Need a little lift this Mother’s Day? Want to give mom a great gift but you have no budget? LDS Living is offering this wonderful ebook full of the best articles on Motherhood from LDS Living. And the best part? It’s absolutely free until Mother’s Day. With a great selection of articles ranging from humor… Continue Reading
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Enhance Your Study of Church History with the Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion
I like reference books. Yes, I was the weird kid who actually read the dictionary for fun. In second grade, I went through the school library’s entire collection of biographies. So, when Deseret Book offered me the opportunity to review the new Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion, I jumped at the chance. And it is… Continue Reading
Table Talk Topics Spark Family Togetherness
Do you eat dinner together as a family at the table? Families who eat together tend to be stronger families. Studies show that families who regularly have dinner together have teens who get better grades, are less likely to use drugs or alcohol and have better family communication with less stress. Family dinners don’t have… Continue Reading
Get a Copy of Disney’s Brave for My Birthday
Tuesday, November 13, this year’s animated Disney hit Brave, will be available on Blu-Ray/DVD. Monday, November 12, is my birthday and I have a copy of Brave to give one of my awesome readers as a present. Yes, that is the day BEFORE it goes on sale. You’ll find all the details at the end… Continue Reading
Double Chocolate Brownies–National Chocolate Day
It’s National Chocolate Day. Really. Friday was National Mincemeat Day and tomorrow is National Oatmeal Day. Which holiday would YOU rather celebrate? (In case you’re wondering how I came to be such a fount of food information, blame Facebook. Or Google. Or just check out this nifty website.) There’s pretty much a food holiday for… Continue Reading
The Best Phone Call I Ever Got
“Thank you for being so mean.” That’s how it started out. The best phone call I ever got. When my oldest daughter was in her last year of college, she called home one day. It went like this: Daughter: Thanks, Mom, for being so mean and making us do all those chores. Now I understand… Continue Reading
The Parable of the Currant Bush
Some times in life things don’t seem to go the way we want. We try as hard as we can and yet sometimes opportunities are denied and disappointments occur. We feel like a currant bush that has been severely and painfully pruned. The Master Gardener has a plan for us. While it is sometimes… Continue Reading
Blogging with “Real Intent”
I love to write, I really do. I especially love to study and write about the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love to learn about gospel topics, about doctrine and about how other people live the gospel successfully. I love to read the gospel writings of others and to learn from them, to get inspired… Continue Reading
Finding Joy in the Journey
Today is President Thomas S. Monson’s 85th birthday. In honor of his birthday, I am sharing an excerpt from one of my very favorite addresses by President Monson. If you want to read the complete text of his address, it’s “Finding Joy in the Journey.” In this address he talks about how many years it… Continue Reading
Are You Prepared–or Are You Procrastinating?
It’s officially music season at my house. I’ve raised a houseful of music lovers and Number 4 has just started her turn at high school band. I was reflecting with my husband today and we calculated that, by the time this one finishes high school, we will have been band parents for nearly 20 years.… Continue Reading