Letter from Ash

I usually don't share these things but I really wanted to with this one. Yesterday I was having a hard time and I found myself at the temple, something Ashley and I started back in April 2011, when she was experiencing a personal trial. And I sat looking at the beautiful structure, symbols that mean something to me and my girls, and I thought it would be the best time to write to Ash. So I pulled out my wonderful yet frustrating Smart Phone and proceeded to write there, sitting right next to the pool, listening to the kids play relay races and secretly dipping their hands into the water, hoping no one would notice. And I proceeded to write. I felt so close to her. I felt as if she were there with me, just like it was before she left, and I expressed how I felt. I even gave her a spiritual thought! Shocking, I know!
This afternoon while waiting by the computer, as I normally do on Mondays, even though  I have this dumb smart phone (it likes to change my words on me without me knowing! It can get super embarrassing!!!) I received this message:

I wish I could be with you at the temple right now! I will ALWAYS walk around with you! You can count on that!!! Even when I am married I'll go without him! hahahhaa and he will have to understand! Ma, I love you so much! You are such a great example to me and a rock for me to lean on!

Four small lines that will keep me going!!! I am so proud of her and what she is accomplishing! And I love watching her Spirit develop into the person God intended for her to be. He knows more and he is in control! I have so much faith in that! And I am grateful that we had this experience! Her to serve a mission and me to grow from her serving! I cannot wait to get her back but how awesome that she is being strengthened in ways I cannot even begin to understand!