All through the Holiday season I try to avoid Santa Claus. It’s not easy. Everywhere you go, there are photo booths with Santa, songs about Santa, and Santas at every shop door soliciting money. He is so jolly and cute that sometimes I feel like I’m wrong for not celebrating Santa! When I was aContinue reading “The Great Cover Up!”
Category Archives: Life Lessons
Dark Days
Anyone who spends any time in the northern tier states know that December, January and February are dark. Better get home by 3 because its pitch black by 4! Combine that with winter weather and it feels like all day is spent in a dark dreamland. (Unfortunately that fender-bender you had in the half-light wasContinue reading “Dark Days”
Traditional or Not?
Our father, Alma Hofhiens, always had a tradition to eat UN-traditional foods for Thanksgiving. It seems he worked at a turkey farm in Utah as a young man and found them to be the “stupidest birds!” (Apparently domestic turkeys don’t have the wily smarts that wild turkeys possess.) At any rate, Alma was famous forContinue reading “Traditional or Not?”
Gratitude
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop The choice before us – will we be bitter or will we be grateful? Both attitudes don’t grow on their own. We need to cultivate them. It is our choice. Scientific studies have shown that it is much more rewarding to be grateful. To illustrate this concept,Continue reading “Gratitude”
Families
Many things change throughout history, but one thing that hasn’t changed is family. Even if IVF is used today, scientists still need a man and a woman to provide the egg and the sperm that create a person. So our families are something we have in common with Adam & Eve, ancient Romans, and JaneContinue reading “Families”
Hello November!
I love November. I love Thanksgiving! What a great time to be alive! The nip in the air tells me I am definitely feeling it! Even the stars seem brighter in the cold crisp air of a fall/winter night. After a cold walk, I enjoy the warmth of my home, hot chocolate, and family soContinue reading “Hello November!”
Greatest Commandment
When Jesus Christ was asked which is the greatest commandment, he responded this way – Jesus Christ FULFILLED the Law of Moses which was given to Israel to prepare them for the coming of Jesus Christ and His Gospel. They needed that 1000 years of preparation because His new testament ideas were even more revolutionaryContinue reading “Greatest Commandment”
Commandments
I know that the commandments have guided me in my life and in my relationships. A prophet once said – When we keep the commandments, our lives will be happier and less complicated. Our challenges and problems will be easier to bear. Thomas S Monson Looking back down the years of my life and seeingContinue reading “Commandments”
Study Groups
One of the best things about living in Thailand – at least the time when I lived there late 2005-2009 – is that we had a Relief Society study group. I remember studying the Book of Mormon and Jesus the Christ. We took turns teaching, but all came to the meetings humble enough to shareContinue reading “Study Groups”
Conference Weekend!
The Feast of Tabernacles is a traditional Jewish feast where they build tents and remember the time when their ancestors, the children of Israel, wandered the desert for 40 years. In the Book of Mormon, King Benjamin calls all his people together to speak to them and to offer burnt offerings according to the lawContinue reading “Conference Weekend!”
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