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I just read an article about a family of five having a difficulty making do on their combined $110,000 a year. They were doing fine before they had their twins, but now they are on the financial edge. This made me grin a little. I support a family of seven on a fraction of what […]
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The other day my oldest son moved from a house where they were house-sitting into student housing on BYU campus. It occurred to me that they might need some help. At 8:30 on a Thursday morning I showed up with my wife and four of my children. My daughter-in-law was well organized and had most […]
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The other night was the annual father’s and son’s campout for our ward. The fathers and sons campout is a vestige of the “manly” days of yore. Back then fathers didn’t spend so much time with their sons. Fathers were too busy doing the manly business of providing for their families to spend much time […]
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There are a million amazing things in this world (maybe more), but one of the most amazing things in my book is reading (pun intended). Think of it—little lines, squiggles, and dots on a paper turn into meanings and images that change destinies and the world. People have been led to despair and suicide by […]
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In the past few weeks I have become aware of a horrible theme in the news. High school girls have gotten drunk and then been raped by high school boys they go to school with. The twist of the knife comes when pictures and videos of these girls during the attack are posted around the […]
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I’ve already raised three boys to adulthood. Two of them are married. A third is in college. I must have had plenty of experiences raising those boys, but it seems so long ago. My fourth son is coming of age now and it seems I am learning about raising sons all over again. My fourth […]
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I love it when . . . My seven year old touches me when he talks to me. He will have his arms around as he tells me a story of the day. He will play with my belt buckle as he carefully explains what it is he wants. He will lie close to me […]
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A few years ago I was reading a newspaper article on teen suicide. All of the stories in this article were sad, but one troubled me more than all the rest. A mother in Moab had found her fifteen year old daughter hanging in her bedroom closet. She was dead of suicide. The reporter had […]
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The tooth fairy is a really fun cultural tradition. It makes up for the trauma of losing a tooth. I have vivid memories of my dad reaching into my mouth with his finger. “You’re not going to pull it?” I ask, afraid. “I’m just going to check it,” he would say. He would wiggle it […]
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The majority of Daddy and Mommy blogs I see are by new parents or the parents of young children. This is understandable. There are few things more exciting and life changing than becoming a first-time father. And then raising young children? The do such cute things. They say such cute things. They hold your hand […]
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