Happy Happy Happy....

hello my fellow followers

This feeling I have is amazing I have been over abundantly happy about everything as of late. Maybe its because I am starting to love myself. And have finally started to forgive myself for the things that have happened when I fell off the wagon. I am removing walls and beginning to trust people around me. Even though it can be hard and a difficult challenge sometimes but I am working on it. Its funny to see how great I feel and how much the others around me have seen the same results. they say they haven't seen me this happy in a very long time. which makes me smile to see that they see the change in me is a great feeling. I am working so hard on being the best that I can be and to do the best that I can do. My feet are planted on firm foundation and whether my family is active or not that is not going to stop me from being happy. I just wish they could see and feel the same happiness that I feel. God has blessed my life so much!! and I am thankful for that!! I am thankful for all of you I am thankful for the blessings in my life. and for the wonderful guy in which I am really getting to know. I hope all is well with you.
LOVE YOU ALL.... CRYSTAL

A Boy...

for those who of you do not know. I am dating! Yes Crystal has a boyfriend his name is Andreas Alexander Knecht. He and I have just been dating a little over a week but I just love being able to talk to him he makes me so happy and I laugh I always receive messages from him every morning when I come home from work. its been exceptionally hard because for the current time we have to date from afar till he comes back to canada next month. so we are really right now boyfriend and girlfriend from afar and we are getting to really know each other. For those of you that do not know about andreas he was baptized last august into the church. he went to the YSA conference last year in toronto and noticed me at the conference. He said to me the night he asked me out that he did not know why I was alone the weekend of the conference that I was really pretty and that he noticed me and was looking for me at the dances. Unfortunately Me I was not in tune with things I guess and i did not stay i think for the friday dance and the saturday dance I sat so far back with some friends that the guys could not see me if they wanted to you know that is the way to avoid them. wow how my life has changed so much. I have a stronger testimony of the gospel of jesus christ I love the gospel I am grateful for it in my life. it is really funny how the lord works. I have always been the girl that ran from guys and I didn't even want to get to know a guy that might then mean that I will fall in love with them. I have been struggling with Loving myself and my one friend breanne has really been working hard on helping me see the good others see in me. And then there was this boy that came into my life. each road block has been becoming increasingly easier and easier to break down. I am excited to see what happens. I love you all you have all blessed my life in some way you all mean the world to me I hope all is well and I will write you all again soon.
Love Crystal

what am i going to say today today is going to just blabber on for a few minutes here.
there was a song that I was listening to the other day on the radio one of the first days that I have had the radio on in a very long time. there was one part of the song that stuck on in my brain.

"Till now, I always got by on my own. I never really cared until I met you."

i think of that always right now! its true for the longest time I always got by on my own just doing my own thing just doing what i need to get by. . but its true there where and are alot of things that I did not care about till I met you.. each and everyone of you. each and everyone of you helped me begin to care about things in my life and I am truly blessed and grateful for that!

I hope all of you are well! I miss you all and love you all...

The Perfect Day

Hey Today was one of the best days that I have had in a long time it was a wonderful sabbath day.
My day started off with a wonderful phone call to my friend in Utah Haley Peterson and we read the New Testament mark Chapter 9 How blessed I am to have her in my life. Next I went and picked up 4 people and took them all to church. While I was a sacrament I had two wonderful friends sitting on either side of me. With me in the middle. Breanne was on one side of me and then camille was on the other side of me it was great.
in sacrament today we had to sing acapella as we had no pianist or organ player. church was great I had both of my friends sitting beside me during sacrament and sunday school. then relief society Breanne came and sat right beside me. whenever i find myself sitting beside or close to breanne I find myself laughing. She has been a blessing in my life. After church for the last little while a bunch of us have been going over and hanging out at breanne's cassandra's and michelle's last week i got home at like 12:30 and today i arrived home at 12:05am yes monday morning shortly after I arrived home. I love spending time there I feel the spirit so strongly in their home. we usually have sunday evening dinners together and we also usually have so games that we play and some movies that we watch. I am grateful to feel blessed by the lord, my week last week was good a challenge at times but good. I am really removing some of the walls that have been placed up in my life for a very long time. I am so grateful to all of my friends for all that they do for me.
that was my sabbath day

DESTRUCTO GIRL!

