You never really had a doubt..

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Marching Onward

apparently starting a new blog confused some.

a few of my friends have been telling me they can't find our new blog.

here is the blog address:

dallinandemilymarchant.blogspot.com

[if you click on the blog address it will take you right there!]

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

you never really had a doubt..

Today is gonna be the day

That they're gonna throw it back to you

By now you should've somehow

Realized what you gotta do

I don't believe that anybody

Feels the way I do, about you now

Backbeat, the word was on the street

That the fire in your heart is out

I'm sure you've heard it all before

But you never really had a doubt

I don't believe that anybody

Feels the way I do about you now

And all the roads we have to walk are winding

And all the lights that lead us there are blinding

There are many things that I

Would like to say to you but I don't know how

Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me

And after all, you're my wonderwall

Today was gonna be the day

But they'll never throw it back to you

By now you should've somehow

Realized what you're not to do

I don't believe that anybody

Feels the way I do, about you now

And all the roads that lead you there are winding

And all the lights that light the way are blinding

There are many things that I

Would like to say to you but I don't know how

I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me

And after all, you're my wonderwall

This little blog of mine is coming to a close. I thought it appropriate to end with sharing the meaning of my title, "you never really had a doubt..". One of the first times I ever saw Dallin, he picked up my roommate's guitar and started playing "Wonderwall" by Oasis. I was heartstricken! I had never seen anything more attractive in my life! He played so well, and I was giddy because Wonderwall is one of my favorite songs. When I was little, my sister Heather would jam all of my sisters in her little yellow Toyota, she would blast Wonderwall and we would all sing along. While I watched Dallin play this song, my crush started to develop... little did I know this handsome boy would one day be my husband. After that night, Dallin and I listened to Wonderwall multiple times, and finally decided it should be "our song". As I've documented my life (a lot of which was stories of mine and Dallin's dating life) I thought more about the title, "you never really had a doubt..". I think never having a doubt is important in this life. There are many hard and scary things that can bring doubt to our lives, and sometimes we find ourselves doubting our abilities, and maybe those around us. I think it's important to never really have a doubt with ourselves, others, and especially with God. Thanks for reading along with my journal. I need to figure out a way to print these pages for our children someday. They'll probably laugh at how strange we are! Anyway, if you would like to continue reading about our life together, you can follow us at dallinandemilymarchant.blogspot.com .

The End.

Friday, August 21, 2009

fyi

this place is awesome!

Friday, August 14, 2009

sunshine

when i moved to farmington the summer after my junior year in highschool i realized what people meant when they said family is your best friend. i didn't know anyone in farmington, but alas- neither did my sisters. we spent that summer together- discovering our new house, meeting our new siblings (they were boys.... that was a little hard, but always an adventure), going swimming at the community pool with the stolen pool key (thanks alisha), visiting subway more often than needed, exploring our surrounding neighborhood while complaining of its "hick-ness" and smallness, mowing the weeds in the backyard that our new stepdad called grass, complaining of being in a new ward and missing our familiar young women leaders, bishop, and friends, and much more.

it might have taken longer than it should have, but eventually we discovered multiple people in our hick town that we were perhaps fond of. although my sister's wouldn't admit it as quickly as i did, they eventually came around and without realizing what was happening, we find ourselves 5 years down the road trying to remember why it was hard to move from salt lake in the first place.

i'm sure to leave someone out, so i'm trying not to mention the names of the aforementioned people found.... we'll just call them c. connors and libb ribb. ;) well... cori and libby eventually helped us to feel comfortable to branch out even further, and low and behold there were many other people in our hick town that we were fond of. one person in particular, cindy gardner. (sorry to draw attention to you cindy, this post is for you) impossible though, for me to mention cindy without her other half, reed. i should probably refer to reed as brother gardner, as he is a member of the bishopric up in hick-town, but reed feels like an uncle to me (who happens to be in the bishopric). cindy and reed have some pretty awesome kids. awhile back i found some journal entries pertaining to one specific child of theirs. i told my journal that i found an awesome girl in my neighborhood with whom i was to be friends with and find out what was drawing me to her. there are a few reasons i've come to understand for my being drawn to her, and i will continue to discover more, i'm sure. let me get to the point of this story- dear, sweet, lovely cindy has been diagnosed with cancer. although she is fighting with all her might and proving to be possibly the strongest woman i know (next to my mom, mom's always first), cindy is very sick from the side effects. every time i read cindy's blog the tears flow down my cheeks and i realize how grateful i am for wonderful people in my life. no one said this life would be easy, but cliche enough- it is worth it. cindy, thanks for your great example and for reminding me today of why life is great. we need more cindy's in this world. hang in there cindy.

feel free to pray for cindy.

you can never have enough prayers.