Creating Beauty From Ashes

A blogger I follow recently wrote for the first time about the abuse she experienced growing up. For 30 years she’s managed to shove it beneath the surface of her life without ever talking about it or addressing it. And she has done an amazing job of it. Despite those damaging experiences, she is a [...]

In the Details

A bit ago, my husband and I had the opportunity to attend a Q&A with Elder Holland. Suffice it to say it was more than an amazing and rich experience, but more, I left feeling so impressed at Elder Holland’s—and for that matter, his wife’s—ability to administer to the one. Whenever anyone in the small [...]

Letter To My Younger Self

Dear Little Blue, You don’t really need this letter, because you’ll eventually figure all these things out on your own, but if I could share a few insights with you, I’d let you know that even though it feels like there’s not a soul on earth who’d really care if you ceased to exist, in [...]

I Can Be Slow On The Uptake

What makes a quiet afternoon, baby sleeping, kids at school, nondescript in the passing minutes, unoriginal in the weather, seem suddenly a sacred thing? I think it is the quiet. That it affords me a place to string two coherent thoughts together. That I can feel, without interruption, what’s been pressing against my heart, that [...]

Pancakes or Waffles?

Swedish Pancakes – photo by cookiedog This month I am participating in Jana Riess’s “Flunking Sainthood” Gratitude Challenge on Facebook. The task is to come up with – and write down – five things everyday for which you are grateful. This hasn’t been be too big of a stretch. The process of developing an attitude [...]

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