by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 16, 2005 | for Mind, Homeschool
When I was nearly four years old, my father received his PhD in mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and since that time he has been a professor of mathematics at Brigham Young University. On June 30th, 1995, he retired, was granted emeritus...
by Kathy Green | May 15, 2002 | Circle of Sisters, for Love, for Mind
Loretta from Lansing, Michigan, writes: Summer is here. I always think it will be a glorious golden event with “precious moments” and sweet dreams and lifelong memories and on and on, until I will never be able to measure up to my own expectations. Too...
by Kathy Green | Dec 2, 2001 | Circle of Sisters, for Mind, for Spirit
An anonymous sister writes: How can we practice “doubt not, fear not” faith in such frightening times? Jeannie says: When I was five years old, Los Angeles experienced a terrible earthquake. I remember my father ripping me from sleep, hastily setting me...
by Kathy Green | Oct 22, 2001 | Circle of Sisters, for Mind
Rose Claire writes: Alison, you said you would like to be a presenter for an LDS event. Jeannie, you have performed professionally all your life. I can't even bear my testimony without practically passing out. Is there really any hope that a hopeless scaredy-cat...
by Kathy Green | Sep 2, 2001 | Circle of Sisters, for Love, for Mind
An anonymous sister writes: Our Relief Society teacher was raised in the church, in Idaho, attended BYU, and sometimes seems to have read everything ever written about the lesson material and even to know many of the authors. I am a recent convert, just moved to the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 15, 1997 | for Mind
My brain is pretty full just musing over my latest read, one of the various internet discussions I am participating in, and which name goes with which of my children. If I had to remember every appointment, every event, every tidbit of information that helps me...