Do you Remember?

Tomorrow I leave for board meetings at BYU. I realize that for many, BYU is "the school they love to hate." At the risk of offending some, may I just say that for me, BYU is the school I love, period. In fact, I don't just love it -- I'm passionate about it. You need to know that my loyalty isn't because that's the only school I've ever attended. I went to BYU for two years. I spent an additional five years at two other universities. BYU is different. We talk a lot about the "Spirit of the Y." The Spirit of the Y is actually THE Spirit. It's an amazing and unique place that offers the environment where the Spirit can be operative in every aspect of your life. Whenever I hear a BYU student say, "Oh, BYU is okay," there is a little part inside of me that cries, because I think to myself, "She doesn't get it! She's missed it!" And how sad is that.

Here are a few things that I love about BYU and that evoke pleasant memories for me.