Category Archives: memories

T is for Teething, or Turn to the Lord

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Gail

Here is another post from my guest blogger daughter. This one involves the same child who lost her carousel tickets, but occurs when she was just a wee baby and was written the day after the event. We had a … Continue reading →

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R is for Remember

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Gail

When I was in Junior High School I became friends with a Mormon for the first time. As she shared with me her beliefs, I knew something was missing in my own spiritual life, as I had no such convictions concerning my … Continue reading →

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N is for Neon

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Gail

This is an experience my mother had, early on in our journey in the LDS Church. She had taken my sister out to Utah to attend BYU and then went on to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City … Continue reading →

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I is for Inspiration

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Gail

Here are a few random experiences of receiving inspiration from the Spirit: I had lost a library book that I wanted to read to my younger daughter. I looked everywhere then I prayed about it and felt impressed to ask my … Continue reading →

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Q is for Quebec

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Gail

Okay so this is a bit of a cheat: the post is more about Family History than it is about Quebec, but so much of my family history IS in Quebec that I felt totally justified. It all started back … Continue reading →

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J is for Journaling

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Gail

Although I’m sure I kept some sort of journal in my high school years and earlier, I have none extant to show for it, and don’t remember it being a major focus. The earliest journal I still have is one … Continue reading →

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E is for Emotion Code

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Gail

Okay, this one is going to sound a bit weird, and “out there…” I thought so too, at first, but being the open-minded person that I am… I can’t remember how I was introduced to this, but got the book (the … Continue reading →

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K is for Kickdown

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Gail

kickdown is a way of achieving quick acceleration when needed by sharply pressing the accelerator pedal right down causing a quick change down to the next lower gear. To return to the higher gear, ease the pressure off the accelerator pedal. This … Continue reading →

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Six Degrees

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Gail

Had a Synchronicity of the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” variety this week… As we arrived at the Ward fundraiser dinner, we didn’t see any of the military families we wanted to visit with, so sat next to a British … Continue reading →

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A Special Kind of Missionary…

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Gail

We got a call to help a sister whose husband is away. She needed to attend Ward Council and had no one to watch her children while she was gone. We readily agreed and arrived with all the materials for … Continue reading →

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