by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 15, 2007 | for Fun, Yea Big
[Whispered at maximum whisper decibels.] Caleb (4): Mom! Mom! [pause…tugs on Mom's sleeve] Caleb: Mom! I have good new and bad news! Mom: Really? What's the good news? Caleb: When you use a fork! Mom: Oh! And what's the bad news? Caleb: When you don't use a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 12, 2007 | for Good, for Love
Last Thursday, I attended a BYU football game. My love for cougar football aside, the most memorable part was half time. Onto the field marched four World War II veterans in uniform. As the Cougar Marching Band played their division's song, each stepped forward and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 10, 2007 | for Fun, Yea Big
[Upon noting the vast amounts of blown-in insulation lying on the basement floor.] Mom: Caleb, what's this mess all over the floor? Caleb (4): Mom, I just throw my sword up and up and up on the ceiling and then…it's raining in our home!
by Guest Author | Nov 4, 2007 | for Body, for Fun
Many women are afraid of their first mammogram, but there is no need to worry. By taking a few minutes each day the week preceding the exam and doing the following practice exercises, you will be totally prepared. And best of all, you can do these simple practice...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 1, 2007 | Book Club, for Spirit
Mormon Doctrine By Bruce R. McConkie Preface from Mormon Doctrine: This work on Mormon Doctrine is designed to help persons seeking salvation to gain that knowledge of God and his laws without which they cannot hope for an inheritance in the celestial city. Since it...
by Jessica Smith | Oct 29, 2007 | for Money
$18,900 that is how much debt awaits the typical college undergraduate (National Student Loan Survey, Nellie Mae, 2002). In the last ten years, student debt has risen 66%, forcing students to attend their second, third, or fourth-choice school, or to forgo higher...
by Joyce Anderson | Oct 22, 2007 | for Spirit
Recently I taught a Sunday school lesson on the Plan of Salvation. As I began to prepare my lesson, I mistakenly thought that I would be finished in no time, because I am a returned missionary, I've been a member of the Church all of my life, I was weaned on the Plan...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 15, 2007 | for Love
When I was in college—decades before iPods and little white earbuds swept the world—I was in the minority, bouncing about campus plugged into my tunes. It was much more tedious back in the days before you could just rip a CD. Hours were spent carefully selecting just...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 6, 2007 | for Spirit
Elder Quentin L. Cook [This biographical sketch appeared in the August 29, 2007, News from the Church in the News Archives.] Elder Quentin L. Cook was sustained as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on April 4, 1998. He served in the Second Quorum of the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 5, 2007 | for Fun, Yea Big
Monica (10): Mom, do you know how you tell when someone is a teenager? Mom: How? Alana (14): I don't want to hear this! Monica: Well, first you look at their age. Then you see if it has the word “teen” on the end. If it does, you know they're a...
