By: Heather L.
Last night I prayed for a “snow day.”
“Just a foot or so, dumped at about 5:55am so they cancel school? Please? I could use a day off!”
I knew it was selfish, but I relished the thought of sleeping in, and another long weekend!
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~by Rachel
During winter the first thing I do every morning is peek through the blinds to gauge the weather for the day. Some days I am surprised by a blanket of soft white snow. The fresh snow is always breathtaking. Rarely, it seems, a bright clear sky welcomes me, the kind of winter day that [...]
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~by Michelle
Haiti. It’s on all of our minds, and for most of us, it’s in a helpless sort of way. We’re too far away, without the time or means to really make more than the tiniest dent by sending a meager offering somewhere. And we keep praying.
I’m also pondering. A lot. Pondering how it is [...]
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By: Heather L. Lue
It is so easy in this busy, sometimes crazy life to feel alone; to feel like no one understands, or cares.
It is easy to believe we are left to ourselves, if we don’t lift our eyes and hearts to God.
And yet, when we take the time to call upon His name, we [...]
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~ by Dianne Billstrom
This is a very personal poem written in tribute to my parents and my heritage. It was given as an exercise in personal discovery and gratitude to those who came before me. It might help the reader to know that at the age of three I had polio and spent several [...]
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~ by Heather
Last Sunday, I shared my testimony with the three boys in my Sunday School class that if they would seek answers in the Book of Mormon, they would find them.
They joked — “Oh yeah, even math answers. You know, that verse in Alma just happens to be the answer to your [...]
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~By Catania
I have a testimony that I am a daughter of God – that God is my Heavenly Father. I know that Heavenly Father is distinctly aware of me. I know that He loves me. I know that he cares for me.
This knowledge has always been with me – at one level or another. [...]
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~by Janelle
The past month has been tough for my family. My husband made an extremely costly error at work. My chronic illness left me immobile for several days. My children have had behavior and potty training issues. My husband’s employee fell ill and very nearly died. With the loss of those extra hands on [...]
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~by Kathryn
I asked my primary class to bring a family pioneer story to share. I broadened the definition of pioneer to include any family conversion story. Twelve-year-old Paige brought her mother’s conversion story:
When my mom was in college, she went on vacation with a friend to Virginia Beach, USA. While swimming in the ocean, they lost [...]
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~by Michelle
I was blessed to have all four grandparents alive until I had reached my thirties. However, because they were in my life for so long, losing three of them over the years has been hard. “The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.”
Grandma R’s funeral was [...]
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