HELLO ALL
wow I cannot believe how long it has been since I have been on here and even wrote you an update on how I am doing. wow these past few months have been interesting all the way from the sisters investigator amber that i spent so much time going with them to see getting baptized to my new great friend breanne.
let me tell you about this great friend she is my ray of sunshine! she always makes me laugh, every time I hang out with her I am always laughing never not laughing. i have dinner with her and her room mates Cassandra and Michelle after church on sunday's. Let me tell you how i met and got to know this sweet sunshine.One day in december right around christmas time for what ever day they started christmas holiday's at the university. Breanne was looking for a ride to the greyhound station now the reason i tell you this is from that moment on Breanne has been my friend. I had a long day that day being out with the sisters most of the morning and not having slept well or very long I could have chose not to that is not the kind of person that i am though. I am glad that I did she has been a great inspiration to me the two of us are very much a like. I have been struggling with somethings and breanne wants to help me tear down these walls and for that I am truly grateful. Even when I get down on myself she is like be positive I love you!

we get down on ourselves and can be our hardest critics. I don't understand why god gave me such a loving friend. I don't understand! he blessed me and my life the moment breanne came into it! She is my ray of sunshine! she makes me laugh when i do not feel like laughing she makes my day seem always more bright. she always gives the best compliments and no matter how hard it can be for me to accept it and she is always willing to help me when i need it most.
I love you forever Breanne! I am grateful God put you in my life. Your the best and mean the world to me your my ray of sunshine. your a bright little cookie who has stuck by me. thank you for all you do for me.

Today is a special blog day... it's December 1st and this month I have decided that each day if I have a moment I want to write about a friend... So because its a New Month and the 1st day of the month.. I decided after much debate and maybe so flax from a lot of you cause I have alot of friends and A lot of people that I would consider close but this person I admire for who she is... The first post of my new month is about Haley Peterson.

For Many of you that Don't know how I know Haley or how I met her.. She was a missionary in London! I went out on a lot of appointments with her and Jane when they where here! They both blessed my life a lot when they where here.

I learnt a lot by the through them and they became wonderful examples to me. I enjoyed Haley's company our chances to be together to teach of the lord's true church. We took my Alero every where which since then has just recently been sent to the car graveyard. Yes my poor Oldsmobile Alero has been junked. but I got a new car to me. We raked leaves at a less active members house. we helped paint members house in the west lorne area oh the fun in that.

We helped a less active member paint their condo for selling! and in that haley got paint in my hair... nothing a little bit of shampoo wouldn't get out... there where times in there that where very trying and i mean extremely trying that nothing seemed like it could go right.

but Haley always helped me see the positive helped me realize as many times as others tried to tell me and I wouldn't listen to you all that god won't give me more than I can handle and always had the right things to say to make me feel better.

Well currently we have taken on the task of reading the new testament together and we just read this week matthew chapter 20 we read once a week usually on sunday's I really have learnt a lot from reading with her when I don't understand something she is always willing and explains it really well.

She is a wonderful example to me... she is trusting compassionate loving caring honest and sometimes just the person I want to speak to when I am having a rough day. she always knows how to make me laugh and she is just one of those people that loves me for who I am. Even when I am having a hard time and my emotions and satan are getting the best of me.

she is tremendous! I look up to her, I am glad that heavenly father gave me such a chance to meet a wonderful person when I did and that now she is a truly wonderful friend. every sunday I look forward to reading and talking with her.
Well I hope is well with all of you love you all...

A MIRACLE IN THE MAKING.....

