by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 24, 2013 | for Fun, for Home
My daughter, Belinda, is majoring in landscape management at BYU. She loves plants and she loves animals more than almost anything. (She also loves babies and will be the sweetest momma in the world someday.) Last winter, out of nowhere, she became obsessed with...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 21, 2013 | for Money
There is a right way and a wrong way to provide customer service. One is to behave like a prima donna and the other is to recognize that in America—for the time being at least—people can choose which businesses to spend their hard-earned money and which to avoid. I've...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 31, 2013 | for Love
On May 18, 1964, I was born in the Provo Hospital (now Utah Valley Medical Center). Two days later—if legend is true—my parents' lawyer picked me up from my birth mother, who said, “Tell her I hope she has a wonderful life.” (I was there, but my memory was...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 24, 2013 | for Fun
No plans this weekend but want to do something fun? No problem. The world is your playground! Add your ideas in the comments! Start a blog. Experiment in the kitchen. Do a craft. Play laser tag. Start a gratitude journal Go in public and see how many nice things you...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 18, 2013 | for Body, for Mind
Samson and Caleb and I had a discussion about civil rights on Tuesday. We watched Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech and—to kick it up a notch—finished up with the Common/Will.i.am video from the inspiring movie, Freedom Writers. The grainy...
