Heavenly Job Chart

Heavenly Job Chart

Dear John, Yesterday morning, Spencer had meticulously set up a complicated game.  He proudly announced he was finished and wanted us to look at what he’d done.  Then, just to be mean, you came over, knocked it all down and stole a piece so that Spencer wouldn’t be...
Phone Tag

Phone Tag

I was missing Elder Scott a little during Conference this past weekend.  I listened to one of his talks this morning.  In it, he says, “Why does the Lord want us to pray to Him and to ask? Because that is how revelation is received.”  That got me thinking...
Training Wheels

Training Wheels

All summer John has been cruising around on his bike with one (squeaky) training wheel.  Aside from alerting everyone that he is coming, the squeaky wheel has been a convenient way for him to practice not having the wheel touch the ground and balancing with it up off...
Prioritizing the Family

Prioritizing the Family

A few weeks ago, I was asked to speak in church on The Family: A Proclamation to the World and The Living Christ.  I knew this would be a daunting task and I didn’t have much time to prepare my talk.  I prayed for the Holy Ghost to help guide me in what to say...
Residency

Residency

Last week was the Residency Match Day.  For those of you not in healthcare, that is the day that medical and pharmacy students anxiously await a message telling them where they are spending the next year of their life.  I think that the process is purposefully...
Cabin Memories on Pokegama

Cabin Memories on Pokegama

I grew up in Northern Minnesota.  In the 1950’s my grandparents purchased a large plot of land along Lake Pokegama in Grand Rapids.  Despite the numerous lakes in the vicinity, Pokegama was known as “the lake”.  When I was little, (and needed speech...