The winner of the giveaway is announced at the bottom of this post. 🙂 “Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our […]
Thanksgiving Books & Crafts by Jocelyn
A few years ago, my kids and I started crafting along to our favorite Christmas books every day during the month of December. What started as a holiday tradition quickly spread into a multi-season obsession. Consider yourself warned. We now craft to Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas book lists that we’ve created of our all-time favorite holiday […]
Still Counting the Blessings!
Only six more days until Thanksgiving. My son is keeping track. After counting down for his birthday he decided it was very fun to count so now he is counting down to Thanksgiving too. And me? I’m still counting my blessings, one by one. Here are a couple of pages to help you count your […]
All This and the Gospel Too? by Erin
“What would I want this for?” I will never forget the fire in my younger brother’s voice, or the sheer look of horror on my mother’s face as the freshly unwrapped Christmas gift flew across the room. It landed with a thud on the hardwood floor and slid right back under the Christmas tree. The […]
Educating Women: Sarah’s Story
“It has been said that ‘When you educate a man, you educate an individual; but when you educate a woman, you educate a whole family.’ (Dr. Charles D. McIver) We want our women to be well educated, for children may not recover from the ignorance of their mothers.” Spencer W. Kimball May I introduce you […]
What’s Your Favorite Blessing Game
Our Heavenly Father has blessed us with everything we have in life, both spiritually and temporally. Counting our blessings helps us to realize just how much He loves us. What if you had to choose between two blessings? Would you chose the color red or the color yellow? Scriptures or your family? The purpose of […]
Counting More Blessings
I know you have been in undated with posts this week. It’ll be the same next week too! That’s what happens when I have two different series – Grateful Hearts, Giving Hands, and 10 Days of Creative Writing – going on at once. Who’s responsible for double booking that anyway? I just want to highlight […]
Teeny Tears and Helping Hands by Courtney
While the majority of motherhood can be dull, tedious and sometimes extremely frustrating, I find I often get to see the tender moments between my kids and I can see exactly why Jesus asks us to be more like children. My oldest daughter (almost 9 yrs) is all about hard work and correctness. My other […]
Louder Than Words by Tiffany (and Wordfull Wednesday)
Receiving a call from your child’s teacher during regular school hours is never something you are fully prepared for. Last autumn had already been a time of great transition in our family, and I was deeply concerned with how my five-year-old son Taylor was coping. Seeing his teacher’s number pop up on my cell phone […]
Service Ideas To Do As A Family by Diane
I feel honored to be asked to write for Chocolate on my Cranium. Montserrat does much good with her blog. I never go away from reading her blog without feeling uplifted. In the last General Conference, President Utchdorf gave a moving talk on welfare to the Priesthood. He said:“The lesson we learn generation after generation […]
You Cannot Have Gratitude Without Faith by Curls
Gratitude can be a tricky thing, at least for me. For many years I struggled to feel grateful in my heart, even though I was surrounded by blessings my life didn’t look the way I expected it to. I was angry, so angry that Heavenly Father didn’t bless me exactly the way I wanted Him […]
Unexpected Service Opportunities
Have I done any good in the world today?Have I helped anyone in need?Have I cheered up the sad and made someone feel glad?If not, I have failed indeed.Has anyone’s burden been lighter todayBecause I was willing to share?Have the sick and the weary been helped on their way?When they needed my help was I […]
Love in a Collapsible Tupperware Container by Allison
It was just a simple text. “Do you mind if I drop by around 11am?” I looked down at my cut off sweats and my cleaning day t-shirt and quickly replied, “Of course, I’d be honored”. I knew no matter what I was wearing or how horrible my house looked she wouldn’t care. She is […]
Count Your Blessings
My son has been counting the days until his birthday. For him it is important. He wants to reach the magical age of five. My 11 year old daughter counts her money. She is trying to earn enough to buy a skirt she wants. When we get in the van to go anywhere I count […]
Faith Bank Account by Michelle
I had been depositing faith into my spiritual bank account for 23 years. I earned my faith by obedient living. My faith bank account looked pretty inflated. There seemed to be plenty of faith to get me whatever I wanted. If I needed a miracle, I certainly could afford it, because I had been such […]