“What is the best way to prepare to serve a mission?” If you are a future missionary, I invite you to ask, instead: What is my purpose? This is a question asked by almost every single person who has…
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Kristen Walker Smith
Are LDS teens remarkable? Absolutely! But sometimes they don’t feel like they are. And I understand 100%. When I was a teenager I often heard quotes saying that my generation was “marked” or “chosen”. And it sounded really cool. …
I Hated Myself Have you ever been depressed? Not a, “Man I don’t want to go to school” kind of depressed but an, “I literally can’t get out of bed and have no desire to see anyone ever again,…
That Time I Was an Idiot When I was a teenager, I had a huge crush on a boy in my stake. I’ll call him Joe. I thought Joe was the greatest thing ever. I liked him so much…
My very first time entering the temple I discovered an unsettling truth: when things got quiet around me, my mind tended to wander. And when my mind wandered, it would wander to the less savory parts of my mind……
When I was in high school and college I would spend lazy afternoons drawing pictures of my dream man. I’m a terrible artist so my dream man was a stick figure with very baggy clothes. #hot But all around the…
One time when I was at an all-day event, a stranger stopped me and asked, “Are you always this happy? I’ve seen you a couple of times today and you just never seem to stop smiling.” I was totally…