by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 5, 2008 | for Fun, Yea Big
Caleb (5): Mom, I know everything. Mom: You do? Caleb: Yup! Tangle, beach, Hawaii, snow, Christmas. [Pause] See? I know all the things. Mom: Wow. Caleb: But Joe doesn't know all the things.
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 4, 2008 | for Fun, Yea Big
[Discussion after Alana spent three days in Cedar City at the state Shakespeare competition.] Alana (15): We went to a restaurant all by ourselves and everyone was running all around the campus and stuff. We had complete freedom! It was so cool. But I didn't do a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 30, 2008 | for Good
On the eve of Halloween, the scariest thing going is Barack Obama. You all know I can't stand McCain. Not only is he not conservative but he's wrong on issues about as often as he's right. And his skanky “love story” of chasing his ages younger wife-to-be...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 6, 2008 | for Mind, for Spirit
I have a theory. My theory is that Republicans are really only fiscally conservative until they start to see a personal benefit in being fiscally liberal. “Small government! Lower taxes!” they scream. Oh, until big government and higher taxes will...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 6, 2008 | for Spirit
Much like my annual vacation at BYU's Education Week each August, the semi-annual General Conferences always give me more than enough ideas about what needs fixing in my life (as if I didn't have enough already). But, as nanacarol posted today, that excitement and...