“You Are Special,” Friend, August 2025, 20–21.
You Are Special
From an interview with Bradley Salmond III and Karly Lay.
When my children were young, I gave them a priesthood blessing each year before school started. One year, my daughter was going through a hard time. I didn’t really understand what she was going through and felt frustrated.
Something happened when I put my hands on her head and began to give her a blessing. Through the power of the Holy Ghost, the Lord helped me see my daughter as a wonderful and magnificent daughter of God. My perspective completely changed. I wasn’t frustrated anymore.
Heavenly Father helped me see my daughter as special and unique. I know that you are amazing too! You are beautiful and filled with divine talents and abilities. You really are a child of heavenly parents. And I believe that is true of every single child on earth. You are special and divine.
Full of Love
Draw a picture of yourself in the frame. While you draw, think about how you are a child of God. Hang up this page as a reminder that you are special and divine.
I am special and divine.
Illustrations by Fiona Powers