Day 5: Lessons Learned from Mom

Day 5: Sometimes you have to Compromise Nope, this isn’t what you think. Specifically what I thought of in this context was when Iwas little. We lived in a tiny little rental on a corner just a few blocks from my parents’ current home. It had three...

Day 4: Lessons Learned from Mom

It’s Mother’s Day on Day 4, and since it’s Sunday, I’ll talk about church callings. For anyone reading this who isn’t LDS, let me explain. In our church all of the teachers, leaders, musicians, etc are unpaid. We receive a calling from...

Day 3: Lessons Learned from Mom

Day 3: Education is important. You might say that every parent tries to impress their kids with this fact. After all, education is important if you want to do something with your life. Unlike a lot of people, though, neither of my parents has a college education. My...

Day 2: Lessons Learned from Mom

Day 2: Compassion and a willingness to give are important. My mom has always been the kind of person who is willing to invite ‘outsiders’ to join us. When I was a sophomore in high school my older sister had a friend, Jolene. Jo had moved to our small town...

25 Lessons Learned from Mom: Day 1

My friend Karen Hoover mentioned today on my writing forum that she was going to honor her mother this month by writing something special she learned from her mom over the years. Since Karen’s mother passed away last August she knows there’s no better way...