Not everyone has a ready supply of inquisitive children needing to be told to buzz off. [Read more]
Category Archives: Family
The trees weren’t all in a row, but the climbs were. [Read more]
Missionaries are involved in serving and teaching about the gospel of Jesus Christ most of every day, but Monday is their day to do the laundry, get groceries, clean their apartment, and, if circumstances require it, skin snakes. [Read more]
I think there is widespread hope that this year’s International Women’s Day activities will spark valuable and lasting progress, without resulting in political chaos. [More….]
“If you want to scream or cry or complain, if you want to tell someone how shocked you are or how icky you feel, or whine about how it reminds you of all the terrible things that have happened to you lately, that’s fine. It’s a perfectly normal response. Just do it to someone in a bigger ring.”[More….]
Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu, working nearly 2600 years ago, affirmed that “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”* Today our Loquita takes the first step on a journey of 18 months [More….]
There were a few minutes when I had a hard time getting air into my lungs, and if anyone had been close enough to hear me, they would have been alarmed by the sounds I was making with what little air I had. [More….]
