I’ve enjoyed getting to know Regan (pronounced like the president) since she has moved into our ward. Regan is from Dallas, Tx and in 2003 moved to Fruita when her mother remarried. In her youth, Regan enjoyed softball and sports. She really loved being a part of FFA (future farmers of America) and even became a chapter officer. She’s stayed involved with contacts she made from FFA. She also learned valuable leadership skills. Regan loves horses and was able to spend summers on Glade Park riding and caring for her relatives horses. Regan loves crocheting and is working on several projects. She loves how she can make useful things at the same time as relaxing and enjoying herself.
Regan met Roger at a VICA (skills USA) state competition in Colorado Springs. They were both waiting to be interviewed to be state officers. While waiting, they started talking and became friends. They exchanged phone numbers but lost contact for about 5 months. One day Regan was looking through her contacts and saw she had written down Roger’s birthday and it was approaching. She thought she’d call him and wish him a happy birthday. They started talking on the phone again and visiting each other and they fell in love.
Regan is the mother of three kids, Clarence (age 4), Abigail (age 2) and Braden
(3 months). I have so much admiration for her caring for three little ones so close in age. She said it’s a juggling act and she’s still trying to figure it out. She was recently sick and just when she was getting in a groove, everything was thrown off.
Regan works from home as a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant. She’s been doing this for about a year. She loves that it’s something she can do from home, she interacts with other adults, and it brings in some extra income. Regan would love to eventually take her business to the next level and become a director. When the kids are older she’d like to finish her bachelor’s degree, maybe in Mass Communicans. Roger is currently in school studying business management. He has about a year left before he gets his degree and he hopes to open his own collision and auto repair business.
Regan was familiar with the church when she married Roger, but it wasn’t until Clarance with born that she started to investigate seriously. They were living in Limon, Co at the time and Regan said the missionaries were often in their home for dinner and visits. Regan was casual at first with the missionaries and kept her distance from the church. Her family had expressed concern about her marrying a Mormon and she worried that it could cause a rift in her family if she became a member. She also really appreciated Roger not pushing the church on her, making it so she could investigate on her own terms. The missionaries started sharing spiritual messages and eventually invited her to hear the discussions. She had so many questions and was able to open up and really talk with the missionaries. Things started to piece together for her as she learned more and she was baptized in December of 2009. After her baptism, Regan and Roger were able to be sealed in the temple.
Regan finds strength in knowing that her family can be together after this life. She also finds strength in trying to do what’s right and making her home a sacred place. Knowing that she can still be with Roger and the kids in the afterlife, gives her perspective and peace. She also loves being a visiting teacher. She likes how she can get to know sisters in the ward that she may not have normally been close to.
I was able to visit Regan the morning after Braedon was born and she was beautiful, happy and social. I found that amazing and so far off from my post birth experiences. I’m so glad to have Regan and her family in our ward.
