EARNESTLY CONTEND FOR THE FAITH WHICH WAS ONCE DELIVERED UNTO THE SAINTS
Sleep is a precious commodity, especially for mothers of young children, but at times it can be dangerous. Recently I was trying to catch a few extra minutes of shut-eye after having been up several times in the night with my infant...
Vera Maksimova was born in Ukraine on January 1, 1930. When she was three years old, her mother abandoned her, so she was left with her father and grandmother. Ten years later, she and her grandmother received a notice that her father, who had been serving in the military, was missing in action and presumed dead.
Although Vera...
In the mid-1800s, James Marshall was contracted to build Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. When the mill was nearly completed, it was found that the tailrace, which allowed the mill water to flow back into the South Fork of the American...
The last two years of high school and the following four in college were defining years in my life. Though I had little religious background, part way through high school I understood enough about the Gospel to yield my life to the Lord. As I began...
My first house-sitting job came up when some acquaintances of mine were going to be gone for a week or two and asked me to stay at their house and take care of their pets. I was young and single and had no idea what I...
We returned to the quaint little restaurant again to see if the old man with the harmonica would be there. The first time we had seen him, we were at the restaurant celebrating my birthday....
Our family was outgrowing the basement apartment that we rented from my mother-in-law. My husband and I wanted to buy our own home, but we did not know if it would be financially feasible at the time. As I thought about the possibilities of such a purchase, my mother-in-law was...
The people I eat lunch with believe themselves to be quite the gourmet cooks. They sometimes sit around the table chatting about different dishes they have cooked or eaten at an ethnic restaurant. Sometimes one of them gets the bright...
"The ants come marching one by one, hurrah! Hurrah!” goes the old ditty. Not at our house, they don’t. They come pouring in vast droves, like the ancient Vandals getting ready to sack Rome. They seem to have secret passages which we have no idea how to locate. They have ways of reaching...
The stairs to our basement laundry are rather steep. The handrail is definitely needed there, for there is nothing else to cling to, in...