by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 8, 2020 | for Good, for Love, for Mind, for Spirit
One of my daughters, Monica Moore Smith, divorced after more than two years in an abusive marriage. She had done “all the right things.” She had committed to living a moral life at a very young age and never wavered. She actively strengthened her...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 9, 2019 | for Good, for Home, for Love, for Spirit
Undoubtedly someone who reads this has had an abortion. I love you and would be honored to help you. If you are in a crisis pregnancy, I would be honored to help you (and have worked with crisis pregnancy groups in the past). But as our country is dealing with an...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 3, 2016 | for Good, for Spirit, Simple Family Home Evening Ideas
The world is full of idols, athletes, entertainers, people famous for no reason at all, and people famous for all the wrong reasons. It's easy for our kids to get lost in the glamour and glitz and to idolize people whose examples are not worthy of being emulated. Some...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 17, 2015 | for Body, for Good
As the push to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion mill becomes stronger—and people stop letting warm and fuzzy words like “choice” annihilate their common sense and human decency (excluding, of course, the Obama administration, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 31, 2015 | for Good
Last year I wrote an open letter to BYU athletics about their affiliation with the slimy Carl's Jr. franchise. Later I wrote a followup noting that, all claims to the contrary, some local franchise profits do (of course) get funneled to corporate advertising. Carl's...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 2, 2015 | for Good
Sit Down and Shut Up I'm a pasty white, college educated, middle class, conservative American. Right up at the top I acknowledge those facts disqualify me from having an opinion about anything. I am, however, a woman and someone who has experienced hair prejudice. In...
