Mourning With Those Who Mourn #8minutememoir
I love how Heavenly Father puts us in the right place at the right time. Rick and I have been serving in the temple every Thursday. I have rarely been assigned to be in the dressing room on the first...
View ArticleReading #8minute memoir
When I was in first grade our reading groups were named after birds, blue birds, red birds, yellow birds. The best readers were in the blue birds, then red, then yellow. I know I was not in the blue...
View ArticleMy favorite toy
Chatty Cathy The first toy that came to mind was my Chatty Cathy doll. I am not sure when I got her, but she was a very popular item for Christmas that year. I got one and Susan did. too. Mine worked,...
View ArticleDaily Tasks #8minutememoir
Things I like doing- I like vacuuming, the room always looks visibly cleaner after I vacuum. I like painting walls. Loading the dishwasher Things I don’t like to do— Cleaning toilets Unloading the...
View ArticleMy Mom
Helen Carol Gren I love this photo of my mother (I call it the floating head). She was such a beautiful women. My mother worked her entire life most of it for the telephone company. She always had to....
View ArticleIn My Bag- #8minutememoir
I haven’t taken time to write recently and I decided to look at the list of prompts for the Eight Minute Memoir. For some reason this topic is the one that stood out. I am not sure why anyone would be...
View ArticleCookies #8minutememoir
While we were living in Tokyo cupcakes were a very popular treat. Cupcake shops were popping up everywhere in the US, but not many in Tokyo. I loved cupcakes before they were cool. Kristina and Ruth...
View ArticleSheep
Baaaaaa! Sometimes being a sheep is not a bad thing. When I was in sixth grade our teacher had us write a letter to ourselves to be read in 6 years. I realized that I would be graduating from high...
View ArticleSeeking Blessings
Sometime during my time in London, Tokyo or Japan I started writing “Messages from Mom.” There weren’t many and it didn’t last long. Here is one I found today. Hi Everyone, I am starting up my “Message...
View ArticlePig trucks, missing Ubers and rain, Oh my!
One of assignments in July was to attend a conference on human trafficking with a member of the church who is opening an aftercare center for children who have been rescued. We rode together to the...
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