When we were engaged Joseph and I wrote many letters to each other. That’s what you did when you lived across the country from one another before cell phones. In one of the letters Joseph wrote he sent a copy of an article with this quote highlighted in blue brackets. Next to it he wrote, […]
Utah’s Stand For Marriage Rally #Standwithchildren
Remember last year I posted about The Modern French Revolution or La Manif Pour Tous,, the pro-family movement taking place in France? With slogans like “1 Father, 1 Mother = That’s Marriage” and “Father, Mother, Children, It’s Natural!” they are spreading the message about traditional families. Taking a page from their book there is a […]
I stand firm in my support of traditional marriage
(Frederick Morgan, Off for the Honeymoon) Over the Christmas break there were some major happenings in Utah about same-sex marriage. One judge – one – overturned the voters in Utah to legalize same-sex marriage. That judge refused a stay on the order as did a circuit court. The Supreme Court did issue a stay. Now […]
Equally Yoked
I had these guest posts loosely scheduled on my calendar several weeks ago. It’s amazing to me how things work out sometimes. Last week’s Establish a House post generated a very good question from a reader about what to do when spouses aren’t quite in agreement or on board with certain teaching aspects. There were […]
I Support Traditional Marriage
Long time readers know how much family, traditional marriage, and parenthood mean to me. I started an annual blog celebration about The Family: A Proclamation to the World, held every September, because of my strong belief in the importance of the truths taught therein. Truths such as:Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained […]
Never Check Your Religion at the Door – Defend the Family!
There is no question there is an attack on the family. Just scan the headlines of any news outlet and you’ll find startling evidence of the strategic ways the adversary is trying to destroy this most beautiful and basic of human relationships. “It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal. After […]
The blessing of a body
In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life. The Proclamation says that in the premortal […]
Living Your Love Story
“Mom, so-and-so was wondering about the first time you and dad kissed?” This question was asked amongst comments of “No, I didn’t!” and “It was your idea!” We all laughed {and there might have been a few ‘eeewwww’s} as I recounted that fateful day so long ago. It dawned on me we’d never told that […]
Looking Towards Perfection
Welcome to our third annual Family Proclamation Celebration! The next two weeks will be full of wonderful posts from guest bloggers sharing their thoughts and experiences with the doctrines taught in the Proclamation. We encourage you to join in on the conversation through the comments. Today’s guest blogger is Mormon Guy. He grew up outside […]
17 years 23 days
That’s how old I was when I got married. Boy, {I} was young! Yesterday I marked the milestone of being married for 17 years and 23 days. I can now officially say I have been married for half of my life! Look how far we’ve come. Here’s to many more years together with my one […]
The Law of True Marriage
“Wherever,” says Gail Hamilton, “man pays reverence to woman – wherever any man feels the influence of woman purifying, chastening, abashing, strengthening him against temptation, shielding him from evil, ministering to his self respect, medicining his weariness, peopling his solitude, winning him from sordid prizes, enlivening his monotonous days with mirth or fancy or wit, […]
Someday
Life. It has a way of changing course, twisting and turning, up and down, and even loop-de-looping. It’s a good thing we are adaptable creatures. Oh yes, we are adaptable, even though sometimes we stubbornly wallow in the mire of self-pity not wanting to accept change. We cannot stop the inevitable from occurring. We can, […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Nurturing Love and Friendship in Marriage
Spring is almost here. For us, that means working the fields, fertilizing, dragging to break up manure from the cows that fed on them during the winter, spraying for weeds, and getting the pumps ready to go to irrigate as soon as it’s warm enough. We do all this work so we can have a […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Unity in Marriage
The first home Mr. Ferrero Rocher and I lived in (not counting the apartment we had while in college) was an old 800 sq foot, non-insulated wood clapboard house. It was actually three office buildings from an old ghost town called Wonder here in Nevada. The buildings were brought down by horse and buggy in […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Marriage ~ Three things
See these wonderful people? (my abuelitos, photo by my cousin Allison) And these? (my parents) And these?(my in-laws) I’d also show a picture of my paternal grandparents but I can’t find the pictures! Wah! I have been greatly blessed in my life to have such wonderful examples of what a good marriage looks like. If […]