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Read it your way
You’ve heard plenty of moving anecdotes about Pres. Hinckley’s August of 2005 challenge to read or reread The Book of Mormon by the end of the year. My story is a bit less inspiring. We completed the...
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How to: Keep a “Journal”
What are your most creative ways of journal keeping? Could cell phone images of your freezer be the most accurate way of depicting you life? Is a more formal option too intimidating? Are you terrified...
View ArticleFreeze Dried Jello and Other Food Storage Oddities
Growing up, my mom regularly foisted food storage powered milk on us, which we sleuthed from a mile away. It had a horrible mouthfeel and gave us the runs, hives, or both. Food storage was bomb shelter...
View ArticleFor the Love of Dogs
Bark much? Yes. For ten years I resisted getting a dog like my kids resist chores: vehemently. Then one day I caved. Our once gorgeous herringbone tiled floor became a minefield of dog hair....
View ArticleKicking this year in the teeth, one gratitude at a time
Raise your hand if you’d like to kick this past year in the teeth. Sure, I’d like to know what Trump eats for breakfast, motives for the Las Vegas mass shooter, why so-and-so is getting a divorce, and...
View ArticleLast in Line: Reverencing the youngest child
“Just be ten!” I tell my youngest for the umpteenth time this week. He’s ten going on sixteen. What’s a mom to do? Our other kids are teens approaching driving, dating, college, while our youngest...
View ArticleMy Brother, the G.O.A.T.
My brother is a G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time). He has endured all manner of challenges in his life, most recently a divorce, a divided family, and unimaginable heart rending. Still, he perseveres....
View ArticleLiving Small: busting the myth that bigger is better
I’m sure you’ve heard of the tiny house movement? Couples sell everything they own and move into an itty bitty home. Instagrammable cuteness meets Things Organized Neatly. We’re nearly living it now...
View ArticleSuicide: Let’s Talk About It
Family and suicide Why did they do it? Was it mental illness? The pain still echoes through the family. I want to sleuth it out, uncover old journals, crawl around the family tree. Now, in the past...
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