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Category: Parenting

  • Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and…

  • Dad? Raise your right hand and repeat after me: I promise to not wake Lil C up too early in the morning. She will wake up on her own JUST…

  • mormonteens: So beautiful 

  • On Hanukkah

    The Mom: What is that noise? The Dad: It’s just the cold setting in to the wooden beams. The 13 y.o.: Well, you can believe that if you want, but…

  • “Houses of the Lord” by Daniel Bishoff Daniel Bishoff originally created this oil pencil panorama color drawing at the age of 14 while still in Jr. High School. Convinced the…

  • Faith Like Abish

    Mentioned by name only once, Abish and her story may be easy to miss, hidden in Alma’s account of Ammon’s mission and King Lamoni’s conversion.  The story of Abish is…

  • On Canada {pt ii}

    The 13 y.o.: Mom? Since your family came to the US from Canada, does that mean we could live there without a license? The Mom: It’s called a permit and…

  • On I Spy

    The 5 y.o.: I spy with my little eye something that begins with “B” The Dad: Bus? The 5 y.o.: Nope. The Dad: Birds? The 5 y.o.: Right. Ok. My…

  • Ever since Congress has decided that pizza is a vegetable, I want to emigrate. The 13 y.o.

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