Thoughts and stories, by Pal

 I just read this touching story which is about a World War II veteran, and today is Pearl Harbor Day so  I am posting 2 entries today .  The picture below is of my own dear father, Orson Pratt Miles, in his World War I uniform.  It left him disabled the rest of his life with what was then called "Shell Shock", now Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. My father, Orson Pratt Miles, in World War I. The Gift Of Oneself By Daris Howard  · December 6, 2016 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Christmas was fast approaching, and as I sat in church, all I could think of was the many things that I needed to do. The lesson was titled “Caring and Sharing,” but I heard little of it. Then the teacher said something that caught my attention. “As you rush through your busy life this time of year, remember what this season is all about. It is about giving. And the most important thing you can give is your time to those who need it.

This is the first of 3 articles which Richard and Linda Eyre will post about Grand-parenting.  The others will be published the next 2 weeks.  I will put them on this blog. These are especially interesting, as I will be moving up in April to live with my son and his wife, and be much closer to several grand and great-grand children.  I hope to be much closer to them. Can Grandparents Save the World? By Richard and Linda Eyre  ·  December 6, 2016 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Editor’s note: This is the first article in a three part series on “Mormon Grandparenting”. The second article will appear here in a week and the final one two weeks from today. Statistics tell us that if you are a baby boomer, (now in your 50s or 60’s) you likely have another 20 good years ahead of you and that you probably have grandkids who you consider to be the best part of this “Autumn of life.” (They don’t call it GRAND