Over the last few months, I have had to come to terms with many of the things that I have worked for not coming to fruition. I have also...

Where is My Hope? Many of these topics that I have covered in this blog were things that I needed to tell myself, hoping it would be of...

Approaching the completion of our first year without Archer is such an overwhelmingly sad accomplishment. We have had to move on as much...

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: that by...

Here is part 2 of “Compensatory Blessings.” I have done my best to leave out the ones that state that you will come to the point where...

Previously I had tried to find more about the Principle of Compensation, but could only find it in Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin’s talk, “Come...

In the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints families are the central unit. We know they are eternal, that the bonds that we create...

I have always preferred to invest in perennials, they come back year after year, larger and stronger. I like that the plants I have...

Have you ever felt like you were reaching, ever reaching for something that is elusive. If you could just get this one thing, achieve...

Working the grieving process.

I would consider myself a pragmatist, or a realist, when it comes to the sad realities of the world. You will never hear me say how...

The minutes turn into hours, that turn into days, that turn into weeks, that turn into months, that eventually will turn into years. It...

As we approach each “big day” we often wonder what we are going to do. We have decided to make Archer present in our lives, because even...

Never have I been more grateful and more dejected when I arrived home on December 12, 2022. How can a person be both relieved and...

When I first started studying about the Millennium I had very mixed emotions. There are many things I wonder about and know that I won’t...

Accepting unmet expectations

I was in my first area of my mission for 6 months. It was a small border town in New Mexico. I loved the people there, but the area was a...