Every May our family eagerly awaits the opening of a small local lake, making the Saturday before Memorial Day a holiday for us. The lake lies just two miles from our home, and it’s the backdrop of some of my favorite summer memories. My heart flutters as we drive down the winding, tree-lined road and…
“The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.” ~Russell M. Nelson A few weeks ago, I met up with a friend and her family to spend the day at the local botanical gardens. My husband and I are members…
“He did not study God; he was dazzled by Him.” ~Victor Hugo I’ve started reading Les Miserables about fourteen times. I’ve never finished. My most recent abandoned page was 353. That’s 1,100 pages from the end. Seeing the movie and being inspired by a story line I haven’t become acquainted with by reading the original book…
My husband embodies wonder. Have you ever known someone like that? When he’s driving, he will pull over and get out to take a photo of anything that strikes him as beautiful: clouds, fog, trees, water. When I’m rushed, this tendency of his annoys me. When I am present in the moment, I giggle at…