On getting married
One of the toughest things we do in this life is to enter into relationships with someone of the opposite sex. But I’ll be the first to say that marriage is the place to learn. I always get a little anxiety when my...
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Hugh Nibley on church policy
At some point, you may find that you disagree with something at church. It could be a doctrinal...
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The Original Little Rascals
The Little Rascals is one of my favorite classics. It’s kids just being kids. The producer,...
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C.S. Lewis quote house
Not everyone is a great athlete. My kids play a lot of sports and we have had our share of coaches...
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Doris Day and Clark Gable “Teacher’s Pet”
This is another of my favs from our classic movie collection. And, yes, all my kids have seen and...
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Teaching children about sexuality
I decided as a young mother to teach my kids the basics of sex when they were young–young...
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Doris Day and David Niven “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies”
I love this film, Doris does a great job playing a mom of four boys. I have four boys (and 1...
Read MoreLiberal Media Goes to Extremes to Slam Motherhood
This flashy trashy cover of Time Magazine — is very demeaning to women who choose motherhood. The eye-catching photo of a young mother, breast exposed, feeding her three year old is meant to startle. And it does. It is...
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God and Science work together to create this earth
If you find a surfboard on the beach, you assume that a surfer has passed this way, not that the...
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Doris Day and Rock Hudson movies
Doris Day stars with Rock Hudson in the 1960s romantic comedy, Send Me No Flowers. She loved...
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Do Mormons Believe that Jesus and Lucifer are Brothers?
Mormons believe, as did early Christians, that our Father in Heaven is the Father of all...
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What do Mormons believe about hell?
Protestors stood across the street from the Mormon Conference Center shouting Mormons are going to...
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My Mormon Underwear
I’ve wanted to write about the Mormon garment. I don’t call them my Mormon underwear...
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What’s it Like to be a Mormon Woman
Many believe that Mormon women are slighted. From my perspective, I have plenty of power and...
Read MoreWorking on my masters
I’m avoiding my work today. I don’t know why I decided to go for my masters in education. I’m not even a credentialed teacher. My bachelors is in biochem; I started graduate school in the 80s in nutrition &...
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Suffering is a Harsh Reality
This morning I was reading about the hours after Christ’s death — the cataclysmic...
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Happy Trials
In LDS Conference yesterday, President Eyring addressed what I know to be true, however difficult...
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Write it Down Before it’s Gone
Now, granted, some words spoken should never have left my lips. But I understand the value of...
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