It Hurts So Good
This morning I woke up to aching muscles with a strange sore feeling all over. Oddly, it brought a smile to my face. It seems like that work out last night went pretty well. I pushed myself and now I feel it.
Intuition
Follow a pattern? Just set an example and hope for the best? Make rules? Tudie talk about parents and what really works best.
They’re Just Brothers
Steve and Joe are just brothers. Neither of them know anything different. The other day my son Stephen said he told a new acquaintance that his brother had Down syndrome and the person replied “I’m sorry.” Steve totally did not understand that response - - it was...
Anti-procrastination Day
Interruptions. They are incessant. And, if you are like me, it isn’t just your children or customers interrupting you. It could be your friends, family, and co-workers, too. But the worst interrupter of all, for me, is myself. An idea pops into my head the moment...
Spring Cleaning
Children’s idea of home is a place of comfort and food and love. Although I will keep working towards order and improving our place, I’ve been reminded by my children about what matters most.
The Growing Zone
Intermingled with the hardships that we face are instances of euphoria that keep us and help us endure. Grounded in the gospel is a happy and celebratory situation—not a condemnation with which we have to deal.
An Intimate Conversation
I sometimes think that we deny ourselves intimacy because we have a hard time accepting ourselves. Allowing someone to accept us at the most basic level can bind up broken hearts and put our shattered pieces back together.
Don’t Believe the Hype — Taking Offense is not the Way to Go
Choosing to be offended places you in a box. It impedes progress. It requires you to actively deny the atonement. For yourself, and for others.
Follow the Leader
In a modern world of ever-changing standards and values, it can be difficult to know what is appropriate and what should either change or stay the same. Sometimes these habits of the world begin to creep into the Church. When I was much younger we would play a game...
Two-Way Covenant
“How do you repay someone who saves your life? You never forget him.” I have often thought of those who’ve been saved from a burning building or any other perilous situation. How do they repay their hero? Of course they are grateful, but no amount of money could ever...
Painting a “Hollow Victory” Egg
As a person who eats fried egg sandwiches for breakfast semi-regularly, I can’t help but look at all those broken shells, and wonder about what might have been. There is hope, however, for the unbroken. Egg taxidermy, or as you know it, Fabergé. The embalming process...
Relief Society – The Essence of Womanhood
For me, Relief Society is one of the very best organizations in the world. It helps women focus on serving others, learn gospel precepts and encourages its members to develop their talents. We keep track of each other to make certain that we are all okay, and when we are not okay, we help each other.
Fat and Single to Healthy and Married?
If I don’t get married in this life, I don’t want it to be because I didn’t try my very best to make it happen. Becoming my best self in all areas of life is one way to show my Father in Heaven my desire to be whoever He wants me to be.
Irish Blessing
You’ve left your best friend a lovely a lovely gift for Saint Patrick’s day—but you can give some beautiful gifts to other, too, even if it costs you nothing nothing at all.
Lighten Up? But This is Serious!
My daughter pulled a big, Sam’s size bag of shredded cheese out of the refrigerator--upside down. I stood there watching, shocked and unable to react in time. The entire package of orange gold landed in a heap on her feet. At this time of life our budget was really...
Spring Break, Parenting, and HomeSchool
Frequently, after a few days of unscheduled, all kid, crazy weather days of spring break, I hear people say they could never handle having their children home all the time. They are sure they could never homeschool. Homeschool is not one big long spring break. I promise.
Life’s Lesson
I love art and particularly the masterpieces. Looking at a beautiful oil painting or sculpture is inspiring and uplifting. One of my favorite pieces of fine art is the Pietà by Michelangelo. He was a master. To me it is remarkable that he could fashion sheer rock to...
Cooking: Bageling at the Pattibilities
For a quite some time, I had been convinced that certain foods take too much preparation to want to make on my own. Bagels? Boiling and baking and probably some voodoo. Hamburgers? Grills, lighter fluid, coal, and an offering at a shine of Hephaestus. Clearly...
Miracles (Part 2)
In the first part of this series we talked about the source of miracles, miracles in history, modern miracles, and what makes a miracle possible. In this installment we’ll look at the importance of letting go of control over our miracles, the promise of miracles, no...
Ladder From Above (Part 3)
We have been engaged in a parable of sorts, one that involves a lone man and a ladder. You can catch the details from the last two blogs of Morning Devotional. But here’s the main point: the parable is about the Atonement of Christ and how we are saved. Last week we...
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