love and service

"Love is the measure of our faith, the inspiration for our obedience, and the true altitude of our discipleship."   

 -President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

                       

Yesterday in Relief Society we had a lesson on having pure love, serving others, and being grateful for what others do for you. There have been a lot of people who have helped to make me the person that I am today. I am so thankful to all of you, for not only telling me what I need to be doing with my life, but for SHOWING me.

One person in particular really came to mind when I was listening to this lesson... her name is Laura. She has been my next-door neighbor and best friend for almost 15 years now. She is my hero. She has been through seemingly impossible trials and has been able to overcome them. She is a fighter and she never gives up. She sacrifices so much of her time and energy serving her family and friends. Within the last week she drove her dad to the airport at 4 am, she picked up her boyfriend from the airport at  midnight, she let me crash at her apartment when I was stranded in Provo, she went up to Sandy to visit a sister who is pregnant and missing her husband, and she surprised me with a spa day at Season's. Seriously?! I don't know how she has time to work part-time and go to school full-time and still spend all that time on everyone else. She is wonderwoman. :)

Who is your service hero? Why?