As far back as I can remember the Christmas season seemed to bring with it both excitement and anxiety. I grew up as the oldest child in a family of nine. When December 1st rolled around one of my biggest concerns was how to get enough money to buy each of my siblings and my parents a Christmas ... Read More
Up, Up, and Away with Christmas!
This year I’m trying to decorate up or back or out! Up with all manger scene pieces, back with the musical snow globe, and outside with the unstable wooden reindeer I usually set on the hearth. The idea is to somehow keep as many Christmassy things within sight, but out of reach of the twenty ... Read More
Camouflage! Really? – Scripture Study
Friday night my daughter, who is my designated personal shopper, stopped by with the little gift I had authorized her to purchase for her little man, Carson. Tomorrow was baptism day. We settled on the same gift I give all the “grands” after they are baptized—a cover for the scriptures they receive ... Read More
“Nannette, do you know any four year olds?” – Step 5 The Gift of Perspective
We turn to addictive substances and behaviors instead of turning to God, and one of the reasons we do is because we don’t think God likes us very much. Many of us start feeling bad about ourselves when we are very little, at least I did, and it doesn’t take much. I’ll never forget sitting across ... Read More
Keep It Simple, Change Your Mind – Step 11
Esther, age 2, sat patiently on the bathroom counter while I, Grandma Nan, attempted to rekindle whatever skills I had once possessed in the combing of a little girl’s hair. With her mommy at work and her daddy being even less talented than I, the task fell to me.My mind was drawn back to all the ... Read More
I Am a Child of God
My brother Bryce has produced a new musical Mormon Message based on the children’s song, “I am a Child of God”. It was recently posted on the LDS.org homepage, YouTube, the Mormon Channel and other locations. I wanted to share it with you. Thanks so much, and please feel free to SHARE it with ... Read More
Sabbath Dance
It’s one of those chilly gray February mornings. I wake up and look outside and wonder why I was so anxious to take the tree down and get all those cheery lights and decorations into the boxes and back into the garage. During the wee hours of Sunday morning new snow has been added to the glacier ... Read More
The Chocolate Chip Cookie Minus the Chips
Disclaimer: If the struggle that brings you to this Blog is compulsive eating, as mine is, please know that the cookie in the starring role is symbolic and is in no way meant to be a trigger. Please do not use this as an excuse to start baking. If you think this will be a problem read no ... Read More
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