The Cat Is Out Of The Bag

BYU Womens Conference and PTA

When rumours are buzzing all around town, you can confirm them or stir them up even more by eating breakfast in a prominent location with the Soon-To-Be-Former-PTA President of your children's' school. Soooo that is what I did. After weeks and weeks of being discreet about our meetings, we were spotted, by more than a few people, eating at Gabriel's for breakfast.
After all, since December, on a daily basis, I have only been asked by dozens and dozens of people if I am going to be the new PTA President. I have never said one way or the other..until recently

Yes, it is true...I said YES to the Nomination for PTA President of our School. Everything is official on Monday evening after the vote during the General Meeting.


For those of you who know me, this was a very difficult decision. I was PTA President when the boys were little and I said I would never do it again as I felt that my time spent was not directly on/with my children. Well that was a different time and a very different school.


The idea of me being the PTA President came up in the fall and until February of this year, I have said NO NO NO, without looking back (sort of).


One day, the head of the Nominating Committee asked to speak with me and told me all the reasons I was needed as the President. I told her thank you, but No. She said she understood, but would I just do one thing...would I please TAKE THIS DECISION TO GOD.
I admit, that I had not prayed about it and that there are a gnawing feeling in me that I should consider taking the position, but everything else in me just wanted to say NO
Soooooo
I decided after Time Out For Women in March that I would seriously look at why I should say NO so I could feel good about it and move on. I was having a wrestle because I knew I was supposed to say YES and just did not want. I still had not CONSULTED WITH THE LORD.


The end of March, Katherine and I went to Utah for the General Young Women Broadcast. I decided I would not think about the PTA decision until I was home. However, as I was sitting in the Conference Center, the thought kept coming to me that I needed to be the new PTA President at the Elementary School. Hello....I am here to be with my daughter.....can I not think about this right now?
I started praying about the PTA President decision. However, I was not CONSULTING with the Lord, I was COUNSELING him on HOW to answer me. (I know....YOU have NEVER done THAT!)
All this time....I was putting the Nominating Committee off..."I will give you an answer when I return from this trip, or when this project is over, etc." I kept telling them that if there was someone else waiting in the wings, by all means, NOMINATE THEM.
All this while, I could see exactly who should be Board Members, Committee Heads, etc. The picture kept coming to me.
The week before I left for BYU Women's Conference, I started praying for an abundance of the spirit to accompany me as I was attending classes at BYUWC.
And....Accompany me, it did. The Spirit was with me the entire weekend. My heart and mind were open.
I had not thought much about the PTA President decision that weekend. I knew when I got home that I needed to give them an answer. I was prepared to tell them NO, but it did not feel right.
Then...the closing session of BYUWC came. Elder L Tom Perry was speaking and the Spirit spoke to me. YES. Say YES. You are supposed to be the PTA President. I WILL HELP YOU. YOUR FAMILY WILL BENEFIT AS A RESULT.
Many of the reasons I am supposed to be there are too private for sharing,or may make me sound prideful if I share.
So there it was. The NO, No, no. turned to a yes, Yes, YES.
I was so relieved. It felt right. It still feels right. Monday night...it will all feel right.
My Board is in place (the people who I thought should be there and I did not even give input to the Nominating Committee) with the most amazing people. Talk about talent and energy.


This is an A-Rated School with the most involved parents you can ever imagine. It is a school with many many eyes watching. My involvement in the school and community will be very high profile. This is a prestigious position, as someone explained to me. Trust me....prestige is not on my radar. For everything on the horizon, I say...bring it on. It all feels right. I wont be alone
Soooo, if you read my BYUWC entry about Bringing a Question To Conference, this was the BIG Question answered as I attended BYUWC.