Dear sisters, I am so glad to be part of this loop! I love to see the different personalities that make the loop what it is! We are so fortunate to have an opportunity to share a part of us with each other and see that we are all really just the same. There are sisters who have grown up in the gospel and have had the ideal family life and do the same with their children. It is hard for many of us to imagine altough this might be our ideal. There are sisters who have grown up in the gospel with parent's who did not set an enviable example and have had to struggle with testimonies and trials along the way. They may have made poor choices along the course of life, and are living with consequences of those choices. There are sisters who are converts. Like the sisters who have had an ideal family life they continue to set an example for their children and others. There are sisters who are converts whose testimonies may not be as strong as others, but despite that struggle continue to be active. There are sisters who are inactive, for various reasons. There are sisters who have no association with the church whatsoever outside this loop. They need us! We are all struggling with one trial or another. We are all trying to put something behind us and move on. I think that is all Heavenly Father wants us to do...to progress. We are so fortunate to have each other to turn to and to find a listening ear. We can almost hide behind anonymity, being able to share parts of ourselves that we could never tell someone else but that needs to be shared. I think we are so fortunate to have this loop and blessed to know each other! I know that this has been a great blessing to me. I hope you all feel the same. Diane