by Alison Moore Smith | May 29, 2007 | for Good
When I met my husband-to-be, he had some big-time stake calling. The kind that requires temple trips with the stake presidency. The kind that causes him to miss a date with me to BYU's Preference dance. The kind that made girls think he was a good Mormon catch. I...
by Tracy Keeney | May 26, 2007 | for Good
The grocery stores are stocked with brisket for the barbecue and packed with people ready to buy them. Each are boasting the lowest price on chips, soda, and chicken wings to grace the picnic tables of all those anxious for the first, three-day weekend of summer....
by Alison Moore Smith | May 26, 2007 | Temple Trip Dining
55-600 Naniloa LoopLaie, HI 96762808-293-2427Laie Hawaii Temple Taste 4 starsValue 4 starsService 4 stars Price range:Items up to about $4.00 Distance from temple:Laie Temple: 0.0 miles After trying to get the sand out of our hair, Sam and I rented some movies for the...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 24, 2007 | for Good
I read the obituaries from my hometown newspaper everyday now. It's not that I love dwelling on morbidity, it's that as I get older, so do the people I know. Almost every week I see someone I knew, usually friends of my parents or the parents of a friend. It's sad to...
by Tracy Keeney | May 24, 2007 | for Body, for Love
I'm feeling really old right now. I just helped my 12-year-old son with his homework. He had an entire page of math problems where he was asked to figure the area of circles. Yup, you've got it ?r^2. I saw that and thought, “You've got be kidding me! It was only...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 23, 2007 | for Good, for Home
Although she never said it out loud, I could tell my mother did not approve of soap operas. I suppose she didn't want to denigrate most of the other moms I knew who watched them, you know, while ironing and doing laundry…really slowly. Still, there was this scrunchy...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 21, 2007 | for Love, for Spirit
Had it not been for the time change, I would have heard more griping about an 8:00 am Sacrament Meeting. But since we were still all about four hours ahead of ourselves, it seemed like a leisurely morning. The set up of the chapel, hymns-sung-a-tad-too-slow, the order...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 19, 2007 | for Fun, for Money
I spent the morning on Hau'ula Beach. Running (a term I always use very loosely) as far as I could go, from one rock outcropping to the other, I thought of all the people in the world who have never witnessed such an idyllic scene. The waves crashing, the air moist, a...
by Kathy Green | May 17, 2007 | Circle of Sisters, for Good, for Money
DC writes: Hello, I have a question about something that's upsetting me. I have a large family and a busy life, serving in a leadership position as well as other time-comsuming postiions. The problem that I am dealing with is that my parents set up a trust fund for...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 16, 2007 | Cool Stuff
If you've never been in a Hammacher Schlemmer, it has more than just a Yiddishish name going for it. It's kind of a cool, gadget store. The perfect place to buy something for your husband or your dad for Father's Day. It's got stuff you never heard of and never...
