“None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; We brought it with us.” (Sheri L. Dew, No One Can Take Your Place, pg 21) From the time my children are born and on into adulthood we remind them that they are God’s children first before they are ours. As I rock my […]
Dwell
The day my five youngest were sick with a stomach bug, when I only had 3 1/2 hours of sleep, I had nothing to complain about. I realized these were precious moments, although uncomfortable and smelly and not how I wanted to spend two days before Christmas. I still had all my children. That same […]
The Best Kind of Story
While watching 17 Miracles for the umpteenth time my six year old informed me, “When I get married, I’m going to tell my wife to only buy true story movies. Those are the best kind to watch.” “Really? Even if people die and its sad?” “Mom, most of the people lived. That was a miracle! […]
Five Minute Friday: Beautiful
Today I’m joining Lisa-Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday. Write for 5 minutes flat with no editing, no worrying about perfect grammar, font, or punctuation. Join us! This week’s topic: Beautiful Go! My oldest says it on the way home from the family BBQ. “Is it just me or was the sky particularly beautiful this […]
Five for Friday: Getting Ready for Baby Edition
I’m all set to be induced on Tuesday, March 19th {if baby doesn’t come sooner}. We are so excited to see this new little guy! And hopefully, seeing him will help us decide on his name. ☺ 1. All of my children except for Ganache have been born between September and January. All the newborn […]
As Polished Rocks
See these beauties? Look closely at the details of each one: the colors, the layers, the designs. Aren’t they stunning? This one is my particular favorite, closely followed by the pure simplicity of this one. What’s amazing is they started out looking like this. Just some dirty old rocks that all look pretty much the […]
Avodah {My One Word for the New Year}
Worship. Serve. Work. Create. All these areas of my life dividing me, pulling me into a million fractured pieces. How is one to find happiness when you feel split knowing a “house divided against itself shall not stand?” (Matthew 12:25) The division within causes resentment because instead of creating you have to go and work.Worry […]
Keeping Christmas
When the wrappings have been opened wide,gifts given and received,And songs of praise haveraised the roofin jubilee. It does not have toshould notend.This spirit of Christmas,joy heartfelt. We can have it all year long,every day,even on the hard stamped days,the snowy cold-in-the-heart days. As our lives move onwardpuzzled togetherwith bits of this and that,we can […]
Giving Joy
I’ve come upon the perfect gift. It can be given for any occasion – birthdays, showers, anniversaries, just because, or even to those who are grieving. The idea came from Ann Voskamp at A Holy Experience, to give JOY-in-a-box. I am still counting my blessings, chronicling them through photos. It has become a balm to […]
Bits and pieces
♦ We received our Sonlight order for next year! The smell of new books is wonderful. We will be studying American History {except for those in High school}. The younger set will be using Core D. The older ones will be using Core 100. ♦ We don’t have enough room for all our books! I […]
Julie B. Beck’s 2011 Women’s Conference Talk
Sister Julie B. Beck’s talk from the 2011 BYU Women’s Conference has finally been transcribed!!!! Click below to get the pdf file: Julie B. Beck: Opening Session I highly recommend printing it off and not just reading it but studying it. It is a good twelve pages long so it would be a great for […]
Sunday Society & Keepers at Home
In September 2010 Julie B. Beck, General President of the Relief Society, spoke to the women of the church about the importance of learning the history of Relief Society. Some of the many reasons she gave were: “Understanding the history of Relief Society strengthens the foundational identity and worth of faithful women.” “We study our […]
Trusting God
This week I’ve been studying the General Conference talk by Pres. Henry B. Eyring, “Trust in God, Then Go and Do.” As I have pondered on his message I have learned a little more about myself and the areas I need to work on to truly develop trust in God.*How do we come to trust […]
Climbing Mountains
Sometimes we just know we are ready. Ready to face the next big obstacle, to reach out, step by step and climb. When the going gets tough we have to push ourselves, “I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.” Even when we stumble and fall and it hurts. At those […]
When 90% okay ISN’T okay
As mentioned earlier my three oldest daughters attended a New Year’s Eve party hosted by our stake. (In our church each congregation is called a ward which is specified by geographic location. The next level up we have stakes that are made up of on average 10 wards) It was held for the youth ages […]