by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 21, 2014 | for Love, for Spirit
Business 101 My first day in business school I learned about opportunity cost. It blew my mind. (I was young.) The opportunity cost of a choice is the value of the best alternative forgone, in a situation in which a choice needs to be made between several mutually...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 14, 2014 | for Love
Every day I see Facebook posts from a friend who works as a nanny. She loves her charges to pieces and constantly posts photo after photo of their adventures together. And she tags the parents in all her adoring (and adorable) posts. As much as she truly loves these...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 12, 2014 | for Love
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of New York Life. All opinions are 100% mine. [Video had been removed.] A good friend of mine used to joke about her four kids: I need one doctor, one lawyer, and one accountant. The other one pick what s/he wants to...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 3, 2014 | for Love, for Spirit, Videos of Jesus Christ
My mom died 11 years ago. Once my dad was unable to teach his BYU math classes, unable to be called to service missions, unable to drive, and unable to follow detailed conversations, he decided his time had come. He was ready to move on. He missed his sweetheart...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 1, 2014 | for Fun, for Love
In a conversation a few years ago, I used the phrase “It's not brain surgery.” It was in the same spirit as “It's not rocket science.” The woman proceeded to lecture me on the fact that some people really have actual true life brain surgery and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 20, 2014 | for Body, for Love, for Mind
Dear friends: this post is for you. Whenever you are in a conversation (particularly one on a blog or, better yet, on a news site (where anonymity reigns and civility vanishes)) that involves an accident of some kind (particularly accidents involving children) and...
