Pandemic Lessons
As the COVID-19 pandemic looms on, it continues to teach lessons. As frustrated as I have been these last five months, I’ve also been in awe of the pandemic lessons I’ve learned. I’ve been hesitant to write about it all because this is such a hot button topic. Let me...
Spirit Series, Chapter 2: Visiting And Loving You
I started writing this series to help dispel some myths and confusion about spirits. I want you to know that they are often visiting loved ones and supporting us. And this week another misunderstanding cropped up, and I find this is the perfect chance to clarify. When...
See, Hear, and Know — Seize the Opportunity
The Lord commanded us to see, hear, and know. Have you taken advantage of that opportunity? Joseph Smith told Brigham Young to “tell the brethren to keep their hearts open to conviction, so that when the Holy Ghost comes to them, their hearts will be ready to...
Good Things to Come
Over and over again, the prophets in the scriptures remind us to think about and reflect, to remember — and today, I was doing just that. I took some time to remember where I was just one year ago this week. For any who have been following my story, you might...
Celebrate All Along the Way
This may be the most significant article I ever write. That is my goal. I fully intend it to be. Some ask me why I make everything religious. That’s an easy one. Because I am not strong enough to face the challenges of life on my own, when I cannot see...
Trust in Tumultuous Times
I believe we can all agree that our world right now is a bit crazy. However, one benefit of this is that from unique circumstances comes unique thought and insight. One might argue that Joseph Smith could never have received such eloquent revelation as Doctrine and...
Spirit Series, Chapter 1: Spirits Are Real, Ghosts Are Not
Early this week, a young high-school-aged friend came over to help me with some yard work. We got to talking across the weed patch and he shared that he thought he was losing his mind. He had recently visited a ghost town on vacation with his family and had been...
Am I Willing to Change How I Define Myself?
Lead image via Deseret News. Some of the most shocking images of destruction to me are of the Salt Lake Temple's Annex building demolition. So familiar with those rooms and hallways, the scenes of exposed walls and hanging rebar really jar my senses. A...
Tight Like Unto a Dish
"And they [the vessels] were built after a manner that they were exceeding tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and...
Amazing Promises for Amazing Blessings
Every so often I notice something in the scriptures that just rocks me simply by analyzing the wording and promises carefully enough. Probably four or five years ago, it was Jacob 4:12 where he says ". . . for why not speak of the atonement of Christ, and...
The Things I Wish I’d Said
Recently, my husband and I took a trip to Idaho to visit family. While there, we took a road trip to Yellowstone National Park. We stopped for dinner on the way back at a little restaurant in St. Anthony, Idaho, called the Idaho Burger Grill. A family heard us talking...
My Brain Is Tired
Oh my GOODNESS, I am going to lose my mind! My friends have asked me what it’s like being my son’s mom. I am here to tell you that it’s a LOT of mental effort! If it’s not trying to keep up with his intense interests, it’s a lot of mind work to keep him safe...
Building Unity in Marriage
“Unity among the human family is not natural. It’s a miracle and such great miracles require exceedingly great faith and works. It will only happen by God’s unique ways, which are higher than ours.” ~Ahmad S. Corbitt This quote flashed to my view while...
Hiding and the Fear of Repentance: The Story of Ping the Duck
All my life, I have loved to read — and as a little girl, there was nothing I loved more than hearing my mother and father's voices reading me a story. Each night, I would snuggle under my covers and eagerly wait for one of them to choose a book. Maybe it would...
The Value of Memories
Admittedly, I never gave much credence to memories. They were of course in the past and could not compare with the present — or so I thought. It has taken a lifetime to acknowledge the value they embody. Even now, I am trying to capture the magnitude of this...
The Parable of Time
With the outbreak of COVID-19, perhaps what I have learned the most about is time. In days gone by, time was often filled with baseball games and soccer practices, shopping and vacationing, commuting and complaining about commuting. Back then, we all had busy...
The Painted Rock Project
For the past several weeks I have been working on what I've named “The Painted Rock Project”. It has been so uplifting and powerful. And I wanted to share, because I had no idea something so small could mean so much to me. I hope it will lift and inspire you too....
Here Is Hope in the Depths of Grief
We received the call that our dog Stig had two inoperable tumors visible on a CT scan. The masses were in such unusual places in his brain and throat that the specialist couldn't safely take samples to see if they were cancerous tumors. She said we could try chemo on...
The Thin Veil
We are often reminded by the brethren that there is a veil that separates us from the spirit world. President Monson, for example, has said, “May we remember always, as we visit and work in these glorious temples, that the veil may become very thin between this world...
I Give Not Because I Have Not . . . If I Had, I Would Give
A friend shared a link with me the other day that I have been pondering. The link was to an article by Life Changing Services entitled, "I Give Not Because I Have Not, But if I Had, I Would Give," taken from Mosiah 4:24. As a group leader for spouses of those with...
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