I have seen a miracle over the last week or so. A week or so ago the 3rd ward sisters and I made a wonderful trip to Strathroy.. we went to strathroy to find a guy named Eddie that the 1st ward elders had given to the sisters as a referral. We knocked on Eddie's door no answer... well the lady (amber) on the left of Eddie's Unit opened her door.. And thought that we where knocking on her door.. Sister Olsen and Sister Lavatai said we are Missionaries from the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints and we share a message about God it had been a little windy that day and a tad bit cold.
So she said come in and get warm and we spoke to her that day for a while and we taught her a bit of the 1st lesson. and asked if we could come back and teach her more the next day. she agreed and we showed up the next day.
when we arrived the next day her 5 year old son Matthew was there and he was a busy boy but totally adorable and I was glad that he was able to be there. the next appointment I did not go and matthew was there and he asked the sisters Where is Crystal! so they called and told me Matthew adores you he loves you. So the next appointment I was there. Well the sisters where saying that before we went into the appointment they where going to ask Amber if she would get baptized. Matthew had been exceptionally rambunctious that day and just seconds before they where to ask amber if she would be baptized I had this prompting by the holy ghost to take matthew into the Kitchen where he was getting celery for him and i to snack on to help him wash it off. while I was in the kitchen helping matthew the sisters asked amber if she would get baptized. She said......YES! the sisters when we left said to me thank you for taking matthew into the kitchen. I was like I felt a prompting that I was to take him into the kitchen. It was the lord trying to make the moment right. so we went to see her on friday. The sisters and I had a wonderful visit with Amber.
They have set a baptismal date of December 19th... Just before christmas how amazing that will be. We where going to meet Ambers mom on friday we had given our lesson and amber's mom called and she said to her mom are you going to come by and meet the people from the church. her mom had forgotten but we chose to wait to close with prayer till amber's mom had gotten there. When Amber's Mom (Nancy) arrived before we closed with prayer.. Amber says to her mom will you come to my baptism... (Score we had not even said anything to her) So her mom's response was a couple things... first off did you not tell these ladies you where already baptized she said yes..and then her mom said well if I am not working midnights then yeah sure I will go to your baptism... So the sisters had arranged a ride for her for church today! And her and her 3 kids Emma who is 7 Matthew who is 5 and Nancy who is just a tiny baby all went to church today... And the sisters said she really liked it... so after her mom said yes if she didn't have to work that she would go we asked if it would be okay if we closed with prayer and if amber's mom nancy would join us and she said...YES We prayed and left.

On our way back into london Sister Olsen said it was a Miracle!!! And that if I had not been willing to go with them that one tuesday to strathroy when we went to find Eddie that they would not have found Amber who had been prepared by the lord to hear the message.. I Am super happy for Amber's family who she reads and prays with every night... that is right she reads the book of Mormon to Emma Matthew and little Nancy... And I am also happy for The sisters...

I have been blessed to see this miracle happen... I love you all and hope that you have enjoyed this blog entry as much as I have enjoyed being able to go and see Amber and Matthew with the sisters.
here is a story for you! Amber said the other day when she was having a bad day and just felt like crying that she was reading to emma matthew and nancy and she had this comfort feeling come over her.

Anyways I am off to work.... Wish you all well
Love you all
CRYSTAL

Up early

Today its sunday November 7th 2010 and we have gained an hour sleep oh how my body needed that extra hour sleep this morning and especially after the crazy and hectic week of work that I Have had.
The paper truck has been late all week. And because it had been late all week and then with picking up extra shifts at the western fair lets just say when I should have been sleeping I couldn't sleep and when I shouldn't be sleeping I wanted to sleep. I fell right to sleep last night. it was good! I came home from work at like around 11 and I laid right down and then I fell right to sleep the only bad thing is I woke up right at like 5:30 in the morning but man have I felt reguvinated after a long week. and to knock it all off I have lost my work id so I need to get a new one now and it sucks I hate when I lose things but I have to work on tuesday so I will have to replace it tomorrow so that I can work tuesday.
I hope all is well I love you all I will write more later. your all amazing.

Hello All....

