by Tracy Polyak | Jan 10, 2012 | for Spirit
New Year's Day was 3-year-old Cricket's first day in Primary. We have been talking about it for about a month now, and he informed me the day before that he didn't like nursery, and he wasn't going to go anymore (lol). Grasshopper has been dutifully praying for his...
by Tracy Polyak | Jan 8, 2012 | for Home
My husband requested that I post this question. We have started to cycle through some of our food storage. It seems a shame to throw away those big, sturdy #10 cans. My husband made stilts with them for the kids. Cricket (3-years-old) turned those into drums for the...
by Tracy Polyak | Jan 3, 2012 | for Spirit
Early in December, I read an article in the Ensign entitled The Joy of Sabbath Day Observance, in which Elder Marcos A. Aidukaitis talks of his family's choice to attend church, even when vacationing with family members that were not members of the Church. In the...
by Tracy Polyak | Dec 30, 2011 | for Love
I found myself feeling rather irritated with Grasshopper today. She tends to be very slow, and today it seemed that frequently she was purposely making the entire family wait. I scolded her, and at one point we all slowly walked from the car, leaving her still sitting...
by Tracy Polyak | Dec 27, 2011 | for Spirit
I joined the Church as a 19-year-old college student with all the passion and idealism of youth. I would surely keep every commandment perfectly. I would do anything, go anywhere, for The Church of Jesus Christ, even if that meant serving a mission in the most remote...
