Honest and heartfelt thoughts and stories about home, family, love, faith, and personal growth.
I gave a talk in church yesterday. My husband, who asked me to speak, let me pick my topic. As I thought about what I wanted to speak about, topics like charity, worth, and peacemaking came to my mind. I…
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My eyes have been wet for quite a while after reading comments from someone I love accusing me of indulging in “fake news.” You may be wondering why that would bother me so much. Well, it bothers me deeply for…
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Today has been exactly one month since my first born, Casey Scott Lewis, left home to serve a service mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have so many thoughts and feelings to share. Before I…
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If I had a genie that could grant me three wishes, one of the things I would wish for is that our society would stop making every decision by every individual or entity political. That may sound like a strange…
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Black Lives Matter, All Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter, I Don’t See Color, White Privilege… These are just words, phrases. Yet, they elicit a strong response in most of us, and probably in different ways for different reasons. Assumptions are…
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Today is a very special day. It is the one year anniversary of my first blog post. As I looked over my 47 posts from this past year, some were short, some were long, some were very long, and some…
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The weekend after Christmas, we went to visit family in Virginia, where I grew up. On that Sunday morning, Jad, the kids and I attended The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Bailey Bridge Road, the church building…
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Civility: polite, reasonable, and respectful behavior Most people see the value in civility. They try to be that way; they hope others do the same; they teach their children to be civil so they will be more successful in life. Yesterday…
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In the last post I confirmed to you how I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet. In part, it was because he translated and brought forth The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. As a prophet, Joseph…
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