Sharla (Nuttall) Kwarm

The greatest blessing of the last 10 years came along in September 2008…nearly two years ago. I met a man named John Kwarm, and after a few dates, we both knew there was something different and special about the other. John grew up in Alexandria, Virginia and came out to Utah with his mother for his senior year at Orem High School. When he began working fulltime at BYU, I was also working in the Dean of Students Office at BYU, and we met through simple timecard “issues,” and a mutual friend (and angel). We dated for 9 months, became engaged a year ago today (June18, 2009) and were married two months later on August 14, 2009 in the Draper Utah temple.

After high school, I attended Ricks College for a year, and transferred to BYU to work on my Bachelor’s degree in MFHD. I took a semester off to go to Europe with Miss Lisa Stevens, and returned from our adventures with the knowledge that a mission was in my future. I submitted my papers and was issued the call to serve in Melbourne, Australia & Tasmania. I served from August 2003 until March 2005. When I returned home, I enrolled again at BYU and graduated a year later in the spring of 2006. After graduating from BYU, I worked at Centennial Middle School as a Para-Educator, and concurrently attended the University of Utah to work towards a certification as a Child Life Specialist. Life threw me a curve ball (in the summer of 2007) when I felt impressed to take a position at BYU in the Dean of Students Office (see above for the result of that impression! J)

Currently, we have been married for 10 months…we’re living in Provo, and we’re both still working at BYU. About 5 months ago, the Bishop of our ward called me to be the Young Women’s President, and I have been busily preparing for Girls Camp this summer! John and I are excited about the future, which will bring children into our family, a few years of Law School, working towards our wish list & dreams, and (I’m sure) many things you ol’ married people know that we’ve yet to discover J Life has been good to us.