The Book of Martha

Last Friday, most of the children were gone by the time I dropped off my key and picked up my time sheet in the office. When I stepped outsi...

I have a friend, Teri Woolley , who shared this story with me. She was having one of those, not so good mother day's. You know, the kind...

I got my happy Mother's Day phone call from Elder Blair at our arranged time of 6 a.m. on Sunday. We had 40 minutes of asking questions,...

GRATEFUL FOR STANDARDS Janna has a friend, a foreign exchange student from Belgium. He grades the papers in her French class. The other day ...

Yes, even superheroes stop in their tracks in amazement to do a double take of the color that reigns in front of our home. Well, at least I ...

I've blogged about my niece, Janet, before ( The Next American Idol ). She's graduating from high school this year and moving on to ...

Grandma and Ryan Ryan looking really cute. I had the rare opportunity of being with my granddaughter for an entire week. Bill and Chelsea ...

I was substituting Friday when another teacher came into my classroom. I knew who she was because I remembered substituting for her the mont...

Sam and Hugh at the final event. It was a fun evening and the end of an era for our family. Sam raced his last pinewood derby car at pack me...

Janna celebrated her birthday with the requested dinner of lasagna, tossed salad, and crusty bread. We also had cake and ice cream. Too bad ...

Jake, my nephew, my sister Beth's son, pulled in late last Sunday night. He's essentially homeless until April 25th, that's when...

Tommy worked for Steven's Construction before he went on his mission. Cindy, the secretary for Steven's, and her husband are both or...

This little girl makes me think of my Cassie as a child. She came to visit this weekend with her children. We went to the Ercek's Annual...

Subbing has been good, but this week really didn't start out very promising. It seems like I've been sick ever so long. Spring is th...