Hundredth

It's days like today where I miss having a best friend.

 I look at this picture and imagine what happened 16 years, 9 months and 9 days ago. I imagine that what is happening now is very similar to the day I was born. My older brother was there, waiting for his little brother. Two and a half year old Brock waiting for his new best friend for life, not knowing what was to come. Not knowing the fights to come. Not knowing the happiness to come. Not knowing the love that would be shared. He didn't care that I was annoying or smelly, he loved me regardless. All he knew was Wyatt was coming. 

He loved me. He is my brother, so he has to. I miss him. He was the one that wanted his baby brother so badly he couldn't even take his hand away for a picture. He loves me. I miss my brother. 

He is out having the "best two years" and I can't help but be jealous. He is doing what we wanted to do ever since Nick came home and held us in our Hot Wheels pajamas. He is doing the Lord's work, and I wish I was, too. I miss him. 

My older brother, Jesus Christ, is there, waiting for his baby brother. He doesn't care if I am annoying or if I'm popular. He knows all love. He welcomes me with open arms and He loves me. He is helping Brock in the mission field and He will soon help me. I know my Savior lives. He loves me unconditionally, even if I were the worst person in the world. He is my older brother, so He shows me how much He loves me. I love Him. I miss Him. I miss Brock. I know He lives and I know Brock loves me, too. Don't ever forget the Savior, because He never forgets you.

Best feelings in the world

You know, the stuff that makes you really happy

• Waking up on General Conference Sunday to your mother preparing breakfast.
• "Aha!" moments when you are reading the scriptures.
• When your niece (maybe nephew, also, I don't have one) spontaneously hugs you and says, "I love you!"
• After a long day of laborious work, finally turning off the light, closing your eyes and just relaxing into sleep.
• Waking up just before your alarm, fully prepared for the day.
• Taking a shower/bath after a camp out (especially week long trips).
• Walking down Main Street USA and waiting for Disneyland to open.
• Realizing that your friend is super amazing.
• Eating Strawberries and Cream.
• Proving a teacher wrong.
• Bearing your testimony.
• Seeing someone who you missed.
• The moment you realize your hiccups are gone.
• Starting a fire with one match.
• Wake up to your alarm only to realize you just forgot to turn it off, then going back to sleep.
• Finishing a great novel.
• Finishing a Christopher Nolan film.
• Sitting in your house talking to friends during a giant rainstorm.
• Running around in a giant rainstorm.
• Having a 1 on 1 snowball fight with your best friend in summer clothing.
• Looking out on Utah Valley from the top of Mount Timpanogos.
• Cliff jumping.
• Finding something after days of searching (with plenty of praying).
• Opening the door of the car that transported you from winter Utah to beautiful California and feeling the temperature rise 20˚.
• Thinking about almost lost memories that are fond.
• What you feel as you do service with your whole heart.
• Applying the Atonement to your life.
• Being friends with those who need it.

Short

This is my shortest post yet. Have a good spring break.

These are my nieces. (Left to right): Ellie, Brooke, Noel.

Inferring Stuff

We all infer. We all assume. Here are somethings that you may not pick up:

Sign: Uses "semester" and "term" as measurements of time.
What to infer: They have been in school for too long. Or they're pregnant.

Sign: Sees a commercial for a political movie and is attracted to it.
What to infer: Either they are an old person or they haven't gotten out for at least 1 1/2 hours.

Sign: Talks to a girl everyday about nothing at all.
What to infer: He really really wants to go on a date with her, but she is waaaaaay to pretty, smart, and kind for him. Also, she is older than him. Or, he just has no friends.

Sign: Blogs about his personal life through a cheesy "sign" and "what to infer".
What to infer: They are Wyatt Duclos.

I get to see my friends. I mean my nieces. They are my friends, though. Morning side tomorrow, pretty insane. Look at this: