What happens to you makes you who you are:)

in the last couple of months a lot has happened. I have been through so much, but each thing has made me stronger. I spent my spring break doing the same thing everyday, that consisted of sleeping in my RV out front of my house with my best friend:) every night.. haha! Watching good, uplifting movies..(one of which was watched over, and over, and over again:)haha) Getting as tan (well, burned..) as much as we could, and last, but definitely not least, going to the temple and doing baptisms for the dead every night that the temple was open. It was such a great experience. being in the temple is such a great feeling because you know without a shadow of a doubt that you are in the right place, and that you are doing what it takes to be able to gain the blessings of the temple. After that amazing spring break, school started again :( same old school, same crazy days, until two weeks ago, this sweet little boy named Ethan Ellsworth suffered and aneurysm in his brain stem. This little boy was the funniest, sweetest funnest, most outgoing boy you'd ever meet. He fought for his life but nothing got better, he passed away on March 26, 2011. Everyone was broken hearted and had a hard time with the passing of this little boy. The funeral was held on March 30, 2011 and it was such a beautiful service that was held in remembrance of Ethan. But while going through this i was able to have the comforting feeling of knowing that he went straight the Celestial kingdom. And he will always be with us comforting us and watching over us, and because of this we have all grown stronger, and closer together. And with that happening i was happy to have listened to a general authority talk about how the only premature death is that of whom is not prepared to meet god. and it helped me realize that it wasn't premature, it was what he came here to do. These past two days have been General conference and each and every talk has been truly inspiring. I love this church and the blessings and knowledge that come with it. WE may go through hard times and think that we may never get through them, but we will, and we will come out of them stronger than we were before:)