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Back in high school, my seminary teacher taught that if we pray for patience, we’ll receive opportunities to be patient. That didn’t sound too appealing to me, so I made a mental note not to pray [...]

Is it just me, or do we all dream of a picture-perfect summer full of laughter, relaxing, memories and adventures? I have that mental image of what looks like a blissful summer … and then my [...]

  Make summer reading sacred (+summer book report freebie!) One of my favorite childhood summertime memories involves lying under a willow tree and inhaling fresh air and fascinating books. [...]

Grandfathers, father figures, fathers-in-law, fathers of our church family, fathers of our children, fathers of our bodies and the Father of our spirit … they are all teaching us about the role [...]

I’m in Costco – kidless. That’s a holiday for me, so I take time strolling aisles. I even pick up one lone sample – which feels awesome. I always feel too guilty to grab myself a sample after [...]

Her little hand unfurls to reveal a tiny, perfect bloom. “Look what I found!” her cuteness bubbling over. The delicate petals are just as petite as she is – and as pure white too. I give her a [...]

Christ commands us to be as little children … and oh, how often the little children around me exemplify exactly why! We traveled to some dear forever friends of ours; and even though it had been [...]

We had a lovely nature hike – listening to low vibrating song of bullfrogs, admiring lily pad blooms, and tromping between shade and sun – and now, all three kiddos and their trail mix were [...]

“Ask God to put you just where He wants you, And to tell you what He wants you to do, And feel that you are on hand to do it.” – John A. Widstoe, 1954 (Discourses of Brigham Young) [...]

I had sat nose-in-phone, unaware of our surroundings for quite some time … when I finally looked up, I noticed my hubby leaning over the steering wheel and squinting. “See those dark clouds way [...]