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What’s in a Name?
25 August 2008 @ 10:53 | Segullah Article Discussions | 24 Comments
“Cadmus - too heavy.
Caesar – too Roman.
Cailan- too common.
Cain - too damned.
Caldwell- too last-namish.
Caleb – Hey, I think I like that name.” I looked up at my husband over my bulging stomach and the Best Baby Name Book resting on top. His mouth was wide open. “What do you think?” [...]
Who are the Prepared People in your Neighborhood?
22 February 2008 @ 15:55 | Small Epiphanies | 5 Comments
If life is a stage and we are all players, then why is it that someone who has been sitting in the audience suddenly steps up on the center stage of one’s life and takes the limelight. That is how I feel about the next “person in my neighborhood.”
Who are the people in your neighborhood?
13 December 2007 @ 11:09 | Friends, Introducing | 13 Comments
Can you hear Mr. Roger’s singing, “Who are the people in your neighborhood? in your neighborhood? in your neighborho-oo-od?” Please keep that theme in your mind as you read this entry, because we are going to start a regular feature on Segullah blog (if we get a good response, that is) where we introduce one [...]
WARNING! CONTENT MIGHT BE OFFENSIVE OR WITHOUT MERIT! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!
29 August 2007 @ 22:53 | Small Epiphanies | 40 Comments
My fourteenth wedding anniversary was a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t know what to buy my husband to celebrate the auspicious occasion. After much searching, the Hugh Nibley and Mormon Tab CD I settled on didn’t seem quite what I was looking for. I wanted to get him something a little more racy. [...]
Consider the Lilacs!
11 May 2007 @ 17:41 | Mother's Day | 5 Comments
Some of the greatest lessons I learned about motherhood I learned from my father.
Built like Grandma…
30 April 2007 @ 20:24 | Segullah Article Discussions | 13 Comments
I am built like my Grandma Cannon. I would always marvel when we laid our hands side by side. They looked like hands from the same person - hers because they were so young looking for her ninety-five years and mine because they looked so old. I have inherited her extreme short-waist, her high forehead, [...]
Hold That Thought!
22 March 2007 @ 08:23 | Small Epiphanies | 30 Comments
When I was 9 years old, my family was sitting on the front bench in Sacrament Meeting. My Mom, probably occupied with a baby, asked me to tell her what page the opening hymn was on. I looked up and couldn’t see it. “I don’t know. It’s too far away,” I [...]
Don’t Leave Home Without It–Writing Tips from Melonie Cannon
9 November 2006 @ 13:54 | Writing Tips | 8 Comments
Take a moment today and open your purse. Really
examine its contents. Let’s open mine, shall we?
