Power to the Pudge

Dad: Samson and Caleb, what happened? What are you wearing? Samson: We're…[giggle]…wearing…[giggle]…four shirts and four pants each. Dad: Aren't you too hot? Caleb: No! We're super fat!

Primary Children

Words by Sherise Longhurst Sung to the tune of Latter-day Prophets Primary children are so much funWhen they are wild, and want to run.They take off their shoes and thenThey mark the chalkboard with ball-point pen,Giggle and talk, and run all around,Wrestle their...

The Blessing of Caleb

This afternoon I read Adam Greenwood's birthday tribute to his daughter, Betsey Pearl. When she was only three, Betsey died of cancer. My own “baby,” Caleb, is also three right now. He is excited about Christmas, birthdays, gum, car rides, swimming,...

Last Child Gone

By K. Sorenson He was gone when I came home today. His room was empty, except for echoesWhispering in the corners,Like dust curls.And I, the mother, empty too.His time had come. I felt it long agoAnd tried to push him out in seasonable stretches.It was a painful...

Summer Solutions

Loretta from Lansing, Michigan, writes: Summer is here. I always think it will be a glorious golden event with “precious moments” and sweet dreams and lifelong memories and on and on, until I will never be able to measure up to my own expectations. Too...