Four Miracles Behind the Wheel
After I told you the story of the first time God saved my life, I started to ponder the other times He has come to my rescue. There have been four times in my life that I could have – should…
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Tag Archive: memory
A Dream with a Message
Most of the dreams I have, I forget, or if I do remember them, they make no sense. Well, the night of July 21, 2015, I had a dream I will never forget. The power of the Holy Ghost was…
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10 things I thought I would never do as a parent until I became one
This was published today on familyshare.com. When I was a young adult, moving into the marriage and family mindset, I had some ideas of what I would and wouldn’t do or allow as a parent. I always figured my kids…
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The first time God saved my life, He saved my mother’s too.
I was not my mom’s first pregnancy. She had lost a baby before me. That tragedy would make it even harder to handle the trauma of her second pregnancy: me. I was due around August 17, 1984, but I was born June…
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A tribute to my siblings
I am the oldest of four. My brother, Aaron, is two years and two months younger than me, and my other brother, Mark, is five years and two months younger. My only sister, Mariah, is eight years and 10 months…
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This is how we do it.
I took the boys to the library last Monday night. I don’t usually look forward to it because Kamren always opens the elevator, he and Rigel try to run upstairs, and one or both run in the aisles. When in line to…
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Childhood in a Church
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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All my love always, Betsy
I see at my dad a lot, so he doesn’t call me very often. He did today, though, at 11:08 AM. He proceeded to tell me something I never expected to hear: that my Aunt Betsy, his youngest sister, had…
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Let the Memory Live Again
As I have been writing this blog, I have felt this bold, and dutiful desire – even obligation – to share my past experiences, mistakes, trials and heartaches with anyone in the world who would read my words. If you…
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One Step Enough for Me
Last Saturday I went to Women’s Day, an annual event put on by my church, for women living in this area. Each sister that was there was able to sign up for three different classes of her choosing. I thoroughly…
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