by Michelle DeGraw | Feb 10, 2010 | for Love
February has been a tough month. Week 1: My Aunt M was involved in a multiple car/motorcycle accident in CA. Extended family spent an anxious two days waiting for tests to finalize what we all internally knew was inevitable. Aunt M was taken off life support. She has...
by Angie Gardner | Jan 28, 2010 | for Love
When I was a teenager, I worked as a secretary for a John Deere equipment dealer. It was a place where farmers would come in and shoot the breeze, sitting at the parts counter while they discussed the weather, their latest harvest, or what equipment was acting up that...
by Janiel Miller | Jan 25, 2010 | for Love
When I was 27 years old and expecting my first child, (Yes I know, shocking isn't it? I was LDS then, too, although judging by the sounds emitting from my mother-in-law and various neighbors, I could barely claim that. First child at age 27? Ye Gads and Little...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 11, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home, for Love
Last August my dad turned 80. He still lives at home. In fact, he runs a college dorm. Not long after my mom died in 2003—after nearly 47 years of marriage—my dad opened their home to his college grandkids and their friends. I thought it was a sure sign of dementia!...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 13, 2009 | for Love, for Mind
One of my odd recurring nightmares is that someone walks up to me on campus and casually mentions a test in one of my courses—a test I knew nothing about. The panic I felt is familiar to many college students. With my two oldest children attending a university (one...
by Darcee Yates | Nov 26, 2009 | for Love, for Spirit
Sisters are wonderful. I have four. Two older, two younger. That puts me right smack in the middle. And sometimes feeling left out. Growing up, we were six women(counting my mom) sharing a one bathroom house. It wasn't as cozy as it sounds. Long story short, we all...
