This has been a summer of travel and family and I'm loving every minute of it. Last week I had five of my daughters here and we went t...

I'm in South Carolina! We traveled all day yesterday arriving just in time to accompany our grandson's fiance to the temple for the ...

My Flaming Cheesecake I am officially a day older today than I was yesterday. In other words, I celebrated my birth day. Mother came dow...

Family Tree here I've been reading some family histories my mother gave me for Christmas and marveling at the ancestors that made m...

Those of us here in Utah Valley woke up to a white world. It snowed last night covering trees, bushes, dirt, roads, cars, and rooftops wit...

Yesterday was my parent's sixty-fifth wedding anniversary. The only problem is that Mom had to celebrate it alone because Dad left thi...

art by Karen Tribett The last of my children left today. Physically it is a relief. I don’t have the stamina I once had to keep up with...

As I’ve been explaining our family chaos this last week it occurred to me that some of you may not know our family situation. So I’ll e...

Wall to wall people! Miracles still happen. After almost a week in the mountains in a tight fitting cabin all nine families have returned...

We traveled all day and arrived home weary at about midnight. I was tempted to complain when we sat on the runway for an hour at JFK waiting...

Today is my father’s birthday and I’m missing him a lot. He has been gone for four years, but if he were still alive would be 90 today. Sinc...

I grew up in the hey-day of the feminist movement and the ERA. I heard all the talk about women and careers and rights and equality. I heard...

“Top of the morning to you!”    That’s my favorite Irish greeting and appropriate for this St. Patrick’s Day.  The appropriate Irish respons...

Union soldiers still fighting the battles! Hello from Maryland! I have had am amazing time here learning from wonderful people. I arrived...

Picture by Christopher Talbot Frank //www.allposters.com/ Just yesterday I was walking on a newly laid carpet of autumn leaves. This mor...

There is nothing quite as amazing as family when you need them. They step up to the plate and support and help. They cry with you and for yo...

I have the most amazing family. They (like me) are not without flaws, but they are all trying their best to do what is right. One of the gr...

The family went home this morning and the house is empty. I’ve been cleaning and straightening and it might soon look like someone besides O...

My heart is always full, but today it is overflowing. Saturday our 30th grandchild was born. Both mother and son are doing well and John Gre...

At church meetings and other places that encourage and support the family, we hear about how important the home and family are. We learn th...