by Tudie Rose | Jul 18, 2017 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
July 24th is Pioneer Day, when members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) celebrate the arrival of the pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley. It used to be that most members of the Church had pioneer ancestors, but the Church has grown...
by Tudie Rose | Jul 4, 2017 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
My dad used to tell us to learn from the mistakes of others. He warned us that we would make enough mistakes on our own without repeating the mistakes of others. I think I can take that one step further. What if we learned good character traits of others so that we...
by Tudie Rose | Jun 20, 2017 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
For a number of years my extended family kept in touch via family e-mail. Often someone would say something like, “Do you remember …?” Or someone would tell a story from our childhood and everyone else would jump on with comments. It didn’t take me long to figure out...
by Tudie Rose | Jun 5, 2017 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
I never talked baby talk to my children. From the moment they were born, I talked to them as if I was speaking to an adult. I didn’t want to get in the habit of treating them as if they couldn’t understand. My experience had been that some adults didn’t give children...
by Tudie Rose | May 23, 2017 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
I don’t think many people get married while thinking, “If it doesn’t work out, I can get a divorce,” but divorce does happen for many reasons. Similarly, not many people are baptized while thinking, “If it doesn’t work out, I can always leave the Church.” Yet, most of...
by Tudie Rose | May 9, 2017 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
When I was a little girl, I used to admire hand blown glass figurines in a department store display case. The intricate designs of glass merry-go-rounds, animals, fish, butterflies, and flowers fascinated me. As I grew a bit older and learned how they were made, my...
