Estrogen Overload is an Understatement

Last week I went back to my alma mater, BYU, to attend a Women's Conference with my mom and my aunt. I was very excited to return to what was for four years my home (more to come on that in a later post). But imagine thousands of women all on one campus. There was much crafting. And a LOT of estrogen. I'm sure whatever men were left on campus wanted very badly to flee for their lives. And also they probably wanted their bathrooms back, because most of the campus bathrooms were changed to Women's restrooms for the weekend to accomodate all the women. (Question: WHY do women take so long in the bathroom? I should not have to stand in line that long. It's ridiculous.)

The highlights of the conference for me, other than being back at my school, were a few of my favorite speakers.

On Thursday, the opening speaker was Sheri Dew.

She gives articulate, insightful talks, filled with firm doctrinal principles and practical ways to apply the gospel in your life. I enjoy her. To read her talks you can look at lds.org and search for Sheri Dew in the gospel library.

Her talk this time was no exception. She addressed the belief by some that in order to have influence, a woman has to have money, fame, or a title. This, she said, is a big fat lie. I don't remember if she used those exact words, but that was basically the idea behind them. She possibly was more eloquent than that.

At the close of the conference the president of my church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Thomas S Monson (no relation) spoke.

I got to sit down on the floor of the Marriot Center for both of these talks, which for those of you who aren't familiar with BYU, is a basketball stadium that seats about 29,000. So I was super close. Close enough to take the pictures above. It was cool.

President Monson is a prophet, and when you're in the same room with him the feeling of the spirit of peace is almost tangible. This time he talked about not putting off till tomorrow what you can do now. You know, like telling people you love them, or getting your education, or taking that job, or learning how to yodel. So based on his talk, I hereby resolve to eliminate "some day" and "one day" from my vocabulary. Expect further posts on what I will do now, instead of some day. Once I figure out what those things are. Also, I liked President Monson's advise to never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. Food for thought.