by Tracy Maurer | May 10, 2012 | for Spirit
It's days like this I wish I was an artist. I am blessed to live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world—New Zealand. You don't have to go very far around here before you are presented with a jaw-dropping view. Even in the city! I am doubly blessed because...
by Tracy Polyak | May 9, 2012 | for Spirit
I arrived at church on Sunday and went to Relief Society. (Our ward follows a reversed schedule which starts with RS/PH and ends with Sacrament Meeting.) They made announcements and started immediately with testimonies. I was so very confused, because somehow I had it...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 8, 2012 | for Good, for Mind
For ten years we lived in the stereotypical retirement mecca called Boca Raton, Florida. the only problem was, we weren't retired. In fact, I wasn't even 30 years old when we moved there, so we were rather out of the median age range. At the time we joked about...
by Tracy Maurer | May 8, 2012 | for Good
Hello everyone, I am Tracy (yes, yet another Tracy), and I am really excited to join the writing team of Mormon Momma. To save confusion, maybe I will refer to myself as Tracy M. I have enjoyed reading many of the posts on this blog and love the diversity of topics....
by Alison Moore Smith | May 3, 2012 | for Fun, for Good
You know I'm not much of a scouting enthusiast. But with two boys now in the throws of belt loops and merit badges—and a husband who has volunteered as an 11-year-old scout master—it's hard to escape. So, here I am. If you're a Cub Scout parent, the Pinewood Derby—a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 27, 2012 | for Home
My husband, Sam, lived in American Samoa from the time he was eight until he was 11. His parents were teaching at a private school. Seven years later he went back across the sea and served a two-year religious mission in both American Samoa and Wester Samoa. Needless...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 27, 2012 | for Home
When money is tight—as it is for so many in this lousy economy—everyone starts clamoring to find ways to pinch pennies. While this is natural and helpful, it often means we overlook savings of dollars, sometimes lots of dollars. After spending our college years...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 26, 2012 | for Body
It's fine. Really. I didn't want April anyway. On August 6 (Saturday night, day before Easter), I took Samson to an after hours clinic. He'd come down with the flu Thursday evening, but seemed to be on the mend. When he started throwing up again, I wanted to have him...
by Tracy Polyak | Apr 26, 2012 | for Spirit
In our last Sacrament Meeting, we sang the hymn, How Great Thou Art (Hymn #86), and it brought me back to a time over 20 years ago when I was on my mission in Georgia Atlanta Mission. I was assigned to Cedartown, a very small town in northern Georgia. My companion,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 21, 2012 | for Body
Years ago I had an acquaintance who was always trying to get me on her latest diet du jour. Forget the fact that I was slim and she was heavy. Forget the fact that I was healthy and she was not. No matter how I approached it, she was sure that she knew the cure to all...
