by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 5, 2013 | for Spirit
Please discuss your favorite quotes, stories, ideas, advice here. Also remember our most popular article ever: Making General Conference Memorable! Happy General Conference weekend everyone!
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 24, 2013 | for Fun, for Home
My daughter, Belinda, is majoring in landscape management at BYU. She loves plants and she loves animals more than almost anything. (She also loves babies and will be the sweetest momma in the world someday.) Last winter, out of nowhere, she became obsessed with...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 24, 2013 | for Spirit
As we all know, the annual General Relief Society Meeting and General Young Women Meeting have long been broadcast by satellite and also available live through TV and streaming on the internet. For a myriad of reasons (claimed by mostly non-authoritative sources), the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 15, 2013 | for Good, for Spirit
Last night—waiting backstage for our second show of the day to begin—a discussion ensued. (Not at my encouragement, I'd like to note.) A cast member who's husband is the bishop of her ward said: As Primary president, two-thirds of our entire budget went to Cub Scouts....
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 13, 2013 | for Fun, Yea Big
Caleb (9): Mom, do you know what my least favorite food is? Mom: What? Caleb: Rotted flesh.
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 4, 2013 | for Body, for Good
My life as a mom began in 1987, first with four girls who were followed later by two boys. It was June 25, 2000, when I finally understood the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law thing. Although it was after 13 years of parenting, all it took was about 30 seconds of having...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 30, 2013 | for Spirit
A few years ago, Sam and I attended an endowment session at the Salt Lake Temple. As we approached the gate, a man stood on the public sidewalk a few feet away, holding a sign that read: Joseph Smith had 27 wives! A couple crossed the street on their way to the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 26, 2013 | for Fun, Yea Big
Mom: Caleb, you need to comb your hair every morning. Caleb (9): Can I fake comb it?
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 21, 2013 | for Money
There is a right way and a wrong way to provide customer service. One is to behave like a prima donna and the other is to recognize that in America—for the time being at least—people can choose which businesses to spend their hard-earned money and which to avoid. I've...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 11, 2013 | for Love, for Mind
I have a friend I have known since elementary school. Great guy. Smart, successful, interesting. Also one of the oddest ducks you'll ever meet. Back then and now. He is married with children. His wife and kids are also odd, in just about the same ways and same ratio...
