So, how was your day?
Note: I hesitated to write this post for fear the telling of my story might seem irreverent. But sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. And this is the truth of my life. Let me tell you about last...
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What’s in a Name?
I sat in the hospital waiting room reading celebrity magazines, a guilty pleasure I rarely indulge in. My husband was in an operating room in Boston having a pin installed in his hand to help heal a...
View ArticleKeeping Quiet
I recently attended the wedding weekend of my nephew and his longtime girlfriend. My sister Susan (mother of the groom) gave a toast to the happy couple. Susan was warm, kind, and engaging – and...
View ArticleI Can Be Slow On The Uptake
What makes a quiet afternoon, baby sleeping, kids at school, nondescript in the passing minutes, unoriginal in the weather, seem suddenly a sacred thing? I think it is the quiet. That it affords me a...
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Becoming Cat People
A two weeks ago I stood for the first time in the pet aisle of the grocery store, critically weighing the options in kitten chow, blundering exactly how I had gotten to that point. Up until an hour...
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Haiku for the Holidays
Wanting some time of revery and zen this holiday season? Try some 17 syllable therapy and write haiku! This ancient creative poetry form of 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second, and...
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A New Beginning
Today’s guest post comes from Bonnie, a working mom of five kids who just celebrated her 15th anniversary with her soul mate. You will always find a book nearby and at least two on her night stand....
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Come ‘N Get It!
Everyone eats, but for Mormons–with our focus on year’s supply, emergency preparedness, stewardship, and family–I think food plays an especially huge role in our lives. And honestly, it generally...
View ArticleOn Moments
There was one big box, wrapped in polka dots and housing her 12th birthday present. I told her as she surveyed the seemingly sparse landscape: it’s a big one, I promise, so this is it. She opened it...
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THE MYTHS OF SMALL FAMILIES
This post is in conjunction to Shelah’s post, The Myths of Big Families. I grew up in a family with five kids. Large by non-LDS standards, but still medium sized to those in the church. Since my mom...
View ArticlePlacement
I have a thing for place. I’m a bit fastidious about the arrangement of things, and the locations where things are set in. Now don’t get me wrong, I clutter up with the best of them (my specialty being...
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Generations: a Four Patch Block
Patch One When my mother died in 1994 I inherited her stash of quilting fabrics. Since she lived by the premise, “She who dies with the most fabric, wins,” this was quite a...
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“We Will!”
Lapis Lazuli ring of love I am a proponent of having friends and family of all ages, faiths and “worthiness-es” join to support and celebrate marriages on the wedding day. There is something moving and...
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Eulogy for a Car
View from the unwashed passenger window on the night of our last drive. Last night realizing time was short we quickly piled the kids and an impromptu picnic into our eighteen year old sun-bleached...
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The Cost of Leisure
When I told people that I was taking my children to Hawaii for the week of Christmas, reactions ranged from admiration to disbelief to jealousy. I generally tried to temper things with the caveat that...
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Surprise: Happy, Happy, Happy Anniversary
In July of 1994, my two sisters and I sifted through the belongings in our widowed mother’s home. She lay in a hospital nearby, unconscious and dying of a massive stroke at the age of 78. She lingered...
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How to: Keep a “Journal”
What are your most creative ways of journal keeping? Could cell phone images of your freezer be the most accurate way of depicting you life? Is a more formal option too intimidating? Are you terrified...
View ArticleTeaching the Ideal, Living the Real
I first realized that my parents had sinned when I was about 13 years old. The lesson topic was the law of chastity, and I suddenly thought “if my parents had been keeping the commandments, I wouldn’t...
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Favorite Words!
At a recent writer’s conference, the presenter asked us to write down five of our favorite words. This is a challenge best done quickly without a lot of overthinking. So quick, right now – what are...
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SEASONS of Salted Perspectives
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? — Matthew 5:13 *** The grey sky drizzled and, despite my umbrella, an hour after I’d greeted a friend...
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