Grateful in Every Bite: The Good Old Days
*Disclaimer - this post was supposed to go out a day later; sorry if you saw the incomplete version. The new year has been a time of...
Can We Forgive a Hero's Past?
Right now I am working on writing a particularly tragic scene in the Outcast series. One of our characters turned hero makes a great...
We All Should Learn to Weed
I don't have green thumbs. I'm only beginning to understand how to keep plants alive. But I've learned just enough to realize something:...
Is There Drama in Your Family's Story?
Once a year, I go with my father to visit graves across Utah Valley, where my ancestors go 5 generations back. It's one of my favorite...
What is Your 2017 Courage?
To me, the word courage evokes thoughts of heroism, like Allied troops storming the beach at Normandy or parents in The Great Depression...
What American Politics Should Be
This is all I'm going to say about politics for a while. Why? American politics is truly disappointing. And I'm sick of it because our...
2016: Why America Needs an Independent
The American Civil War happened, essentially, because half of our nation determined that it could no longer reside in peace with the...
Being busy doesn't mean having it all
*This is Kristen's first post, but expect a lot more from her. She is one of the most genuine, down-to-earth, and loving people I have...
The Future of this Country I Love
*Caveat–I wrote a few months ago much kinder words about Donald Trump than you’ll find here. That was in order to speak to a much...
Money, Happiness, and the Debt Lottery
“Money often costs too much” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Imagine winning $1.6 billion in the lottery. I can’t. That’s just insane. I’ve never...
