The Book of Martha

"Fish and visitors smell in three days." Benjamin Franklin No smell here, we were happy to see everyone! Wendy made a whirlwind...

I'm still sick, but not sick enough to send a Valentine greeting: Have a great day! "Whoso loves, believes the impossible."...

Tommy's girlfriend, Ariel, has been called on a mission. We're so excited for her.  She'll be entering the MTC (Missionary Train...

It's my anniversary - 36 years Hugh and I.  Make it 42 including all the dating years.  But I'm sick today and have been since Thurs...

For some reason I never posted this collection of pictures I assembled last December.  I think I was in search of more pictures to add to it...

A few weeks ago, Hugh and I were asked to serve as a Ma and Pa for the upcoming stake youth conference in July. It’s a four-day trek, a reen...

My cousin, Susan, is really my mother's first cousin.  Susan's mother and my grandmother are sisters and yet Susan and I are just mo...

Last October Hugh and I started working in the Los Angeles Temple. When we were interviewed by President Martz last September he told us tha...

  Sister Janet Reynders Janet is outta here!  She's off on another mission and I couldn't be more pleased.  I, her aunt, again have ...

"Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, becom...

Love is the way of the disciple. I'm not going to be writing about my lessons every week.  I can't keep up with it, but I will sh...

"I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I've lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hangi...

  The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. --Burton Hills-- I'm h...

  This semester has been different for me.  Different, because I've been on a number of trips - twice to Arizona, and once to Florida.  ...