by Guest Author | Oct 27, 2008 | for Fun
To the citizens of the United States of America from Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith Effective...
by Michelle DeGraw | Oct 26, 2008 | for Spirit
I have spent the past few weeks wondering what to write this month. I had some ideas but nothing was formulating well enough to type. This afternoon as I was writing an e-mail to our families, it occurred to me that I could expand it for Mormon Momma. One of the...
by Ray DeGraw | Oct 22, 2008 | for Spirit
My resolution for April was to “hunger and thirst more after righteousness.” (Matthew 5:6) As I thought about this goal, the very first thing that hit me—hard—was how little I think about hunger and thirst. I have experienced relative hunger and thirst in...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 15, 2008 | for Fun
In the early 1990s—not long after moving to Florida—I was introduced to Playmobil when a friend gathered up her kids and invited me to bring mine to the Playmobil Fun Park in Palm Beach Gardens. For $1.00 each, your kids can spend hours and hours in 20,000 square feet...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 9, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
In 1992, we concocted a lease-to-own deal with a moderately desperate homeowner for our first home. In June 1997, we signed a contract with a builder for our second home. They called it “semi-custom,” which really meant, you pick one of the three models...
by M. Linford | Oct 7, 2008 | for Spirit
In about four different places this past week, I have been made aware of a video about the Parkers in Massachusetts. Their story is one I have known about for a while, but seeing it on this video impacted me significantly. I wept and literally felt sick to my stomach....
by Angie Gardner | Oct 7, 2008 | for Good
Do you remember your first real friend? What was it that brought you together? Most likely it was the similarities between you. You probably both enjoyed riding skateboards, or jumping rope, having deep discussions about life, or laughing at things that you both found...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 6, 2008 | for Mind, for Spirit
I have a theory. My theory is that Republicans are really only fiscally conservative until they start to see a personal benefit in being fiscally liberal. “Small government! Lower taxes!” they scream. Oh, until big government and higher taxes will...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 6, 2008 | for Spirit
Much like my annual vacation at BYU's Education Week each August, the semi-annual General Conferences always give me more than enough ideas about what needs fixing in my life (as if I didn't have enough already). But, as nanacarol posted today, that excitement and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 1, 2008 | for Good
A few years ago, when I lived in Eagle Mountain (aka: The Quirky Burg, Waldenville, and Idiot Voterville), a guy was convicted for sexually abusing his teenage stepdaughter. When he was released from prison and ignoring a court-issued restraining order the mother...
