by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 18, 2014 | for Body
I have a blue belt in karate—you’re terrified of me now, I know—and I live in Happy Valley, Utah. So what could I worry about, right? Honestly, I’ve never carried anything more sophisticated than my empty hands (if you know Kenpo, you know what I mean)....
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 16, 2014 | for Spirit, Simple Family Home Evening Ideas
Seven years after I wrote Bullying at Church, the post came screaming back to life. That traffic (not coincidentally, I’m sure) coincided with the release of the Mormon Moment video titled, Bullying – Stop It. The video went viral almost immediately and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 10, 2014 | for Love
All my life I’ve been asked questions about my adoption. Today I heard a new one. When I had Jessica (our oldest child) I got a sense, for the first time, of how hard it would be to carry a baby for nine months and then just walk away. A relief, perhaps, and a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 5, 2014 | for Good
Now you’ve done it! Thank you for crashing the servers again! We are moving to a bigger, stronger, faster server on the evening of March 15th!! Last fall, we upgraded (“upgraded” being a relative term) to a VPS when we got pounded with traffic. It...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 1, 2014 | for Spirit
I’m anxiously waiting for you to chime in on this Tad Callister talk. This Facebook message from a friend was the final straw. She was the seventh person to ask me what I thought about the BYU-Idaho devotional address turned Ensign article by Elder Ted R....
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 18, 2014 | for Good
OK, everybody’s been slipping on ice. Let’s see what these ladies do. After this charming, fatherly intro, a girl proceeds to do a full frontal body plant on the ice. The loving dad chuckles and says: Oh, there goes one! Oh, that’s funny! We’ve...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 3, 2014 | for Good
Have you spent years struggling to make ends meet? Are you working at a job you don’t like? Do you work for a boss who doesn’t appreciate your true value? Are you persecuted by the unjust, discriminatory way CEOs, movie stars, NFL players, and politicians...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 29, 2014 | for Love, for Mind
When Judging Comes Back to Bite You The circularity of those who judge the judgmental is a delicious irony that has long amused me. To be clear, yes, I’m judging those who judge the judgmental, but there is a significant difference in the judgment I’m...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 29, 2014 | for Fun, for Good
Plan ahead for Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address by choosing your favorite activities and scheduling in advance. A root canal Being audited by the IRS Falling on scissors Being boiled in oil Cleaning a junior high boys’ bathroom Passing a kidney...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 27, 2014 | for Good, for Love
Last weekend my daughter, Monica, performed in a musical theater benefit concert. The cast was stellar, the singing and dancing well done, and the production wonderfully entertaining. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening all around. As I become more aware of...
