Thoughts and stories, by Pal

I love Patriarchal Blessings!  This is inspiring to read, and a previous blog entitled:  538. 6 Ways to Get More From Your Patriarchal Blessing, (Advice From A Patriarch) from LDS Living   --- posted November 12, 2015 is interesting. It is here:  https://grandmapalspocket.blogspot.com/search/label/Patriarchs (copy and paste)  As some of you may know, my son Wayne has been a Patriarch since June 4, 2017, and I am living with him and his lovely wife, Julie in West Bountiful, Utah. Patriarchal Blessings: What to Do When Yours Isn't "Coming True" by Jannalee Sandau  | Oct. 13, 2017 Makes You Think Comments One of my favorite games to play with my friends as a child was “MASH.” We would write out MASH (mansion, apartment, shack, house) at the top of any scrap of paper we had, then in between giggles we would come up with the names of our future husbands (usually whoever we had crushes o...

This article has a great idea I would try if I had small children.  Also, here is the link for the talk today, for the 40 day challenge. https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/10/apart-but-still-one?lang=eng Shutterstock This parenting tip could change the game with your little ones. I have not read every child psychology book, nor did I take a course on how to avoid/stop/end a child’s tantrum. But because of a personal experience with my 5-year-old daughter, I really want to share a “formula” that I learned recently so that people can change course when kids insist on getting all worked up over something small. But first, I need to tell you a story. My daughter started kindergarten and she was a little anxious. She kept saying she wasn’t going to be able to keep up. And this behavior ended up unfolding at home: she was increasingly throwing tantrums over anything, even the smallest most meaningless things. On the school’s recomm...

This is a rather long article about Elder Robert D. Hales.  I had the bottom part written, and then found this on LDS.org.   You can read as much as you like.  He truly was a Special Witness, and a great man! Funeral services for Elder Robert D. Hales of the  Quorum of the Twelve Apostles   of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be held in the Tabernacle on Temple Square Friday, October 6, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. MDT. The funeral will be open to the  public ages 8 and older.   © 2017 BY INTELLECTUAL RESERVE, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1 / 1 Elder Hales died from causes incident to age on October 1 in Salt Lake City  at the age of 85. ( Read more about his life .) The Temple Square gates and the Tabernacle doors will open at 9:30 a.m.  Those wishing to attend should be in their seats by 10:30 a.m. Overflow seating  will be available in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square. The Church campus  buildings...