Yesterday I first received a Valentine card from Ed and Bonnie and family. Then in the afternoon Missie and I walked up to the mailbox to mail Mike and Steve's valentines. In Mike's card I thanked him for all of the many bouquets of flowers he has sent me. As Missie and I walked and I looked at the mountain many feelings of hope and promise flowed to me. Some involved my friend LaRene who recently moved back to Spring Valley with her husband Don.
When we got back there was a knock on the door and a delivery man was bringing a bouquet of flowers with a Valentine baloon from Mike. The tears of joy are still flowing. It was like a gift of hope. Over 16 years ago Mike was diagnosed with HIV and over 10 years ago he was diagnosed with full blown aides. It is a miracle he is still alive. He has almost died many times and everytime he has been near death's door, the day after his name has been put on the Temple prayer roll he has come off the critical list and recovered. I have had many prayers answered but never like I have seen with the Temple prayer roll and Mike. It helps me to know that God has something special in mind for Mike and in my mother's heart I know he will one day be a believer again.
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- My name is Suzanne Osborne Halliday. I am a mother of five sons: Michael, Edward, Stephen, Bruce and Daniel. I have a beloved step daughter: Lisa. I am the grandmother of seven grandsons: Anthony, Joshua, Aaron, Tyler, Mattie, Sydney, Zachary, and three grand daughters: Bella, Gali and Alycia. I was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1942 to Harvey Osborne and Joyce White. When I was nine years old my parents moved to Peridot, Arizona, a village on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation where my father had bought a trading post. It was not long after this that I was first introduced to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. A family down the road invited me to attend Primary. It was held in the back of the Weech's Trading Post in San Carlos. This was where I learned that I because of Jesus Christ I could return to live with my Heavenly Father again one day. Three years later my heart was touched by a Joseph Smith pamphlet I found in my brother Stevie's lunch pail. I joined the church 13 May 1961 when I was 19 years old. This decision has greatly changed my life.
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