Years ago, while walking around one of my favorite stores, Quilted Bear, I came across a framed quote that seemed to be speaking to me that day.  I was facing some hard things and was feeling pretty discouraged about life. I had hoped that maybe a trip to my favorite store would lift my spirits [...]

The unemployment rate that is announced each month by the U.S. Department of Labor is actually quite misleading. According to their own website people are only listed as unemployed if they have actually looked for a job in the last 4 weeks. If they have given up on looking for a job for at least [...]

My husband has been busy looking for an apartment for us in Colorado. I had my heart set on one that had everything I wanted and was below budget. To my great sorrow it wasn’t the right place for us. It didn’t work with my husbands job. My husband went back to searching and I [...]

Today I put on some music while I was doing some cleaning around the house and immediately found myself in tears. I was listening to a CD called He Loves Me Still. This CD is full of so many insights and reminders of who I’m trying to be. I’ve always been especially fond of the [...]

In Utah there are LDS themed books in every store. Outside of the Beehive state – not so much. Walk into Walmart in “Happy Valley” and you may be greeted with a display of Gerald N. Lund books. Leave “Zion” and the Brother Lund aisle is replaced with “African American Interests”. For some reason whenever [...]

About a month ago I wrote about all the miracles that had happened in our life. It was so easy then to trust that everything would work out. As the amazement of that time fades into the distance and we face new struggles it is easy to start to doubt, to wonder how we will [...]

I still can’t believe I got a seat on the overbooked Friday night flight coming home. I was on standby in a busy Denver airport hoping to get home to my injured wife. The lady at the desk told me I had almost no chance of getting on because it was already way over booked. [...]

I’ve been reading a book called The Divine Center by Stephen R. Covey. I love it! Today I was reading about how we have general commandments that apply to everyone and then we have personal commandments that are given to us individually. I had never really thought of it that way. This got me thinking [...]

I’ve never doubted that God existed and I’ve occasionally felt his influence in my life, but the last few months have been miraculous. It all actually started a few years ago when my husband mentioned looking for a better job out of state. I was furious with him. We had just spent so much time [...]

As the winter solstice approaches and the world loses it’s long summer days and warm peaceful evenings,  gloom and dreariness seem inevitable.  The bitter thick darkness takes over the night and we are forced to hide indoors.  Colds, coughs, and sicknesses threaten us from all sides.  Light, warmth, and happiness seem to have given up [...]