I’ve spent the past few days with my son, his wife, and their new little son. It’s amazing how tender emotions resurface so quickly, when you snuggle a newborn grandchild. The Savior said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) Great is … Continue reading Babies Bring Out Our Best
The news isn’t full of the stories any more, they are much too commonplace. A girl or woman is attacked, sometimes raped, by a man who believes he has something to offer her, whether she is interested or not. If the woman or girl is lucky, someone steps up and prevents the action from becoming … Continue reading Women Have a Right to Feel Safe
Pictures of a drowned Syrian child have brought the plight of Syrian refugees who are fleeing the violence and battles in Syria. It has become a flood of men, women, and children, struggling to find their way to Germany, or any other country that may accept them. Families are spending everything they have to buy … Continue reading What Do We Do About the Syrian Refugees?
I went with my sister last week to “Taming of the Shrew” at Utah’s Shakespeare Festival. We were especially happy to be there, for it was thelast week of plays to be shown in the old theater built under the direction of Fred Adams. He isn’t important to many people, but to us he is, … Continue reading Men: NOT Our Lords and Masters
Last week was National Dog Day. We haven’t had a dog for many years, in fact we live in an apartment that does not allow dogs, which is fine with us. We like dogs, in other people’s houses. We have turtles and I love them. One turtle is a male Red Eared Slider we got … Continue reading Some Have Dogs, Others Have Cats, I Have Turtles
In the beginning, men and women were given the greatest, and the most dangerous, gift. With this gift, we were given the opportunity to make choices in our lives, and the accountability to take responsibility for those choices, for good or evil. Each time we make a choice, we choose to follow forces of good … Continue reading Choice, Our Greatest, and Most Dangerous, Gift
Last week my mom, who is 83, called to see if I wanted 3 buckets of peaches, or did I want to go to her house to help her can. As I live in an apartment with a bigger kitchen, and I helped her finish canning over 125 quarts of peaches, 14 pints of applesauce and … Continue reading Preserving Food
Even authors of fiction find a need to research for their work. As I have been writing for nearly two years, I have found many things I don’t know. I thought it would be easy to write about ancient times, imagining what life may have been like in those earliest years of our planet. So … Continue reading Early Fire
I saw this great meme this week on Facebook showing a cow nuzzling her calf. The words were poignant: “No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love.” – Edwin Hubbell Chapin It says a lot, doesn’t it? Language cannot express the love of a mother. Mothers love their offspring unconditionally … Continue reading Mother’s Love
One of our most prized senses is our ability to see. Imagine not being able to see anything, ever. Second to that is the ability to see color. My dad and two of my sons struggle to discern red and green, a common color blind problem. They cannot enjoy poinsettias and other red flowers, and … Continue reading Color Blindness
