Mom, Do They Need Us?
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008My daughter surprised me today with her reaction to a message left on our answering machine. First, she asked who the message was from. Then, with wide eyes and a concerned tone, she asked, “Do they need us?”
I had to laugh in spite of her serious face. Over the past few weeks […]
Lessons I Learned from the Pioneers
Friday, April 11th, 2008I came from a large family and always planned to have a large family of my own. When my husband and I became engaged we talked about our future family. Both of us loved children and we wanted to bring as many into our family as we could.
Soon after marriage, reality hit–hard. […]
Teaching our Children to Define Themselves by their Testimony
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Elder Dallin H. Oaks, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, spoke about the importance of a personal testimony of Jesus Christ in General Conference on Saturday. He said:
Our children should also hear us bear our testimonies frequently. We should also strengthen our children by encouraging them to define themselves by their growing testimonies, […]
General Conference Workbook
Friday, April 4th, 2008conferencepacket1
I don’t know who put in the time and effort into making this workbook (it certainly wasn’t me) but it has shown up in my e-mail twice now so I figure that it’s up for grabs if anyone wants to use it. I thought I’d post it just in case someone out there didn’t […]
My Mother’s Pancakes
Thursday, March 27th, 2008My mother did not use recipes in her daily cooking. She memorized basic rules to cook the things she liked. To make pancakes, she memorized the simple ratios of flour to baking soda and baking powder.
For every cup of flour she taught me to add 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and […]
Sunday Lessons: A Laurel’s Advice
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008“I feel like I just can’t come up with anything “new” to teach and that we teach the same concept with not much “material” for 4 weeks straight.
I don’t want to sound like a Laman and Lemual, but can someone help me out here? What do you do to teach the same topic every […]
Sunday Lessons: Teaching Something “New”
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008“I feel like I just can’t come up with anything “new” to teach and that we teach the same concept with not much “material” for 4 weeks straight.
I don’t want to sound like a Laman and Lemual, but can someone help me out here? What do you do to teach the same topic every week […]
