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BUT FIRST: Frankie is getting baptized March 15. Just thought you’d like to be the first to know (besides the missionaries). I must admit that I was really nervous about posting at Segullah. I stressed over every post ”“ even the last one, which I’d written a month before and really loved. The first two [...]

One reason why I do this

Not only did my grandfather, “Gran” (William Ricketts Smith), lead an interesting life, he was someone I felt very close to and still hold dear. I’m so grateful he left behind a record of his life, even a relatively short one, in his own words. What a treasure it is. Because he took the time [...]

The accidental missionary

Frankie* is the mother of the little boy I take care of after kindergarten every day. We’ve become good friends since the morning she was driving to work and suddenly realized we were LDS–she called me up and asked, “Are you guys Mormons?” Something about my son’s “early morning church class,” my “volunteering every Tuesday [...]

Spirit of Elijah, party of four…

There are lots of things you can pick up on the streets of downtown Salt Lake City, but one of the best things I ever picked up there was a wonderful blogger named Natalie, a.k.a. “Millie.” “b.” and I picked her up right in front of Family History Library. It was the first time I [...]

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