by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 29, 2007 | for Love, for Spirit
The past few days, discussions of bullying have brought back many memories that I thought I had forgotten. One such memory was a letter I wrote over five years ago to a woman named Joanne Spotten. More accurately, I wrote it to the 12-year-old girl she once was. That...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 18, 2007 | for Love, for Spirit
School – It’s All About Bob It’s more than a little personal. It’s what I grew up with. I got bullied every single week at church from just a few weeks after I started kindergarten (when “Bob” moved into my ward), until I was a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 15, 2007 | for Fun
Author unknown with more added by readers To be spoken with the appropriate, authoritative voice. [Added 2013: Scroll down to see the brilliant video version!] 14. Bruce R. McConkie Recently an unwise YouTube video has advocated we have a special relationship with a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 13, 2007 | for Good, Yea Big
After studying the First Amendment, Monica (9) composed the list of rules she would employ at her own newspaper company. Don’t put bad words Make kid friendly Put stuff that’s not all about Anna Nicole or famous people Put no lies in the paper Also put...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 5, 2007 | for Money
When we lived in England, my mom and I hung out with the mission president’s wife. First, she was American. Second, she and Mom got along swimmingly. Third, she had this tendency to host lots of cute, college-aged boys at her home and I was a cute, college-aged...
