Wanting to Want to Be Spiritual

I just passed the one-year mark of being the Relief Society President in my ward. When I tell people about my job at church, they always have the same sort of response, “what a hard calling!” While I’m sure people have all sorts of definitions of what makes something a “hard” calling, I don’t think [...]

It’s a Braggy-Brag World

Several weeks ago a friend posted a picture on Instagram of her four children with their teacher who had helped every single one of them through the Gifted and Talented program in elementary school. I probably shouldn’t have replied how I did, “Lucky you. I only had one of six make it into the Gifted [...]

Sympathy, Faith and a Tricycle

“The last time I saw you,” she sighed, staring at an afternoon decades ago, “you were wearing a little shirt with a pocket on the chest, and a nappy, and I took you straight off ya Mum and walked down the back of the yard. We had a look at the animals, and you put [...]

On Moments

There was one big box, wrapped in polka dots and housing her 12th birthday present. I told her as she surveyed the seemingly sparse landscape: it’s a big one, I promise, so this is it. She opened it gingerly and took a suitcase out of the delicately unfurled paper. “Oh my gosh, I love this [...]

Spoiler alert!

No, really. There may be spoilers. You have been warned. True confession. I don’t watch Downton Abbey. Oh I tried. I knew to pronounce it “Downton” and not “Downtown.” I sincerely wanted to be part of something that epic and universal. I wanted to be that au courant. I can’t get enough of Dame Maggie [...]

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