Tag Archives: family

The Top 10 Best Things About Being Married

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Gail

A few days ago as we were driving the Sister Missionaries to an appointment, one of them (out of the blue) asked, “What is the best thing about being married?” Now that is a question to ponder! Which I have … Continue reading →

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Glorious Reunion

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Gail

I was reading the latest issue of the Ensign Magazine and this article by Susan L. and C. Terry Warner was so wonderfully full of synchronicities and Divine Rendezvous that I had to add it here. Enjoy! Click to access … Continue reading →

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Zuzu’s petals (or the past returns)

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Gail

While we were living in Brussels, Belgium, my younger sister came for a visit. She was in college and taking a break to visit us and our new baby. In church one Sunday she met a young returned missionary* who … Continue reading →

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Visual

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Gail

  My Honey’s life has always been much more stressful than mine, whether it was his military career vs. my stay-at-home-mom world, or our most recent jobs working for a library system–he in HR and me as a library manager (“Oh! … Continue reading →

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Question

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Gail

  It was day three in Rome and my daughter and I were feeling pretty good with our attempts to use public transportation and find our way to various sites. We were walking down a street and were suddenly approached … Continue reading →

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One of a kind

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Gail

  In our travels while in the military, we thought we wanted to collect wood carvings. At a street fair in Innsbruck, Austria, we came across a vendor with a lovely carving of a woodcutter. Perfect! It was the only one … Continue reading →

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Missing

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Gail

I once had a cat Cookie was her name When I called to her She rarely came… One day I called And that was that– I no longer had a cat. A few months went by, Still filled with grief … Continue reading →

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House I Never Lived In

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Gail

  When I was about 12 years old my family moved to a neighboring town from where I had grown up. In the house-hunting phase, I still remember with clarity one of the houses we didn’t buy. It was at … Continue reading →

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GPS

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Gail

  Faced with an urgent need for Costco’s “facilities,” I rush off with no plan to link up with Honey. I worry: store full of people…seldom hears his phone… then I pass big-screen TVs tuned to NFL playoffs. I smile, knowing … Continue reading →

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Cotton Candy

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Gail

  I am known among my family for my anti-sugar campaigns. At Disneyland with two grandchildren, I broke down and got them a cotton candy to share as recompense for talking them into the Tower of Terror ride. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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