by Alison Moore Smith | May 16, 2008 | for Love, Yea Big
This morning as the buildings of Burbank got smaller and smaller, and turned from distinguishable landmarks to little specks on the larger landscape, I had an epiphany. This whole muddle of idiocy that we’ve been brainwashed to believe is “good” and...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
