To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society
Christmas is upon us, once again. We live in a world of contrast: great abundance and destitution. May we treat Christmas with the spiritualness it deserves, making someone else’s holiday special as we reach out and serve. We were challenged, by Pres. Nelson, to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. It […]
This is a record written by “Aunt Rhoda”, the sister of Willard Richards, the apostle, and first cousin of Brigham Young. She was born on August 8th, 1784, at Hopkinton, Mass., and leaves this record at the age of ninety-three: During the early years of my life I was much afflicted with sickness, but, through […]
When my children were small I thought it was terribly romantic to have an old-fashioned Christmas and leave a fresh orange in their stockings. I hoped they would feel the appreciation and gratitude of bygone years. It took me a while to figure it out, but the appreciation and gratitude finally came when I began […]
The following story is about Louisa Free Lee Wells, who crossed the Plains with one of the first companies of pioneers. Louisa Free was a young girl in Nauvoo who became one of the many wives of John Doyle Lee (infamous for his involvement and execution over the Mountain Meadows Massacre). Even though he was […]
The following is Bathsheba W. Smith’s record of crossing the Plains. You will see that this was a woman used to the finer things in life; yet, she too had to face the hardships of the trek across the Plains. We often don’t realize that most of the pioneers were city-folk roughing it for the […]
Eliza R. Snow, ever the poet and optimist, writes her account of the first months after settling in the Salt Lake Valley: Our first winter in the mountains was delightful; the ground froze but little; our coldest weather was three or four days in November, after which the men plowed and sowed, built houses, etc. […]
It’s interesting to me that Mother’s Day is more anticipated by children and less so by mothers. (In all honesty, mothers don’t really enjoy the day until the grandkids come along.) Father’s Day has always been held at a different level somehow. Many women and children struggle with this particular holiday observance. I have collected […]
Christmas cards and letters are often a place to list all of the wonderful things you and your family accomplished and experienced during the year. So often we’ll just tell the good things—How great the year was, how wonderful our children are, how beautiful life is for us. Where it is important to show our […]
Christmas carols are beloved by all. We all enjoy singing them, whether we can sing or not. And who doesn’t love to hear a full choir sing in a cathedral with their notes resonating throughout the rafters? You may be surprised to hear how some of these carols came to be. Here are just a few […]
This year Christmas is on a Sunday. What a great opportunity this is for us to create a holy season for our children, friends, and family. We all suspect Christ may, or may not, have been born on December 25th. In fact, this date was actually a pagan holiday, originally. Not much has changed over […]
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