Friday, October 2, 2020

Ready or Not, General Conference!

It's been a wild ride of a year for me.  How about you? With my kids and my husband home with me most of the time, and now homeschooling Honor, with the kids mostly home, there's been little time...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Hopeful Journals

To help us have a good perspective on life during quarantine and during all the turmoil our son brings us, we started doing hopeful journals.Right before family scripture study, we write down...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

the Atonement Covers what We Can't Fix

It's funny that my blog's title and theme is 2 Nephi 25:26, a verse that says, "We talk of Christ...that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins."...
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Monday, May 4, 2020

Homeschooling Mama at long last....

Whew! It's been a minute.  Actually it's almost been two months of rigorous quarantine for us!  What an adventure!I have finally gotten to dip my toe into actually homeschooling...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Guardians of the Eternal Family

One good thing about my kids staying up unreasonably late is we were able to do a Come Follow Me/Book of Mormon study of Jacob 2:23-29.We talked about why the Lord "delights in the chastity...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

God Has Your Dreams Secured

I have been asked to participate in a panel of women who will talk to the Young Women at church about their careers and education paths. At first, I said yes, then I realized I had another committment...
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Thursday, February 27, 2020

Woman in Embryo

I was walking through the front entryway of the middle school this evening and I spotted this display of what the fifth-graders want to be when they grow up.You bet I was proud when I saw...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Come Follow Me: motivation

I feel like my kids need some incentive to really engage in Come Follow Me lately. And sometimes I'm ok with tying rewards to positive actions, especially if it gets us over a hump or out...
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Monday, February 24, 2020

talent show FHE

To encourage the development of our talents tonight we had a talent show for FHE. We were treated to sword fighting by Captain Hook and Peter Pan... ...magic tricks... ...
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Monday, February 17, 2020

the Lord's Hand to Revealed

This is me reaching out longingly toward this blanket that I started crocheting back in January. Lately I've been so busy with my calling that I haven't had time for this little creative hobby.But...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Some People are Just Magic

I know I'm a little late with this post, but I just have to give a shout-out to the Santa at the Pittsburgh's Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens this year.   He was warm and...
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Monday, February 10, 2020

A Thought for This Week

Just thought I'd share this to get you psyched up for the week ahead.  No matter what you face, remember this: "You were taught in the spirit world to prepare you for anything and everything...
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Sunday, February 9, 2020

My Mom Turned 71

My Mom turned 71 on Saturday, so we bopped on over to Cleveland to spend the day with her and my Dad (and also got to see my sister.) Because, we can do that now that we only live two hours away. ...
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