Mothering and mise en place. Who helped you put in place the disarray and uncertainty of life?

Goat or GOAT Thanksgiving?

"Cameras are for capturing the significant moments, not just the happy ones," he told me.

Very early yesterday morning I slipped up to Salt Lake with David and waited through his choir rehearsal so I could sit in the audience...

Today would be my father’s 100th birthday. Wasn’t he handsome? Quiet and kind and mindful and hardworking, he was the best father in the...

I couldn't hug her goodbye. Last night after work, we walked out of the office together, and there it was--that pivotal moment I'd been...

I am famous. I made Adele’s Instagram page. Weekend 9. Second photo. See that woman off to the side? In the shadowy background? The woman...

What did the Wise Man say after his friends had presented their gifts? But wait! There's myrrh!

My husband’s eldest brother and his wife became the keepers of the family photos after my in-laws passed away. Bless their hearts,...

On Sunday, I compared a tow-truck driver to the Good Samaritan, and on Monday a friend good-naturedly asked, “Is it really being a Good...

Some of you know that I spend my workday preparing college students who are about to spend a semester studying in the Holy Land. Many of...

All of you who know me and my husband, know that we celebrate the anniversary of our first date on Thanksgiving Eve. I've given...

My father was raised by a member of The DUP. I grew up knowing the expansion of that acronym (Daughters of the Utah Pioneers) because my...

Today would be my father's 99th birthday, if he were still here, earthside, with us. That's him, second from the right, Eli Theron Cox....

Why do we wait to memorialize, or eulogize, before we share our memories?

Ever wonder if your life's work has made any difference whatsoever? Answers in the Old City.

She was the keeper of the lasts in her family for 25 years. I can only imagine the grand reunion that awaited her.

If my mom were still earthbound, we would be celebrating her 95th birthday today. The fact that she’s always on my mind isn’t shocking...

Last first date. Marrying your high-school sweetheart sometimes works. Forty years and counting.

My version of a ghost story.