Saturday...I met Hillary Weeks!!!! :)

I am really not sure how to sum up my day yesterday!!!!  It was such an amazing day!!!  I got up extremely early to catch my first train to Philly.  I met Rachelle and Naomi at the train station in Strafford.  We were off to Philly for the Time Out For Women conference.  Little did I know how much I truly needed this day!  Upon arriving at the train station, we saw so many other women who were all headed in the same place.  The station is so neat.  I loved the architecture, and it was only up a few flights of escalators and we were there at the convention center.  It was great!!!  I could hear the music being played, and the staff started giving out bags.  The cutest bags ever, blue and brown ones that said Time Out for Women.  We walked in as the doors opened, and we walked clear to the front of the room to sit in the 10th row back.  I sat down next to two other ladies, and introduced myself.  They had come from Ct. and it was fun to tell our stories.  The one was originally from Utah, and had done the same thing I had.  Travel across the country to be a nanny.  She had met her husband here.  And is now raising her little family here.  Deseret Book sponsored the event and so they had lots of great things to buy in the back of the room.  I walked back to see what I could find.  I already knew that I was going to buy Hillary Weeks new CD.  I was so excited when I found it, and many more things... :)  What can I say, I am a fool for LDS books and Music, and stuff!!!!  I miss not having a store close to me.  Well the conference began with my favorite singer in the whole world, Hillary Weeks.  I was filled with such an overwhelming feeling of happiness as I watched her sing.  It was like one of those moments that Elder Bednar once described as a tender mercy of the Lord.  This was someone I have looked up to and admired for as long as I started singing her music.  I have always loved her.  I got to listen to her the entire day, and I took advantage of it by hugging her, and telling her how much her music has helped me throughout my life.  I got a picture with her, and she signed my new music book I bought.  Oh Happy DAY!!!!  Truly it was.  It was full of laughs, tears, and joy!  Simply that is how I felt...  I loved listening to all of the speakers, and learning more about them, and more about me.  I have truly needed this day! It brought such a great renewal of ME to my life!!!!  I am at such peace, and I realize more than ever how much I am truly loved.  What an amazing Day!!! One I will never ever forget!!!!