User:Bonniegrieff

Childhood
Having been born of parents who were seekers, I was an avid learner and loved to search out knowledge and truth. All my life I have been a searcher for whatsoever was good and worked toward that goal.

Searching
Having moved every year due to my dad's continual search for new and better, I learned to come out of my shyness and seek after good friends who would support and sustain me.

Places I have lived
Gardner, Illinois

Dwight, Illinois

Joliet, Illinois

Frankfort, Illinois

Worth, Illinois

Kankakee, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Oak Park, Illinois

Leavenworth, Kansas

Logan, Utah

Amalga, Utah

Providence, Utah

These people included peers, cousins and teachers both in school and church. Throughout high school and college, I sought out spiritual truth which included getting to know more about my friends' religions such as Catholic, Jewish, Baptist and other interdemoninational churches. When I was 23 and pregnant for my second daughter, the LDS missionaries were sent to my door by my sister-in-law, Linda Fulford O'Hare, for which I will be eternally grateful. Thus, began my love of the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, such as service, love and seeking out our dead. I was so happy to be able to do proxy ordinance work for my own mother the year after she died and thrilled to receive revelation that she accepted this gift.

Mentors
My many mentors included


 * Presbyterian,
 * Baptist and
 * LDS Sunday School teachers

as well as


 * high school and
 * nursing school teachers.

Seeking out my Family
Now that I am a member of the LDS church, I also have spiritual teachers in the family history center, who have helped me search for deceased family members.