I rarely do anything by halves and once every year or so I seem to get really really sick in a way that forces my zoom through life to a painful crawl. Two years ago it was 6 weeks of bronchitis. Last year it was the worst case of strep I've ever had. This time it was diverticulitis. I started feeling (for lack of a more ladylike word) gassy on Thursday. As in I really thought I needed ...
President Russell M. Nelson challenged women belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to read the Book of Mormon before the end of the year. I started last week and created this printable to keep me on track. Feel free to download for personal use. ...
On a warm August evening in Bakersfield California in 1972 a mother took her four children for a walk. As they walked, a driver impaired by alcohol and angry at someone else decided to take his anger out on the innocent family. Everyone was able to jump out of the way in time except 2 year old Jerry, who was knocked out of his big sisters hand as she tried to pull him to safety. The youngest child and only boy, Jerry had been longed prayed for and treasured by his parents and sisters. Three hours ...
From the time I was 8 years old I knew something was not quite right in my mind. Horrible thoughts would plague me constantly and I became obsessive in trying to counteract them mentally. I had no idea that I was struggling with Primarily Obsessional OCD. All I knew was that the thoughts were frightening and bad, and if I was having bad thoughts then I must be bad, therefore I needed to do everything possible to be a better person so I could get rid of them. Certainly this idea that if I was more ...
From a Relief Society lesson I taught May 27, 2018 Pertaining to the new Ministering program, everyone will still have a partner and a few sisters to minister to. Some of your partnerships may remain the same, others will change since young women will be added to the mix. Each ministering sister will have a brief interview with a member of the Relief Society presidency once ...
Our house is beautiful and spacious but has little storage. So though it is bigger than our last home we have fewer places to put things. One area of the house that has been particularly troublesome is my daughters bedroom and bathroom. She is fast approaching her teenage years and has a tiny bathroom with no vanity drawers for jewelry and hair accessories. So I thought she ...
