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Featured volunteer Kay Jensen
Kay Jensen is a great example of a volunteer. She has been involved with the Humanitarian Council and the Service Learning Youth at Manti High School for over 35 years now. These programs provide Christmas for economically disadvantaged children in Sanpete County through the Tree of Angels and Sub for Santa Program each year. “We…
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Forgiveness brings light into darkness
I’ve been focusing on the importance of forgiving one another because I think that the ability to forgive and forget is the most powerful asset any of us can develop. A friend’s experience illustrates what happens when past wrongs and burdens are left with the Lord. Sue’s father sexually abused her when she was in…
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Every child needs a committed, involved mother
Over the last half century, I’ve witnessed a serious decline in the respect given to those who choose to be “stay-at-home” mothers. A growing number of women, especially in the United States, have decided to forgo having children in favor of pursuing a high-powered profession. My perspective may seem old fashioned and out of date,…
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Ordinary people can make extraordinary differences
Ordinary people can make extraordinary differences 7-2-2020 “How do you manage?” “I could never cope.” Those who noticed how my family’s numbers fluctuated by one or two, and sometimes four, were startled by our willingness to add extras. My husband and I fostered for nearly 45 years. Our oldest two daughters were…
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Changing seasons from crusted snowshoes to dusty trail-shoes
Changing seasons from crusted snowshoes to dusty trail-shoes 6-18-2020 It seemed strange, and altogether surreal, to return home with dust covered shoes, after a recent tramp round the same loop-trail that had necessitated snowshoes only seven weeks earlier. The topography and landmarks were still mostly familiar: same wooded glen, same sprawling meadow, same…
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Understanding fighting
Heaven Help us Understanding fighting 5-28-2020 Last time I told you about “The Great Tree Fight,” which taught me important lessons to use whenever somebody behaves in a way I don’t understand. More importantly, I tried to help my children (and now my grandchildren) to understand that becoming angry with family…
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Pandemic
Pandemic When the Covid-19 virus jumped from China and other parts of Asia to Europe, most of us (me included) watched the news with curiosity but weren’t particularly worried. Those of us old enough to collect Social Security had been through the Asian flu, the swine flu and the bird flu. Some…
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