Wow
This month has gone by so fast. And I cannot believe that its the beginning of November. This month has brought a lot of Ups and a lot of downs but most of all its brought a lot of learning.I have never felt closer to Heavenly Father and been more grateful for his gospel then I have been over this last month. I gave my first talk in 5 years and I didn't even get nervous so that was good. I have been working hard on reading my scriptures and saying my prayers more. I still forget and am not perfect but I know that my relationship with heavenly father has become better. For many of you that don't know I have began to like a certain guy in the YSA. Yes as impossible and difficult as that is to believe that is true. I try to do as much as I can and go to as many things as I can to see and to talk to him. He is totally amazing and totally the kind of guy that I am looking for.
Umm things are looking up right now and looking totally amazing, I am grateful as hard as they can be at times I am grateful for the trials that he gives me. it only makes my testimony and my dedication to the gospel stronger. I have been fighting satan and fighting the temptations that have come into my life in recent weeks. its still a struggle with my family especially as they are not active and do not go. But I still go every week in hopes that one day my wonderful example will rub off on them. that is only my hope.
I have had my struggles but my reading with my friends have only helped my struggles be able to become easier to bear. God loves me, I know that and I know that is the truth as much as I have struggled with that over my life, over truly feeling and truly knowing what it truly is to feel loved but I know that it is true. God has blessed me with truly amazing friends that have never given up on me and i thank them for that.I love you all thanks for always being there for me... your all wonderful and the best people that have come into my life...
i am also super excited london has sister missionaries back and I met them at stake conference and have already made 2 new friends. they are grateful that I am willing to go out with them and that I am even willing to drive them. something sometimes is hard.
Anyways I am off I just wanted to touch base and say I love you all...

A New Me!!!!!

You may be wondering why my post name is a New me. because that is what has happened.
There has been a lot going on in my life lately that has caused me to have a change of heart and to feel different about stuff.
I want you all to know first off I have my Advanced Achievement Certificate for the Institute program I received it my very first sunday back at church from my summer of work. I have been reading the new testament with my friend Haley every sunday I am learning lots through our study together.If I do not understand something she is always willing to help me to understand the chapter how I have really enjoyed being able to read the new testament together.
So on sunday I gave my first talk in 5 years, I was kind of nervous and kind of scared about what I was going to say I had fretted over it all week what I was going to say and then on friday I decided that after praying about it over the week that it would be nice to start writing my talk.
the things that I did not think that would come out did come out the lord blessed people I know they told me. He helped me answer 2 people's prayers on sunday. The feeling that I felt after I was told that made me have re confirmation that this church is true. God loves each and everyone of us, I know that I am a daughter of god. I know that this church is true. and that I have been blessed to have you all as my friends.
I am still taking Institute and learning the Old Testament,I enjoy institute I just had a birthday and since its a year older its a new year for me and for the way things are going to go.
I am going to do and be the best I can I am going to look at each situation in a better and more positive light.I know that if jesus can be positive in every situation then that I can and do be better. I love you all! I am going to do and be better.
thanks for all your love and support your all the best and mean the most to me.

Love ya thanks
Crystal Atkinson

WOW WHERE DID THE TIME GO.....

Hello All
Its been a while since I last updated this blog not as long as the time before that. But you know its pretty crazy when I spent much more of my time last week working then sleeping. I spent 5 days last week working at the Western Fair while the fair itself was on. Then I spent 6 mornings working doing the papers. thursday and friday afternoon helping my brother do his flyer job. And Sunday at Clinton. So much of the last week has been spent working and not sleeping enough.
This week in my Bible Study With Haley, We read Matthew Chapter 10, Much of this chapter I did not understand but in particular the Question in which she asked me I didn't understand.

I was suppose to Read verse 39 which reads

He that Findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
And I was suppose to tell her what it means, Well I am not sure what it meant so I am trying to ponder on it this week and think about it and hopefully I will learn what it is I am suppose to get out of this.

Let me Tell you in the 10 weeks that we have been doing this we read one chapter a week I have learnt a lot even though there are times I don't get any of it and I have to ask her question her wise wisdom is always able to answer the question for me.

So this sunday I do not have to work.. Which will be strange all summer I have been up at a certain time getting ready to go to work for a certain time and to leave and I guess I have kind of gotten accustom to doing that so it will be hard to get myself back into a full routine of church.

I can not believe how quickly this month has gone by and how quickly my birthday will be here in No time. Which is craziness. I don't want my birthday to approach! I want you all to know that I will be 25 yet again (LOL) Not 26!
I love you all and just wanted to say hi and that I love you all miss you all so much.. Your the best.

