by Alison Moore Smith | May 15, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home, for Money
We've long been wanting to build an eco-friendly home. It's all the rage. It's cool. It's hip. But that has nothing to do with it. If I really wanted to be hip, I'd get rid of the peg-legged acid-washed high-waisted jeans in my closet. And stop using the word...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 11, 2008 | for Fun, Yea Big
[Door of bathroom begins to open slowly.] Mom: No, no! Don't come in. I'm dressing. Caleb: But, Mom, I'm vewy handsome!
by Michelle DeGraw | May 9, 2008 | for Love, for Spirit
The many Mother's Day posts recently have reminded me of the talk I was asked to give last year and how much I struggled with preparing it. I did not want to send anyone (including myself) on a guilt trip and I also recognized that not every woman in our ward was a...
by Joyce Anderson | May 7, 2008 | for Love
Mother's Day is this Sunday, and as a woman without children I have thought about this day a lot. In years past I've felt hostile, sad, indifferent and even a bit glad on Mother's Day. As my husband and I have gone through the ups and downs of fertility issues we've...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 5, 2008 | for Home
Whenever we are building, we make it a habit to attend the Parade of Homes in both Utah and Salt Lake counties. I can't get enough of it. Sam was overdosed about three years back. But it was at the Parade that we made a remarkable discovery. Remarkable, at least, for...
by Kathy Green | May 4, 2008 | for Good
Escape By Carolyn Jessop with Laura PalmerBroadway Books, 2007 Carolyn was the first woman to escape from the Colorado City FLDS community with all of her children. Her autobiography is a desolate moonscape of unrighteous dominion gone mad. The real horror is the...
by Guest Author | Apr 30, 2008 | for Good
I am your worst nightmare. I am a bad American. I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some mid-level governmental functionary be it Democratic or Republican! I'm in touch with my feelings and I like it that way! I think being a minority does not...
by Michelle DeGraw | Apr 27, 2008 | for Spirit
Nephi is known as being “highly favored of the Lord” (1 Nephi 1:1) and having “great desires to know.” (1 Nephi 2:16) He believed the words of his father. (1 Nephi 2:16) Nephi knew from experience that the Lord would not give a commandment...
by Guest Author | Apr 26, 2008 | for Spirit
Learn the names of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the 12 Apostles set to...
by Ray DeGraw | Apr 26, 2008 | for Good
Elder Wirthlin's talk in General Conference hit me hard for multiple reasons, but one is not obvious to those who don't know my family well. My family is Wonder Bread in the bakery section of life. My wife, our six children and I are not just white; we have been...
