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Sage of the Subway

On the way home from my weekly OB appointment during the ninth month of my last pregnancy I stepped onto a very crowded train. It was rush hour, which meant I had spent far longer than planned waiting at the Dr.’s office just so I could get weighed, have my blood pressure taken, asked if [...]

Dream Come True

In high school I had a BIG crush. Since my first days of having crushes on boys there has been a pattern. I’ve always gone for guys with a little extra flair for the dramatics. Following is a sampling of my past loves. Example #1: Ryan*, third grade. During sharing circle he talked about riding [...]

Feast Upon the Word

Last week during a special time of the month for me I cried to my husband about what a horrible person I am. I don’t know if you do this, but I start to feel a bit like a big ball of flaws, with nothing good to offer to the world, no talents, no hope [...]

What to do with the leftover Easter candy . . .

I’m sitting here eating Easter candy for breakfast. Not just Easter candy, I made sure it’s part of a complete breakfast. I had two glasses of water, a small bowl of Kix with 1% milk, a slice of double fiber toast with a tsp. of butter. Post-morning workout I often feel energized and resolved to [...]

My New List

We had a Stake Relief Society Conference this past weekend. My husband worries when I go to things like this, the same way he frets a bit as general conference weekend approaches. He says its because I come home discouraged and stressed out. I go with enthusiasm, furiously take notes, listen, try to focus and [...]

How To Be Happy

I live in New York City with my husband and our three children. When people find this out (friends from outside the city) they usually respond in one of two ways: Option1, “You are so lucky. Do you love it? That’s awesome.” Option 2, “How long do you have to stay there? I don’t know [...]

Magic like Santa

Occasionally we go to McDonald’s for a happy meal. You know, for special occasions (special occasions might be a play date with Daddy but also include nights I haven’t made it out into the freezing slushy, muck to get groceries.) It’s a bonus when the free toy is something really cool, like a few weeks [...]

Sort and Purge

On Monday night we had to move Stella’s bed out of the kids room, the shoe baskets, roller skates, hobby horses, LeapPad, princess books, floor puzzles, and some other stuff we keep in that corner had to go too (yes all from one corner. It’s New York, remember? And we have three kids in there [...]

‘Tis the Season (Cold & Flu Season)

My vision blurred as I stepped from the run-down station platform onto the downtown A train. Luckily I’m close to the beginning of the line so there were still plenty of places for me to sit and continue asking myself the questions, “Is my head actually going to split open? If it doesn’t what will [...]

syn·er·gy

noun 1. The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects. I remember learning the definition of this word from my freshman writing teacher, first year, first semester at BYU. She had us write. A lot. Every week we read, wrote [...]

Recognizing Answers

We had an amazing Relief Society lesson yesterday. We talked about Elder Bednar’s talk, “Ask in Faith”.

A Few Life Lessons from Running

I know I’ve talked about running before, but tomorrow I run in the Hartford, Connecticut Marathon, so I’ve had running on my mind . . . a lot. For 16 weeks now a couple of friends and I have been training. Running four times a week, building up our mileage, training to increase our speed, [...]

Prayers that work

When Margaret was just over two and Cole was still small enough to fit in the baby bjorn (which was a short period of time, since he was born 8 lbs. 10 oz. and got heavy fast) we went on a family outing to Marshall’s. I can’t remember exactly what we were looking for, but [...]

Can I Sit On Your Lap?

Yesterday was a crazy day. In fact, by the end of most days lately I feel frazzled and think, “Aaah, I had a crazy day.” My new baby is now almost seven months old, my three-year-old son keeps telling me he’s a big little kid, and tomorrow my oldest daughter starts kindergarten.

Roots

“If a non-member family moves into your neighborhood, don’t just automatically assume that they are different and that you can’t associate with them. Listen to the spirit and maybe it will tell you to be friendly. You may be able to give them something so precious that will completely change their life.” Quote from a [...]

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