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Legacy

Grandpa hides a small box of still-shiny medals away in a drawer where no one can find them. “War is hell,” he said flatly. He won’t talk about the war. He never saw combat. He said it was terrible, whatever he saw. It was 1943, the height of World War II. At seventeen, my grandfather [...]

Sometimes, Always, at the Temple

Maybe I’m a little selfish in my temple service. Because mostly, it seems that I go for me. I do like to think about the woman I’m doing ordinance work for. I like to think about her—I wonder what she’s like, if she’s there with me, if we’ll someday meet and connect in a heart [...]

Curious about Mormon Temples? Go to a believer

Today I’ve stolen(with permission of course) a guest post right off another blog: letstalkaboutreligionandpolitics(ooh, we’d love to see you there!) Ruth Mitchell is a quilt-tying, cookie baking, secretly novel-writing mother of 4. Happily, her husband’s schooling has landed her in beautiful Southern California where she can see the spires of the San Diego Temple from [...]

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