I am an Eagle

"I will choose to associate with people whose lives and lifestyles I admire. If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs. If I associate myself with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights. I am an eagle. It is my destiny to fly." -The Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews

I have realized lately how much my friends mean to me. They are such a great strength to me and they support me in whatever I do. When I went through the temple a few weeks ago many of my friends traveled great lengths of time just to be there with me. That means the world to me that they would travel to just come support me. These girls have been with me through the thick and the thin and I am going to truly miss them as I go out and serve the Lord, but I know this is what I need to be doing.

They are my eagles and they teach me how to fly to great heights. 

This past Saturday I was going to go to Ephraim and Richfield to see some of my old roommates and friends. Friday night I was having some doubts about going, but I just pushed them out because I really wanted to go see my friends. I was planning on leaving my house around 6:30am so I could get there at a decent hour. Do to being out late Friday night I was just going to wake up at like 6:15 and get on my way. When my alarm went off I didn't want to wake up just yet, so I turned it off. I ended up waking up about a half hour later. I rolled out of bed and slowly started to get ready. (which is unusual, because normally if I am running late I rush to get ready. And then get on the road shortly after) Well when I got upstairs I noticed my parents weren't awake yet. Which is also weird cause they wake up at like 6 every morning. Well shortly after I started to get ready my mom had woke up and was starting to make some breakfast. I went into the kitchen after I got ready and said 'I was leaving' and she said 'no I made these pancakes you are going to eat some.' So I obeyed and ate my breakfast. Shortly after I finished I said that I was going to get on the road. When I finished saying that my sister, Crystal, called and said she had heard that there was a wreck in canyon. She just said that it was a semi that had jackknifed. When I got off the phone with her I called my roommate Shacari and told her what I found out. We then started to think of a plan. We talked about just meeting in Provo, but we didn't really know what we would do there. Because of this we decided that I would still just meet them in Ephraim. I told my parents that I was leaving and off I went. I only got to Shacari's grandparents house before I was at a dead stop on the freeway. Like people were just parked on the freeway waiting, so then I called my mom and told her. She said 'well wait it out for as long as you can and then you might just have to come home.' Well as I was talking to my mom Shacari called me and said 'Caprice turn around RIGHT now. You are not coming down here the roads are way too bad.' Now I trust Shac and what she tells me, so right then and there I turned around not even questioning her. When I got home I instantly felt that I had made the right decision and I was so much happier just by making that one action. Anyway...when I get home my family got a phone call telling us that one of the guys in our ward was involved in car wreck that morning. We almost instantly knew that he was involved in the 25 car pile up plus 4 semis. We didn't know his condition except that he was in the hospital. My dad called down to the hospital a few hours later and they had said that Roger had been released. So on Sunday my dad went over to see Roger but he didn't answer the door, and so later that day Roger had called my house saying he was sorry he couldn't get to the door fast enough to talk to my dad. This gave my mom the chance to ask him what happened...he proceeded to tell her that he was about the 21st car and he saw the wreck and he started to slowly break but still managed to hit into a semi. There was a car behind him that however didn't break and smashed into the back of him. He then told my mom his injuries that weren't as bad as they could have been, but then my mother being the wonderful lady she is asks him what time he had left his house. He told her that he left his house around 6:30!!!!!!! When I heard this I about died! If I would have woke up on time to go to Ephraim there is a GREAT chance that I could have been car #20,21,22,23,24...who knows what would have happen. I really don't ever want to know what would have happened if I would have left on time that day or continued on when Shacari told me to turn around. 

You may wonder why I brought this story up when I was talking about friends, but I feel like my friends played a big roll in my life. I am grateful that when I am stubborn and don't listen to the spirit that I have friends that will rise up to the occasion and tell me what to do. I feel so VERY blessed to have the friends I do that surround me. I don't think I would be the person I am or the missionary I will be without these girls! They truly are EAGLES and they have definitely raised the bar to make me a better person. I will never be able to repay them...

I am so very blessed

Love you girls