Are You A Mormon?

I have been a lot of things in my life. I’ve been called a saint, and have been spit on for being American. I’ve been slapped for being white, and kissed for being a girl. I’ve been seated beside an ambassador, and stood in line for food stamps....

Heros

A few weeks ago I went to see Hunger Games (again) with my kids. It was opening day in the dollar theatre, and we got the last seats.  The movie had already started and after my eyes adjusted to the darkness I found seats for my kids– one here, one...

Free To Be Happy

The best things in life are free. It’s true. America is a free country, and I think it’s the best. Birds are happiest when they can fly through the air, rather than being trapped in small cages. (At least I assume they are. I have not actually conducted...

What Not To Say

I really can’t figure it out. Is life getting harder, or is it just my imagination? By jasminejennyjen  Fire, divorce, cancer, miscarriages and still-births, lost jobs– and those are just within my circle of friends, within the past few weeks....

Loving Him

I recently took the Myers Briggs Personality Profile, and was shocked to discover I’m an extrovert.  Really?  I told my kids, and one of them said when a sibling called, “We sitting around wondering when Mom became an extrovert.”  At...