Here’s a short video about myself, my experiences with visual communication, and what I hope to get from this class. (Please excuse the face at the beginning of the video.)
Hello wonderful and beautiful people!
I haven’t been writing much due to many, MANY busy days full of wedding planning. Don’t get me wrong, I loved and enjoyed every moment of it. But, I would not do it again (haha).
Some of you know, some don’t. Now I am Mrs. Lugo. I’ve been sealed for time and all eternity to my best friend.
AND, it’s the best! Now, please don’t think that my life is color pink. I would say that rather pink, it is far FAR away from being pink. Yet, I have manage to stay beautiful throughout any circumstances.
My husband’s name is Guadalupe Lugo. His nickname or shorter version of his name is “Lupe”. Now, I am writing this because I talk about him a lot, and I think it is important that you should know his name. He is 25 years-old and is currently enrolled at BYU-Idaho in process of pursuing a Business Management career with an emphasis in Finance. He served in the Chile Osorno mission from 2009 to 2011. A year after that, we had our first interaction while we were both participating in a Church Choir concert. Two months after that, we were introduced by our close friend, then the story begins. But I won’t talk about it in this post. I’ll save it for later.
I am currently a Junior pursuing a career in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations. I have the goal to build up my own business in event planning. The idea is still forming.
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THE BEGINNING OF OUR ETERNITY
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After we met, we talked for about two- three months and hanged out because we liked spending time with each other. Yet neither of us realized it until I left for school. You know that quote that says, “You never really know what you have until you loose it,” well that fit perfectly with us at the time. Either by text or calls. It was a daily routine that we both started loving. We became official in November of that same year and dated for ten months until he proposed right after the second session of General Conference. IT WAS THE BEST!
Temple Square has always been such a special place for me and he made it even more special!
We were sealed for time and all eternity in the San Antonio Texas Temple. Here it is.
Before this though, we went through a few situations that made us doubt about getting married so soon. Well, mostly me.
I am 20 years-old and have not finish school. I’ve only worked in two different places as a Sandwich artist and a teacher assistant for toddlers. My family expected from me to finish school before doing anything else (aka get married.) Also, my Mexican traditions interrupted my dreams of getting sealed in a temple.
As the only LDS member from my family, I’ve always had the idea that when I would decided to get married in the temple, my family would turn their backs to me. Instead, they didn’t. They supported my decision even though they counseled me to wait until I finish my education. I listened to their counsels and payed close attention to what they would say, but I decided to go a different way from their traditions.
Going along with that, this is what I wanted to talk about in this post.
Decisions, not traditions.
Traditions are always good. They help an individual have a centered and focus life towards something. Traditions build someone’s character and biased opinion. Now, being bias is not bad. It just means that you are a strong person who defends what you believe is right and truth.
On the other side, decisions is what help us learn. We are here on this earth to learn, and build up character and return to our Heavenly home. While being here on earth, we have the opportunity and blessing to choose for ourselves. Free agency is something that is given to all of us in order to learn each time we decide on something. I love it! In my short 20-years, I have learned that without free agency, we would not have the capacity to even learn about ourselves.
I’ve decided to write about the decisions we make because it is an important but very forgettable subject. Throughout our daily life, we don’t realize that we are who we are because of the simple and small decisions we take. Not only that, but I am living the change from waiting for someone to decide for me to someone waiting for my decision. It is hard. It is hard and crazy to think and believe that I am the adult now and that the decisions I make can be upon following my family traditions or making my own.
Getting married has truly helped me to learn a lot about myself. I love it. I have many things to worry about like finding a job, keep my grades up, paying bills, taking care of my home, have a social life, attend and be active in church, and many more. Yet, I love it. Lupe and I have nothing but a few things that are really ours, yet we are so happy and that’s what matters the most.
Stay beautiful,
Marivi Rueda Lugo♥
Stay Beautiful 