Thanks for sharing this Mom. I particularly related to this part (emphasis added):
Joseph Smith may have had the first vision, but I am the fruits of that vision. The legacy carried on by Brigham Young and the leaders who followed is very much my legacy and my inheritance. The gospel of Jesus Christ as restored in these latter days is bigger than they are and bigger and more glorious than the time in history they lived in.
And despite current policies and atmosphere, I will not let them tell me any differently.
As one who sees the gospel and the church as separate but related, I like it when I hear others who think the same. The gospel is bigger than the church and bigger than any man or man-made policy can ever be. I will not let anyone tell me differently.