Music/movie trivia time! What do Julie Andrews and Elvis have in common? (…cue the Jeopardy music please) Okay, okay, I’ll tell you: they both sang songs about confidence. If you can name both movies in which they did so, you get a very stylish MPower bag! But back to the task at hand. A couple [...]

This week I have spent a lot of time with my sisters. We get together and just laugh and laugh at the silliest things that we can come up with. Yesterday it was a mini road trip to help my sister with her baby as she went a little farther from home than usual. We [...]

Being a mother is sometimes hard. Being a mother is sometimes easy. Being a mother is always a challenge and the most rewarding adventure of a lifetime. I didn’t understand this as a young girl. I thought I would ride off into the sunset with my handsome prince and we would “live happily ever after.” [...]

An ancient story tells of a man who had a dream.  In the dream, this man was walking toward a tree which had white, pure, sweet fruit.  When he tasted the fruit, he wanted his family to taste it also.  As I have been reading his experience again, I started to think about the sweetness [...]

This year has been a year of miracles. I am amazed at the love that my Heavenly Father has for each one of us. He blesses our lives through the gifts and talents and love of others. Miracles come in many shapes, sizes, colors and lengths. They may come by following a “feeling” that comes [...]

I recently watched the movie “The Blind Side” for the first time. For those of you unfamiliar with the film, it’s about a young man from the inner city who is taken in by a well-to-do family, and who eventually grows up to achieve success as a college student and later as a pro football [...]

Every weekday morning, my brother goes to a gospel study class at our church before high school. My bedroom is right next to our bathroom. Needless to say…I get awakened quite often as he goes to get ready around five am. Sometimes I get really ticked that he left the door open and the light [...]

Last week, we made our first trip of the year to the beach. We loaded up the truck with our beach umbrella, sheets, a cooler, ice, our little red wagon, towels, sunscreen, sandwiches, snacks, and plenty to drink. As we returned early that evening, we unloaded all our gear. I pulled the sheet out and [...]

Tomorrow is Rainbow Day! So, I did a Google search (excuse me a Topeka search-did you read the Google April Fool’s Day story?) and found many rainbow songs, mostly children’s. I remember the song I learned in elementary school “red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue, I can sing a [...]