by Susan Law Corpany | Nov 22, 2006 | for Love
Do we keep our children from doing their best when we give them false praise and encouragement for half-hearted efforts? Recently I was called away from a Scrabble-like word game that I enjoy playing on the computer. My score on this game is usually between 800 and...
by Tracy Keeney | Oct 20, 2006 | Circle of Sisters, for Money
Char writes: I just got my spouse out of the hospital where he had been for ten days. On November 18, he was rushed to the emergency room. We found a tumor the size of a soccer ball hooked to his only kidney. So on November 20th, the doctors removed it. I'm very much...
by Kathy Green | Oct 18, 2006 | Circle of Sisters, for Love
John Schmoe from Idaho writes: Do you ever answer questions from men? I've been married for nearly three years to a great woman, but it seems that she puts her mother before me. They are always on the phone together, my wife goes to her house at least three times a...
by Tracy Keeney | Oct 7, 2006 | for Good
“Turn that racket down!” Most likely, we all heard that phrase when we were teenagers as our parents shouted it toward our rooms. And surely, we all have, or all will at some point, shout the same desperate pleading toward the bedroom doors of our own...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 26, 2006 | for Fun
American Scones Unlike the British “scones”—which are more like American biscuits than anything (and unlike British biscuits which are like American cookies)—American scones are a sweet fried bread, similar to a doughnut. This hot cooked blob of dough is...
by Susan Law Corpany | Sep 23, 2006 | for Good, for Love
I have been struggling this month to figure out what to write about. I've had a couple of ideas and false starts, but nothing has clicked. I don't know how to explain it, but when I sit down to write a column, there is a feeling I get if I'm not on track with the...
by Guest Author | Sep 12, 2006 | for Fun
By Theresa Thayer Let me tell you about my magical vacation: Thirty days in Great Britain. Fly into London, take a train to York. Stay a few days, catch the sights of York. Take a train to Edinburgh. Catch the highlights of Edinburgh. Take a train to Glasgow. Meet up...
by Guest Author | Sep 12, 2006 | for Fun, for Mind
By “Dr. Sue” aka Vickie Gunther Look at me, look at me, look at me now!You could do what I do if you only knew how.I study the scriptures one hour each day;I bake, I upholster, I scrub, and I pray.I always keep all the commandments completely;I speak to my...
by Kathy Green | Sep 12, 2006 | for Home
Reading Moving On, by Sarah Ban Breathnach, I encountered the phrase “self-sloth.” It stung like a wasp. I am a chick in quicksand compared to the Girl in a Whirl. I wonder if, for every LDS mother who is overworked, stressed, and fanatically attempting to...
by Molly Christensen | Sep 1, 2006 | for Mind, Homeschool
Rachel Winder from Scottsdale, Arizona writes: I liked your article and I have been thinking about home-schooling, but I keep wondering how your kids can ever learn to get along with people if they are always so sheltered. (My mother-in-law keeps asking me that, too.)...
