Stories reach across all boundaries and walks of life. We can all feel that connection with people who wear different clothes, speak different languages and follow different traditions.

During this semester’s finals, we need to stop skipping things that are crucial in our everyday lives and start making them just as much of a priority as our school assignments. Self-care is important too.

Some people believe that if a woman experiences any kind of success outside of the home, her validity as a woman is void.

“It’s way easier to not talk to anybody about it and to not say anything,” Hansen said. “It’s easier, and it’s what you want to do, because even just talking about it makes you feel sick, but the only way you can heal from things like that is through is by talking about it and getting the help that you deserve.”

Brother Douglas D. Holmes will deliver the graduation commencement speech on Monday, July 23, 2018, at 3:45 pm in the BYU-Idaho Center Auditorium.