How do I begin?

I am a happy and cautiously proud member of the church of Jesus Christ is Latter Day Saints. I have been a member most of my life from the age of 11 years. We were introduced to the church through a good friend of my oldest Brother, Robert. Bronson would invite my brother to go to various activities and when my parents would allow him to go, they would ask questions. Of course the missionaries were then invited to our home and the discussions began.
Being young, sensitive to the spirit and easily led in heart type things, I always found a way to accept the emotional things in life. I loved church...at the time we were going to the Salvation Army. Yes, they had meetings and activities. I even earned a Holy Bible by resighting the Books of the New Testimony. It was a zippered Rainbow Bible which I kept until it fell apart. I was one of the first to go to the front during the commitment to be saved each week. Hey, I cried about Puff, the Magic Dragon as a Beehive in Mutual.
As the years went by, my testimony strengthened and grew in various ways. It was all in accordance with the church positions I held or the trials I was trying to overcome. I felt happy and content and made the weekly trips to church, sometimes after little sleep on Saturday night because of a side job I had as a non-paid DJ for church dances and activities. We really had a good time. 

I met a nice young man and married in the temple. I continued to go to church regularly and to enjoy the learning and blessings I got there.  After a few months, my husband was killed in a serious accident Up to this point, I had been mostly active and involved. I started to feel uncomfortable going to the ward I was attending so, I went back to my old ward and I still didn't seem to feel comfortable.

 Finally, after much pain and blaming others for my reasons, I quit going to church. Only when I visited family or on special occasions, would I attend. Finally, I ascended into the temptations of life which I have since been forgiven of and repented of as well. I started to attend church vicariously when the mood hit or when I felt guilty enough to go. 

I got married to my husband that I have now and as he wasn't a member, I would go off and on. If anything was happening on Sunday, activities were always first. Finally, I realized that I had to get back into the church. We started going to visit my family in Utah and of course, there were many LDS Temples noticeable on the road. My husband took an interest in them and started his curiosity of the church. After we had been married for about ten years and two attempts, he accepted the church and was baptized. We were married in the Temple in Fresno, CA on November 24,2001. Since then my life has not been the same. 

I have left names out to start with so you could see the basic story of my life. I will introduce people as I go. My husband and I have been together for over 22 years and we are blessed with many family members. Though my activity is still slow, I remain more active than in the past and resolve with this writing to gain a better strength to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.