God is Low
If you have turned on the news or social media recently, you might have noticed what some describe as a time of tumult. Global events tower over the public's consciousness. There are causes and factions and crises and movements. Politicians and pundits and activists...
The Gift You Are to Me, Part 2: The Family Letter
This is part two in a three-part series about the gifts others are in our lives. To read part one, click here. This part, part two, is a letter Sonja wrote to her family after Ruby's memorial service (with some minor changes made for clarity by the editor). ...
The Morning Star
Life can be difficult. To many it can seem almost too difficult. There is always a challenge to meet and overcome before the next one comes. Some challenges are hard to handle and some are more bearable. We all look forward and hope someday to reach what we...
Graceful Receiving
There he stood, scrubbing so diligently, making sure not to miss a single spot. Farther and farther along the floor he went until any possible mess was gone. The floor was sparkling clean, and my boyfriend had the biggest smile on his face. He was so happy to have...
How Not To Gaslight Autistic Kids from Autistic Empath
This week we will have a special guest writer. She has incredible insight that all those who work with kids with autism need to know. So I got her permission to share it with you. "How not to gaslight autistic kids" by autisticempath.com. Some very dear friends...
A Tale from Makua Beach: Does a Small Glimpse of Glory Suffice?
First off, I just have to say thanks to Debbie Tanner, who took such amazing pictures of dolphins at Makua Beach several years ago and lets me use them. It was my birthday. My friend Roxanne drove me to Makua Beach to celebrate. Makua Beach wraps its...
The Little Robin’s Lesson
We are commanded by Heavenly Father to be charitable. Charity should be a way of life. The scriptures contain many teaching on why and how we can practice charity. One of the most helpful to me is found in the Book of Mormon in Moroni 7: 46 Wherefore, my...
Challenges as Preparation
Phew! What a time to be living in! The protests happening these last few weeks have been pretty intense — more intense than many of us expected, I would say. They’ve eclipsed the state of the pandemic for a moment! That just shows that one issue inevitably...
The Brotherhood of Man
With the recent chaos of events throughout the world, I think there are many people looking for hope, solace, and a return to normal. Fear is strong and prevalent. Yet this is an article I have written a million times. OK, maybe that is a slight exaggeration,...
Handblown Glass and Testimony
Since I was a little girl, I’ve been fascinated by handblown glass and glassblowers. Glassblowers are fascinating artists. This week I’ve been watching a show where glassblowers compete for scholarship money. They are given a specific assignment with a time limit to...
Live Together In Love And Peace
This last week has brought so much new awareness that it feels like it has been many weeks instead of just one. My whole life I have tried to see the insides of people when finding and choosing friends. So, I have friends of every orientation, nationality, color, and...
We Can Walk the Path Where Jesus Walked
When I was 14, I listened to someone who experienced Brigham Young University's Jerusalem Study Abroad Program. I sat spellbound as she mentioned places she saw and described the paths, smells, and culture that infused such life into her story. I couldn't get...
The Importance of Eternal Covenants
As I was writing in my journal recently after Collette clocked into work (she works from home on the phone/computer), I overheard a second or two of some very muffled comments about the concept, "Oh, yeah, my last name is Pulsipher now!" I could hear the smile on her...
Combatting Negativity
Fires, racism, and violence across the nation are pulling at our attention. Coming directly off a pandemic, people are not in a very strong place emotionally and feel as though they cannot handle all that is being thrown at them. It is easy to get caught up in the...
Feel Like a Million Bucks
I have a lot of friends I want to write about. They impacted my life for good when I needed it most. Many have migrated to their homes in different states of locations over the years, and though they are not forgotten, our connections are limited and communication is...
Meaningful or Mundane?
A Siberian husky was not at the top of my list of desired pets. If we were going to get a pet, I would have preferred a cat that slept on the couch twenty hours a day. But instead of a sedate feline, life brought me a puppy with more energy than an over-caffeinated...
When You’re Catapulted Out of Your Trailer, Get Back On!
Last year, my husband, Anthony, bought a used bike trailer and repurposed it to carry our 55-pound bulldog, Stig. Anthony fastened an old skateboard where the trailer lacked support (because it expected children's feet to be lounging in that spot and not a dog...
Where Can I Turn For Peace?
Where can I turn for peace? Where is my solace When other sources cease to make me whole? When with a wounded heart, anger, or malice, I draw myself apart, Searching my soul? The questions of the soul posed in Emma Lou Thayne’s stirring hymn "Where Can I Turn...
The Gift You Are to Me
Some years ago, I was scanning through the internet (which can sometimes be a mind-numbing thing to do). You know how one link can lead to another and another... and another? The next thing you know, you’ve uncovered a gem, read it, and with a single click, it wanders...
The Parable of the Parachute: Choosing to Be Uplifted
When I met my husband in 1996, he was serving in the US Army as an Airborne Ranger in the 2nd battalion in Ft. Lewis, Washington. We like to say that Bryan had three lives while in the Army, not the customary nine. Nearly losing these lives guided him in his decision...
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