Downsize. Get rid of clutter. I was determined. I opened a box that I hadn’t looked at in over 30 years. The items inside were covered with soot. After the fire that destroyed our living room and after we moved back into our home, I had set this box aside to sort through later. Later […]
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The year I turned 62—which was a significant number of years ago—I decided to have a party. I invited the group of nine-year-old children that were in my Primary class at Church. I love to tell stories and planned storytelling to be the main event. Cake is almost a standard requirement for a birthday party,
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I changed out my calendars this morning. I felt that I was putting away the second Covid year and looking forward to days that will be filled with bright, happy moments. Never mind that the pace of my life will be slower as age catches up to me and that some days will be cloudy
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A drabble is a short work of fiction of precisely one hundred words in length. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author’s ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in a confined space. Writing a drabble requires precise editing skills—refining the story by taking out what is not essential and leaving only
Making American Girl Doll clothes has been very rewarding for me during this past year. It has been a good way to relax. I enjoyed the process of sorting through my fabric stash and then choosing patterns. Recycling clothes has also been fun and challenging for me. I bought a girl’s red plaid pleated skirt
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read.” Mark Twain Crissy was a non-verbal three-year-old in a classroom for developmentally delayed children. I was the substitute teacher that day. Crissy always cried when her mother left. And she continued crying throughout the morning. I sat beside her as one
The light in my kitchen is dim, creating a slightly depressed feeling. A thin sheet of plastic on the outside of the window blocks my sunshine. I hadn’t realized how much I depended on those rays of sunlight to brighten my day. I know that this is temporary. When the house painters are finished, the
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We were on our way to Idaho for a vacation when our doorbell rang. How did we know that? We have a ring doorbell. I looked at my phone and saw my young friend leave a white gift bag on my doorstep. I watched her go back down the sidewalk, and I wondered what was
The opening hymn in Church this morning was music only—no singing on account of Covid-19. But I didn’t need to voice the words to hear them in my mind: “Because I have been given much, I too must give.” My mind traveled back almost 30 years. It was just before Thanksgiving in 1991 when a
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Faith or Fear. It’s whatever I talk myself into. I know the source of my faith and who I should have faith in. My Heavenly Father and Jesus know who I am. They know my thoughts and the desires of my heart. When I exercise my faith in them, I feel their power in my
