Zoe Marie Hastings

I received many emails in the past week about Zoe and I want to thank
y'all for your kind words of love and support.

Zoe was the most incredible human being. She was the sunshine in my
life and I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for the opportunity that
I had to be best friends with her. She taught me the importance of
scripture study and of spending time with my family. She taught me how
to love and serve, in word and in action. She taught me how to be a
lady and a leader, and how to have fun wherever we are. She taught me
that it's never too late for anything, including getting Whataburger
on the way home from an activity Friday night. But most importantly,
she taught me how to rely on my Savior for everything. She probably
didn't know that she taught me all those things, but she did it
through her example. Because of her example, and through my Savior, I
can be better today than I was yesterday.

Miracle:
Yesterday, October 11th, was the one year anniversary of Zoe's
passing. I had been thinking about it and I wanted to do something
special to comemerate her, but I hadn't thought of anything. But
Heavenly Father knows His children. After an appointment with a man at
the library, we had 30 minutes until our bus and I had to pee, so we
were looking for a cafe to get a pastry and use the restroom and right
across the street was Cafè Zoe. What a miracle. It may seem small, but
it meant the world to me. So we got hot chocolate (my first one in
Italy) and my companion took a picture of me under the sign outside of
the cafe.