by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 4, 2008 | for Mind, for Money
Recently I took a survey sponsored by the Cougar Club. The last question was: What is your main reason for not donating to BYU Athletics? Here's my response: We donate to BYU regularly, to various departments and special projects. And I love BYU football, and have...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 1, 2008 | for Fun
None of us would ever pack a loaded cell phone to church. The nerve. But reading about the uncivilized folks who do so, brought to mind an incident completely devoid of religious experience that needs to be preserved for posterity…or something. A few years ago I sang...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 1, 2008 | Book Club, for Mind
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life By Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander The lure of this book's promise starts with the assumption in its title. Possibility—that big, all-encompassing, wide-open-door concept—is an art? Well, who...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 1, 2008 | for Fun
We started up this tiny little site on January 1, 2003. Thanks for your support!
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 30, 2007 | for Love, for Spirit
I really don't want to do this. It's just not that interesting to me. And I'm so late to the party that the boat embarked, sailed the world, returned victorious, and docked at harbor…all while I was trying to decide what to pack. Still, as the uproar continues, I'll...
by Guest Author | Dec 23, 2007 | for Love, for Spirit
The sisters in the ward loved each other a lot.But Ms. Grouch, one of their neighbors, did not.Ms. Grouch hated service and visiting teaching.Now please don't ask why, her excuse is far reaching.It could be that she wasn't taught what was right.It could be, perhaps,...
by Michelle DeGraw | Dec 15, 2007 | for Spirit
Over the past six or seven years our (previous and current) bishopric has developed and maintained a Ward Vision Statement. It includes the following: We are homeward bound. Our destination is the Celestial Kingdom. Our journey consists of learning how to live the...
by Clerissa Lewis | Dec 13, 2007 | for Fun, for Love
By Clerissa Lewis Day #1 ‘Twas the first of December and all through your house,Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.Then suddenly one little soul did appear,It's your Christmas friends bringing holiday cheer. Tonight calls for a partridge for your pear...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 7, 2007 | for Fun, Yea Big
[During her study of Utah history.] Monica (10): Mom, were you alive in the time of Lake Bonneville?
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 1, 2007 | Book Club, for Spirit
Mary, Martha, and Me: Seeking for the One Needful Thing By Camille Fronk Olson When someone says, “She is a Martha-type,” we know just what that means: a woman who is practical, competent, down-to-earth. We understand that Marthas are certainly useful and...
