Sister Kelly Brown

YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE EASY TO GIVE A VIEW ABOUT ONE OF YOUR OWN CHILDREN, BUT I HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT THAN I WOULD IMAGINE.
MOST OF YOU KNOW KELLIE. YOU HAVE WATCHED HER GROW UP, PRAYED FOR HER NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE PULPIT AND OVER THE LAST 12 OR SO YEARS HAD AT LEAST ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN IN HER PRIMARY CLASS.
WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAS A TREMENDOUS ZEST FOR LIFE AND A WILL OF IRON WHEN IT COMES TO OBSTACLES. YET HER LOVE AND SOFTNESS OF HEART ARE THE THINGS YOU WOULD NOTICE FIRST.
SHE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 13TH. CAME INTO THIS WORLD WITH A MORE THAN TRAUMATIC BIRTH. A LOVEABLE AND PRAYERFUL CHILD . PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS WERE THE THINGS SHE WATCHED OUT FOR. THERE WERE THINGS ABOUT HER THAT WE WERE CURIOUS, SUCH AS, WHY SHE WOULD NEVER EAT ANYTHING WITH SUGAR, YET ON HER BIRTHDAY SHE WOULD ALWAYS WANT CHOCOLATE CAKE. SHE NEVER ATE IT, BUT SHE WOULD ALWAYS MAKE SURE IT WAS THERE FOR HER PARTY. BECAUSE HER BIRTHDAY WAS IN FEBRUARY AND IT WASN’T A GOOD TIME FOR OUTDOOR PARTIES, WE ALWAYS BOUGHT A CERAMIC FOR THE FRIENDS TO PAINT AND TAKE HOME. AFTER TWO YEARS IT BECAME A STANDARD. ONE DAY AFTER HER PARTY WAS OVER I ASKED HER WHY SHE WANTED CHOCOLATE CAKE WHEN SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE ANY. SHE THEN TOLD ME THAT WHEN SHE ATE IT, IT MADE HER SICK. BUT THE KIDS ALWAYS LIKED CHOCOLATE=2 0BEST SO THAT’S WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE.
THE WEEK AFTER HER 10TH BIRTHDAY, I WAS MAKING A PHONE CALL TO A NEW DOCTOR FOR A STREPT THROAT. SHE CAME DOWN AND SAID, MOM. MY THROAT HAS BEEN SCRATCHY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND SO TOGETHER WE WENT FOR AN APPOINTMENT. THE DOCTOR CAME BACK WITH TEST RESULTS ASKING IF I HAD GIVEN HER A CUP OF SUGAR BEFORE WE CAME. HER BLOOD SUGAR WAS AT 910 AND THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY SHE WAS NOT IN A COMA.
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING FOR KELLIE. WE LEARNED ABOUT DIABETES AND WE WOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND COUNCIL YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR MOTHERS WITH WHAT WE HAD LEARNED. THROUGH THE NEXT FEW YEARS IT DIDN’T GET BETTER FOR HER. SHE BECAME INSULIN INTOLERANT AND THEN A DOCTOR DISCOVERED THAT SHE HAD A RARE, BUT KNOWN SITUATION IN THE FACT THAT SHE HAD BOTH TYPES IF THE DISEASE.
DID IT STOP HER? NO,....SHE FINISHED 4 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL IN 3. FOUR YEARS OF SEMINARY IN 3. SHE WORKED SEVERAL JOBS UNTIL SHE STARTED AT THE U OF U HOSPITAL IN SURGICAL PROCESSING. WHEN WE WOULD TELL PEOPLE THAT CALLED THAT SHE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL THEY WOULD SAY “OH NO, IS SHE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT?” DUE TO THE FACT THAT 3 TIMES WE NEARLY LOST HER IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SAY THAT SHE WAS WORKING, NOT STAYING.
SHE HAS A GOOD RESPONSIBLE JOB THERE STILL, AND SHE HAS GOTTEN EXTREMELY INVOLVED WITH MARTIAL ARTS. WE WOULD TEASE HER SAYING COULDN’T S HE FIND SOMETHING MORE FEMININE, BUT IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR US TO SEE THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT SHE TAUGHT WERE WINING THE MOST AWARDS AND HAVING THE BEST EXPERIENCE.
WHERE HAS IT LEAD? ON SEPTEMBER 14TH SHE WILL BE STARING A GROUP OF HER OWN AT A REC CENTER. SHE WILL BE TEACHING A COURSE FOR 12 WEEKS. THE DIRECTORS WANTED HER TO DO TWO CENTERS BUT SHE SAYS, LET’S DO ONE RIGHT NOW.
LOVING HER NEW MISSION CALLING THE SISTER MISSIONARIES ARE WANTING HER ALL THE TIME TO GO WITH THEM. SHE HAS BEEN A PART OF ONE BAPTISM AND HER EXPERIENCE AT THE TEMPLE WAS WONDERFUL.
THANKS FOR BEING A WONDERFUL, LOVING DAUGHTER OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. THE FAMILY LOVES YOU SO.