I am Alive

Hello all
I have not been on here for a long time. I have been super busy working lots and many many jobs, I am always tired and when I get up its time to leave to go back to work. So there are a lot of things that have gone on this summer. I have worked 4 jobs all summer taken two trips to Toronto and Got to spend some time with Karla and Oscar. I played yet another summer of baseball and had probably the best Summer of my life as a Misfit. I have had a Summer of Up and Down Rollercoaster ride of emotions. I don't know what has gotten into me these days but one day I can be fine then the next day I could be upset and crying.
I just wish whatever Is going on in this body of mine would stop and go away. I was in a car accident on Friday Morning at 4 am We where out delivering the London Free Press papers and we and the car that hit us where the same direction, We where going straight on the green light while the Red Sunfire that hit us was turning left. He hit us and ran.
So I hope that you all have had a wonderful summer. I hope that those that you all that are in school have a tremendous semester up ahead and that you all know that I love you lots. I miss you all and I think of you often.

An Amazing Friend...

Well it has been a while since I was last on this thing, I know I don't update it everyday but lately I haven't had time.
Things have been trying and stressful lately, But things are starting to look back on track.

I am particularly writing this because of I have some pretty amazing friends but this particular friend that i want to write about is truly amazing and has been a shining example to me. Over the past while I have been struggling with a lot and particularly with Church. But She has stood right beside me every step of the way. Every time I have felt discouraged or like giving up she has had that encouraging word. She makes me smile everytime we talk, Even though it's only a phone call because she is in a different Country She always makes me smile.

The person I am talking about is Jane Clayton, For those of you who do not know her or know about how this remarkable lady and I met, She was a missionary in The London area. She and her companions and I spent a lot of time together, We went on appointments together and did other wonderful things together. She has been there every step of the way! Every time I have felt like Giving up she has been that person to help pick me up and dust me off and say don't give up my fine friend. Her love for me is remarkable, There have been many times I haven't understood how she has done it but you know what the lord has blessed me.

The Lord last year must have knew I was going to need a few amazing people in my life, he has given me many amazing people some who I have lost touch with over the Years but then others like Jane who has been there when I have needed her most. I have confided in her a lot of things and have always felt what I have said to her is always safe and that nothing that I say will ever go beyond her and I.

She has comfortably let me vent and tell her my frustrations and just sat back and listened until I have needed her to give me advice, She always knows the right things to say at the right time. we Have always had pretty amazing times together! I miss her everyday! Everyday I think of her, and wish that she where here! But I know that she is where she is suppose to be at home with her family that loves her. I am grateful for her in my life for her wisdom, for her knowledge and for her tremendous love, Sometimes I feel if it wasn't for her I know that a year ago I would not have been active, I would have fallen off the path and would have lost all the blessings I have received.

I Wrote the following I wouldn't classify it as a poem but feelings! For you Jane I Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed writing them down.

Over the Last Year, I have been blessed to know you. Blessed to be your friend and Grateful to feel loved by you. You have been that friend that I have needed most, You have never given up on me, and you have helped pick me up when I have felt fallen down. I love you! I am grateful for the memories we have made for the tiems we have spent together and for always helping me find the positive things in life.
Thanks for being my friend, Thanks for your constant love and support that you give me and for always making me feel loved. I am truly grateful for your constant care, your constant love and support I am grateful that you love me for who I am and not who I am not. I am grateful that you care for me when I even talk non sense you just care. it's great to have such an amazing friend like you.

Thanks for all you do thanks for being you and thanks for letting me be me. I truly am appreciative for the lord putting you into my life without you over the past while boosting me up I think I still would be down.
Thanks for all the memories you let me create with you and for all the Happy times and all the great times we shared together

I love you JANE... I miss you and hope one day we can see each other again.
Sending all my love to you in Utah

Your Friend
Crystal

O CANADA!!!!

How extremely proud I am to be Canadian and to live in Such a beautiful Country... We have had a very illustrious 17 days in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. We have set some pretty amazing Records. Let's See our First Gold Medal On Home Soil Thanks to Alexandre Bilodeau, We beat all other countries with 14 Gold Medals A record Set. We have 26 Medals which is more then we had at Torino in 2006 which we had 24 and we finished these Olympics with 26. I am grateful to the wonderful athletes that took the time to compete in Canada and compete at the Olympics.
Congrats to all our Olympians congrats to all our medal winners and congrats to all those who did personal bests, I am glad that I am part of a great country! WAY TO GO CANADA...


O CANADA
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Congrats to all countries for there good athletes and for the opportunity in which we had in canada to watch your athletes perform. Congrats to those who got medals and those who set new personal best.