by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 20, 2012 | for Fun, Yea Big
Caleb (8): Mom, you know that runny eggs are my biggest enemy. [Pause.] Just remember that.
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 19, 2012 | for Body
Our family lived in Boca Raton, Florida, for a decade. While there, a friend of mine had her second baby…and was blind-sided by severe postpartum depression. Now I’d seen a number of people who’d been diagnosed as being mild to moderately depressed. They...
by Amy Lockhart | Jul 19, 2012 | for Body, for Spirit
So, I am making guacamole. My hands are a mess and I am in the get it done zone. The fam is at a baseball game (all except baby and me) and that’s when it happens. The baby needs me. Really? I just want to finish this one thing! He was being persistent, but I...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 13, 2012 | for Home
This summer my daughter is singing in a Broadway show at Lagoon, an amusement park in our state. She works six days and performs 18 shows per week. All summer long. For a music dance theater major it’s kind of a dream job. I mean, you’re getting paid to...
by Angie Gardner | Jun 26, 2012 | for Love
Isn’t aging great? Today I had my yearly physical…a great reminder that yes, life does pass us by. I don’t like a whole lot of things about aging, but I do like this: I feel wiser. I feel more understanding and forgiving. This, and only this, I like about...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 26, 2012 | for Fun, Yea Big
Belinda (21): Mom, you’re not exactly street.
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 23, 2012 | Design Your Own House, for Home
This post brought to you by Flood Wood Care. All opinions are 100% mine. With summer in full swing, we’ve been taking advantage of the gorgeous weather to spruce up our yard. As I’ve told you, we went to great lengths to make it beautiful and easy to keep...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 20, 2012 | for Good
I’ve always been baffled at “pro-choice” activist. In the same breath that they promote awesome “choice” in sucking babies into pieces, they decry those who would commit the horrid, unthinkable act of displaying photos of the atrocities...
by Amy Lockhart | Jun 20, 2012 | for Love, Uncategorized
For the past 13 months this post has been stirring in my heart. I actually went to post it on one of my other blogs nearly a year ago, and it just didn’t feel right. I have considered sending it in to the Ensign. I have thought it should be a letter to a few...
by Amy Lockhart | Jun 18, 2012 | for Mind, for Spirit
Picture this: A sleepy morning stumbling around in the bathroom in my new apartment at college. Just a few weeks in, and things are going well. My path has been different than many around me. Getting here has not been easy, life has sent me many challenges, but I am...
