“Who died?” My first thought yesterday morning when I was yanked from my precious slumber at 5:45 a.m. by a phone call from my mother-in-law in Utah. She felt that the bombshell news she had to share merited disturbing my sleep. Mom said, “I thought you might like to know that it looks [...]
“I didnt get into government to do the safe thing. A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not why a ship is built….. The people of America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons,” Thank you for Senator McCain for this gift!!
Article on Fox
There is much much more to the daily battle to be a good Christian than politics. I understand this. The battle is more about turning to my Savior for the strength I need to battle my own weaknesses and to purify my motives.
It is strange that over my lifetime so many deeply held [...]
From a rather unconvincing article in Slate by Linda Hirshman subtitled: RECLAIMING THE MORALITY OF ABORTION AND THE OVERDUE CHANGE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
“The Democratic Party platform of 2008 finally dropped its old abortion language (”safe, legal and rare”), which had asked that women not have abortions unless they absolutely must. The 2008 platform, just [...]
It has been difficult getting to my keyboard. My daughter and two grandsons are visiting. That is a blast. We are having fun every minute we can which leaves me with just a narrow slice of time at night to unwind and write. Unwind is getting done, writing isn’t. One afternoon when the [...]