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I loved having General Conference intermixed with Easter this last weekend. Maybe it was extra rejuvenating because since school was out for two extra days, we headed to Newport. It was pretty chaotic getting out the door, but the blue sky, salty air, the light that is just different here,…

There was a day in Sedona last month where my sisters and I came across this scene at the Chapel of the Holy Cross. We sat in that simple chapel in awed reverence looking up. Up at the symbolism we discussed in hushed tones, the depiction of that Savior who…

As we have been preparing for Easter this week with our traditional little yellow “Holy Week” cards lined up above the fireplace, (I always wish we could do it better than we are doing it, but we are trying at least!), we read this somewhere (talking about Christ’s miracles): “On…

Have you ever had a moment that changed your trajectory? A little slice of time where somehow your vantage point changed and the world came into focus because of something someone said or did? Last weekend my friend brought up a conversation about that. She talked about this story, which…

Speaking of the “ripple effects” of grandparenting and parenting (yesterday), Dave’s dad (who’s birthday it is today…happy birthday Papa!!) has given he and his siblings the gift of beautiful skiing. Now, I’m not talking about the get-down-the-mountain type of skiing. No. They way Dave’s family skis is almost like a…

On Saturday we had a Women’s Conference for our area and I was asked to be one of the speakers. I have a love/hate relationship with things like this. I love to push myself to think through things in more depth. I love learning and growing through that responsibility, but…

Last week in Relief Society (our class at church), I was able to listen to the best lesson. It was all about the refining fires of trials. I thought of “beauty for ashes,” one of my very favorite phrases from the poetry of Isaiah. To me it is just so…

I mentioned back HERE that Dave has some great books he’s read for his classes at Thunderbird that pulled me in to read them too. Atomic Habits is one, but this What Got You Here Won’t Get You There was so good as well: It is filled up with so…

My “one word” for 2021 came so quickly and easily this year, and it has still taken me until March to write about it. But better late than never, right? I opened up my scriptures for our new study of the Doctrine & Covenants back in January, and the first…

I have been thinking about young mothers lately. Perhaps because sometimes I feel like I still am one. And then I get shocked when I look at my towering babies, FaceTime my married kids, and happen to come across old posts that talk about the old days (like this one…