“But Mama,” my daughter protested, “I’m doing okay! I’ve kept it down!” It had been about 30 seconds since she had eagerly consumed her small piece of toast. For the last several days, she’d been sick. Everything she ate made a reappearance shortly after – usually all over the carpet. She had cried and suffered …
My favorite grocery store has an incredible variety of salt. There’s your ordinary sea salt but then there’s amazing varieties I’d never seen before. Pink sea salt from the Himalayas. Black sea salt from Hawaii. A strange pearly-looking variety from India. There are even some smoked and flavored varieties. It’s quite a display. They are …
“General Conference is a punishment for kids and a privilege for adults.” That’s what my then 7-year-old son said to me six weeks before the October 2013 session of General Conference. This semi-annual event is seriously one of my very favorite things in the world, so I had already started counting down the days. When he …
I don’t know how many times I told Colby to put his coat on. Probably a dozen at least. It didn’t take long to realize he hadn’t listened. After less than five minutes on the playground, he started to shiver in the cold November air. With six children, two pizza boxes, a bag of water bottles and …