by Valerie Steimle | Jun 20, 2015 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
This past week I have been to Girl’s Camp. This particular activity is distinctly different from any activity experienced through church. Fifty or more young women between the ages of 12 and 18 come together for a week or so of camping, singing, laughing, eating,...
by Valerie Steimle | Jun 13, 2015 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Hypocrisy! That’s what I call it, hypocrisy! We teach our children from the “For The Strength of Youth” pamphlet (a set of standards to follow for our youth) but when we, as adults, become single ourselves many times we completely ignore what we teach our own...
by Valerie Steimle | May 23, 2015 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
With all the talk of emergency preparedness, we sometimes forget about another aspect of self-reliance: spiritual self-reliance. Are we spiritually strong enough to withstand the wiles of the world? Are we spiritually self-reliant? First we have to choose between...
by Valerie Steimle | May 16, 2015 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
President Gordon B. Hinckley who was the fifteenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) once said, “It’s not the big experiences which affect us but the small day by day experiences.” The relationships we create with each other in...
by Valerie Steimle | May 10, 2015 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Mother’s Day is today and in my book all mothers should be honored, regardless if you have raised one child or twenty. You are still a mother even if you’ve never given birth to any children but raised them just the same. Anyone with responsibility for any children...
