To say I was consumed with these 2012 elections may be an understatement, especially if you ask my husband.

It was just way too exciting!

Maybe it was the fact that Mitt Romney was a Mormon and for the first time in history,someone with the same faith as I was running for the highest political office. Maybe it was the fact that I'm getting older now and with a family of my own I have such a new perspective on politics. Or maybe it was so apparent to me that we needed change in this economy and I thought, finally, we had someone to give us that hope that this country could turn around.

So for weeks I was reading up on article after article on numerous websites about the elections and all their opinions on who was going to take office. I was confident that Mitt Romney was going to win.

For me, it seemed common sense; we had a candidate who was known to "turn things around" and has shown that throughout his life and businesses compared to our president who has lacked the business mind to get us out of this debt and only made it worse through the 4 years. I knew there was no way he could be re-elected but I guess I underestimated the population of people who love him despite his track record.

So this week I have been in complete shock. I have been trying to rack my brain around what just happened this week and trying to understand the shift in our country.

Does anybody else feel that as a country we are losing that "American dream" of being creators and makers and instead just takers?

It also makes me wonder about the future for our family since Bryan is in medical school and we will be affected by Obamacare.

Because of so many unanswered questions on my mind. it has made me once again even more grateful for the gospel. To have knowledge that we each have our agency and will be accountable for our own actions. My sister has also reminded me that what happens in our home is more important than what happens in the White house. So true!

The day after the elections I read about the title of Liberty in Alma 46. I was reminded once again that throughout the Book of Mormon, they faced much wickedness and times of depression, yet there were strong and faithful saints of the church who stood up for righteousness. I feel more than at any other time that we, just as saints in the Book of Mormon, need to hoist up our title of Liberty and stand up for our freedom, families and God.