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This last week it was Fast Sunday for our church congregation, (since General Conference is coming up, it was moved up one week earlier than the usual first Sunday of the month), and we were fasting for this family in our church congregation who’s 12-year-old is fighting to get movement…

I’m still going strong on my meditation practice {almost} every morning. And I’m so working on being present enough to let meditation and being present change me (love this podcast about that). But I digress. The reason I bring meditation up is that one of my favorite five-minute gratitude meditations…

Since Valentine’s Day is this weekend I feel the pull to write a love post today. So I will. But it’s not going to be a mushy, lovey-dovey one (although I sure do love that valentine of mine, hubba hubba…Claire don’t roll your eyes). No. Today I want to post…

Just wanted to share this message that Grace shared on Facebook last week. I had shared the letter with her that my Grandpa left for my dad before he passed away (the one I talked about back in this post) and she felt it’s power and love as I did.…

I pulled everyone together for our traditional valentine’s kitchen Heart Attack for Family Home Evening this week. (I made that sound like it was easy, and it should be with only two kids home, but I’m still herding cats these days.) I love this tradition even more now that kids…

One of my best friends from high school and her husband are mission presidents right now. Last week she wrote about the incredible difference a good companion can make for missionaries. She talked about how one of the sister missionaries was really struggling when she came to the mission. She…

Last night Claire sat perched on the kitchen counter as I whipped up some Friday night pizza, and asked me to tell her about my experience on September 11th when it actually happened all those years ago. It was sobering to sit and discuss all the emotion and deep sadness…

On Tuesday Dave and I celebrated our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Gosh. How does all that time fly by so fast? Weren’t we JUST here, on our honeymoon, eyes wide and bright for the future? And yet, those years have also been slow. I did some serious reminiscing as I worked…

Today we will have a guest post from Gregory Boyle, the Jesuit priest who wrote Tatoos on the Heart…one of my favorite books of all time (HERE). I loved this quote from him that Father Richard Rohr shared in one of his “daily meditations,” and it was so beautiful and…

Last week, after a series of “plan b’s,” my daughter got married amidst majestic red rocks and surrounded (but not too close!), by immediate family. …to the man of her dreams. …amidst a world pandemic. And it was one of my favorite days. There are still such beautiful things going…