Today, on the eve of Thanksgiving, there is a lot of commotion running around in my head. I woke up in the dark of the early morning with my heart rushing. How do I carve out enough from the “to-dos” swirling around in there to express all the gratitude in it? And then I remembered…
Let’s talk about modern-day pioneering and faith in the unknown. Because there have been three big things that have put it on my mind lately, especially with the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL being today. Yes, of all days to start school, somehow July 23rd was the winner. It’s still 110 degrees and July for crying…
I mentioned that our ward church congregation got all split up before the summer. It was a pretty big shift and change for all of us. Our ward was enveloped into three different wards, and then so many people were in and out during the blasted-hot-desert summer that it’s been a little tricky for us…
Since we’re talking stories (last post), let’s delve into a new one today. There was once a girl who was brave and courageous. Because of an extremely rare syndrome, she dealt with dwindling vision loss and some other struggles with learning at school. That girl also had a will of steel. Sometimes it was difficult…
Years ago I wrote about this wing-dinger of a family bank: What’s that you say? You can’t read the engraving? That’s because that thing is as old as the hills. I mean, that sucker was around when I was a kid for crying out loud. So I’ll translate: Those words carefully carved into that wooden…
I was at a store the other day, a little frazzled trying to get things situated this week. I was carrying some heavy worry for a couple of my kids. I was worried about the minutia of the holidays pressing in. I was tired. And around a corner came a little angel. In the form…
I’m sure a lot of people out there follow sharonsaysso on instagram. She is pretty awesome, gives an unbiased view of what’s happening in the world (I took one of her “government for grown-ups” classes and it was so good!) Not only is she smart and incredibly talented about sifting through and explaining current events,…
I cannot believe that it’s been one year since we were climbing over these red rocks to witness the marriage of these two. (SO many pictures and words about that day back HERE, and film pictures HERE.) What an incredible time to get married, and what a year it has been! In the middle of…
You know when you think something will NEVER happen, and then you find yourself right smack-dab in the middle of it happening? Well, that happened for me over President’s Day weekend. Because when at first I heard about this opportunity Lucy’s MCO choir would have to go to California and do a recording of their…