Friday morning, long hike day. Dale's been doing it since retirement, except for the long months of my illness, hospitalization, and...

(Originally given as a talk in sacrament meeting June 12, 2022) I need to give you three images for the story I'm about to tell. The...

(Original post January 2023) It's just an ordinary plate from a Mexican shop in Ensenada. Probably didn’t even cost $20. I bought it on a...

[Originally published May 25, 2022] (Original Facebook Post March 3, 2022) I think it's time to tell you a story. I still can't go into...

[Originally published June 8, 2020] I spent much of Sunday afternoon weeping. I’d come downstairs from studying and intermittent dozing...

[Originally published December 8, 2019] The Salt Lake Temple is about to close for 4 years. I didn’t think I felt as deeply about the...

[Originally published November 1, 2019] In spite of the natural ebb and flow of living, seasons of waves can still catch you by surprise....

[Originally published October 7, 2019] We got a new furnace last week. It was relatively painless on my part, until the last hour and a...

[Originally published March 17, 2018] As we embrace our divine roles as mothers, it’s natural that we will suddenly find ourselves in...

[Originally published March 17, 2017] I was privileged to share this essay with UN delegates at the annual Commission on the Status of...

[Originally published November 7, 2015] I had the wonderful experience to speak to a young single adult stake of women this morning. A...

[Originally published August 25, 2015] Five years ago, on an August afternoon, I saw a quilt like this hanging in one of my favorite...

[Originally published January 4, 2014] It's taken quite a while to figure out what I want to do with this blog, but I was so happy to get...

[Originally published October 11, 2011] Six months ago, in the thro's of bleak mid-winter (yes, it was April, and yet, this particular...

[Originally published April 9, 2008] I was talking to my friend Melanee on the phone the other day about the challenge of too much on a...