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A Mother’s Love
MR says: Adoption is a beautiful thing. Last night, while tightly hugging me around my neck, my twenty-three month old spontaneously told me that she loved me – for the first time. ”I love you.” Oh, how those words hold such magic. I immediately became a puddle of mommy love, Callie melting to the...
The Kanes Have a Mormon Thanksgiving
Thomas L. Kane, the 19th century Philadelphia lawyer for whom Utah’s Kane County was named, was moved by his humanitarian instincts to champion causes as varied as educational reform, the anti-slavery movement, and the troubles of the Mormons. Without Kane’s timely negotiations between Brigham...
The Dreaded Attitude Problem
As I go around the country teaching parenting seminars and trying to help parents make healthy changes in their family relationships, I notice there are two things which get asked the most. 1. What do you do for attitude problems? 2. How do you stop tantrums? I an not going to expound on...
Gracias. Malo. Wir danken dir.
In the Spirit of Thanksgiving, I’d just like to express my gratitude and what the holiday means to me. It isn’t anything profound but I hope that others will share their experiences in response. The thought of us, our families, our communities, and ultimately our nation giving thanks...
Hold to the Rod When You Can't See the Tree
Recently I saw a remarkable news story broadcast on a sports channel on television. It was a story of courage, determination and endurance. I am a fanatical sports fan and such stories of overcoming great odds with incredible determination and focus are always inspiring to me. This particular story...
The Kindness of Strangers
MR says: Make sure you click through and read the end of this touching post. Last January I wrote two posts featuring Walter Lee Noblin, a church member in South Carolina in the late 19th/early 20th century – first we read a letter featuring his testimony, then I used his life as a model to illustrate how...
“I Know Who I Am!”
MR says: This is a sweet story. It’s late on a Monday night when my husband hangs up the phone and says, “Will you go to the hospital with me? A member of the church was traveling through our area and was in a car accident. They are releasing her from the hospital, she is injured, alone, and doesn’t...
Helping Adolescents Make Decisions in Advance
MR says: Blog by parenting book author Linda Eyre. Parenting nine children through life requires a lot of “stuff”! Through it all we must have thought of literally a thousand ideas to try to make things work better. Some had to be tailored to an individual kid and some we figured needed to apply to the...
Reflecting on The Origin of Man
MR says: If interested in the topic of how evolution fits (or doesn't) into our beliefs, this is a thoughtful post to read. One hundred years ago this month, Presidents Joseph F. Smith, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund published “The Origin of Man” in the Church’s magazine, Improvement Era. It was...
Home for the Holidays: The Good Times Abound
I have a *friend* who, although she loves her family dearly, finds her stomach tightening and her left eye twitching when holidays and family gatherings approach. Perhaps it’s the added pressure of having to dust all those high shelves and wipe those fingerprints off of the walls (and cabinets...
Thanks, Gimme, Oops, Wow–A Guide for Prayer
MR says: LOVE this way of looking at and teaching about prayer. A few weeks ago at an interfaith-council-sponsored service project, the minister who gave the benediction took a minute beforehand to talk to the kids present about how to pray. He told them that there were four words to include: Thanks...
A Strict Parent
In January 2009, the interviewer from the BBC Britain asked me if I thought I was a strict parent. I have never liked the word strict, because I have associated it with a parent who yells a lot, is stern looking and engages in power struggles. So, in response to the question, I said, “I...
A moment of grace
MR says: Beautiful. It had been a long six weeks. There had been hope and despair; moments of quiet peace and tears of heartbreak; memories recounted and relived, talks with social workers, chaplains and a myriad consulting physicians. There was a second opinion with the founding father of ECMO. And a...
2009 Christmas gift book guide
MR says: Another suggested book list. It is before Thanksgiving, I know. Nevertheless, the time has once again come to consider our relations and judge among them who will receive something cool and who will receive n’importe quoi. Jehovah and the World of the Old Testament (Deseret Book, 2009), $41.36...
Exemplary Member Missionaries and a Missionary “Idea Fair” in Boston
MR says: Some pretty cool ideas presented at the conference. Three weeks ago, some 600 young single adults converged on Boston for the LDS Education Conference. Missionary work was the theme. The speakers were David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue Airways; Clayton Christensen, a professor at Harvard Business...
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