Spirit Daughter: "I'm really worried about turning 40 on earth..."

Father: "Have you been reading e-mails from Earth again?!"

S.D. " You know I can't stay away from that stuff...I have an addictive personality!"

F: "Some things are best to find out on your own..."

S.D. "The point is I don't want to fall apart, you know, crash half-way through my ( Read more... )

“And the battlefield is strewn with broken lives, torn and tattered in the struggle to survive. But I will not be a casualty of this War I didn’t start: I’ll fight with a fearless heart…I will not lay my courage down, until the enemy is bound, I will not die.”

Temple Pageant finished out last night. It was well worth the huge investment that it ( Read more... )

What an amazing past few weeks! It has been a complete whirlwind and full of important and powerful experiences.

YW Camp gave me an opportunity to serve the young women I love so much and to work alongside adult leaders who love, uplift and inspire me. It was an exhausting week, in that the kitchen is a place where the work never ends. But I am a ( Read more... )

How much of our experience in this life, and our perception of what is going on, has to do with our sense of it being "about us"? When we sense that we are really part of the equation, everything is different: richer, more vibrant, fulfilling.

Tonight's Temple Pageant was wonderful. It started by a sense of coming Home. Everywhere, we saw men from ( Read more... )

Okay. So I'm not homemaker of the year. Big surprise. Am I supposed to know what to do when the belt of the vacuum cleaner won't engage? I tried reading the directions on the vacuum. I took deep breaths when I got frustrated and patiently tried again, to no avail.

That's it! I'm leaving home, driving to Calistoga tomorrow, and having a one hour ( Read more... )

While I was gathering information for my part in the Sunday Evening Program at Young Women Camp, I came across a birthday poem I wrote for Tracy's brother Bryan, seven months before he died of cancer at age 43.

Hyrum and Joseph, Nephi and Jacob, Bryan and Tracy...each are examples of how Father wants to support us in this life through our families ( Read more... )

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto ( Read more... )

All I ever wanted

All I ever dreamed of

Everything I hoped

And all the things I prayed for

Couldn’t hold a candle to what I’ve been given--

I’ve been given what I need

A mansion on a hill

Or love like in the movies

Perfect little dreams, where no one has a problem

Instead of all those things I thought I really wanted

I’ve been given what I need ( Read more... )

What if you spent your whole life being really, really obedient and doing everything you were supposed to do for your spiritual welfare and you had the most amazing kids and a husband custom fit for you and your needs who you couldn't survive without, and the perfect job in your profession, and the best job in the Church and the last time you went ( Read more... )

"Some writers use the word charity to describe not only Christian love between human beings, but also God's love for man and man's love for God. About the second of these two, people are often worried. They are told they ought to love God. They cannot find any such feelings in themselves. What are they to do?

The answer is...Act as if you did. Do ( Read more... )