by Abby Christianson | Apr 23, 2018 | Abby Christianson: Living in Harmony
I’ve debated sharing this story. But I think it’s an issue for many families, and for much of society. And I think the discussion has to happen. So I’m starting it. My Grandfather unintentionally hurt my children. He never met them. He’s been...
by Abby Christianson | Mar 26, 2018 | Abby Christianson: Living in Harmony
This is a call to arms. The world has enough mean spirited, self centered people. It’s time we make kindness cool again. A friend of mine is a fellow autism mom. She recently shared a story about going to a youth activity at her church to pick up her son. He...
by Abby Christianson | Feb 5, 2018 | Abby Christianson: Living in Harmony
This article was previously published in Abby’s blog on Patheos.com. I have a friend who has cancer. It’s pretty advanced. He’s suffering a lot. He already has 4 kinds of cancer, and last week they found a cancerous brain tumor. Cancer number five. ...
by Abby Christianson | Oct 23, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Living in Harmony
This article was previously published on Patheos.com Several years ago a woman I never got along with was asked to lead the women’s organization (Relief Society) in my church congregation (Ward). She was a former high school teacher who had ‘school marm’ written all...
by Abby Christianson | Oct 2, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Living in Harmony
My grandmother was mentally ill. Nobody knew exactly what was wrong with her, just that she was very strange. Back then people didn’t talk about mental illness. Recently my aunts have discussed Grandma, and they think she had schizophrenia. But there was...
by Abby Christianson | Jun 1, 2017 | Abby Christianson: Living in Harmony
We recently had a challenge at church to do Family History and focus on the temple often for a month. So I put down the novels and picked up my laptop. But my family is all pretty into family history. And I thought it was all done. I couldn’t find records to...
