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Great article!  This is very timely!  We all need to check our status in being prepared! Heeding Modern-Day Warnings By Darla Isackson  · February 18, 2016 The morning was fresh and beautiful at the Haun’s Mill settlement. The children laughed and played and chased each other while the adults went about their daily tasks with no premonition. Yet many were living their last hours on this earth. The saddest part of that story is, had they followed the Prophet’s counsel the mob would have ridden in to find the settlement deserted. John Lee was an eye witness to an important conversation on 26 October 1838. He recorded the Prophet Joseph’s words to Jacob Haun: “Move in, by all means, if you wish to save your lives.” (Writing of John D. Lee, p. 60. Several other books also include this quote.) Haun replied that if the settlers left their homes all of their property would be lost and the Gentiles would burn their houses and other buildings. Joseph replie...

This is an inspiring article on how to love other people -- our spouses, friends, children, etc.  It can apply to any relationship.  Love makes the world go round!  Just an update for those who read my last blog.  My husband Wayne is home from his 2 day hospital stay.  He still has many health problems, but is staying cheerful and loving life. 31 Powerful Love Lessons for any Relationship! by Nate Bagley, Feb. 10, 2016 from: http://loveumentary.com/31-powerful-lessons-on-love-in-31-years/ I’ve dedicated my life to helping people better understand what love is and to create amazing relationships in their lives. Here are some of the most important lessons I’ve learned about love in my lifetime.   1. Love is a choice you make every day. You don’t just choose to love someone on your wedding day, and then you’re set for life. Consciously making the same choice to love your partner every single day is incredibly powerful. N...

Eating alone?  These are great ideas for quick meals for one person!  I am looking at these kinds of ideas more now, as I eat alone often now.  My dear husband Wayne, whom I have mentioned often, is now on a feeding tube and can't eat anything more by mouth.  His esophageal cancer is progressing, and he recently had a touch of pneumonia at the bottom of his right lung.  That indicated aspirating from the esophagus, and if he were to continue eating even small amounts, it could cause pneumonia often.  For the last few weeks he had been able to eat only food pureed, or liquified, and only a few bites of each food.  I even had to put Cream of Wheat with milk into a blender, and tapioca with milk into a blender.      This was taken with Wayne, our daughter Angie (Angela) and me, in September 2014, at my 80th birthday party.      Yesterday we took him to the hospital with severe intestinal bleeding, and he will be th...

I have always loved articles dealing with how to learn and teach healthy emotional behavior.  My own mother, Ruth A. Miles, had great wisdom and understanding of children.   She taught elementary age children for 40 years.  This article from Hey Sigmund.com is another classic.  This article uses "she" and "her" a lot, but of course it relates to "he" and "him" also -- and has great and wise ideas.  It is about fathers, but the same ideas relate to mothers! It's interesting to me that the author lives in Sweden.  Wayne and I served a Senior Couple Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in Sweden, in 1994-1996.  Wayne had gone there on a mission in the 1950's. The Single Most Important Skill to Teach Your Child (by Miki Dedijer) Posted  February 8, 2016  by  Hey Sigmund Few tasks are more important as a dad than to help your child develop an awareness of her feelings, and the ability to manage ...

Have you discovered "Book of Mormon Central"?  It is a fascinating new website with evidences that help add a lot of knowledge and evidences about the Book of Mormon.  This article, in Meridian Magazine, is very amazing.  I love to study about the many facts being found that corroborate the Book of Mormon! Did Ancient Israelites Build Temples Outside of Jerusalem? By Book of Mormon Central  · February 10, 2016 To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE . Visit Book of Mormon Central at  http://www.bookofmormoncentral.org Follow  Book of Mormon Central on Facebook “And I, Nephi, did build a temple” ( 2 Nephi 5:16 ). The Know Some time after their arrival in the New World, Nephi and his followers separated themselves from the Lamanites and established a small community of believers ( 2 Nephi 5:5–15 ). The Book of Mormon reports that at that time, Nephi constructed a temple. “And I, Ne...