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Today is February 29th, 2020.  Four years ago today we had the funeral for my dear Eternal Companion, Wayne D Eckman.  I keep this photo on my computer desk where I see it several times a day. I posted this that day. To those who don't know, my husband, Wayne D Eckman, passed from this life into the Spirit World, and eternity, early this Sunday morning about 3:45 a.m.    He had missed his identical twin brother so much, and said that Blaine was in his dreams almost every night!  They are now reunited, with their parents, and some siblings!  He had been failing quite a bit since he had to go totally off food by mouth, and just be fed in his feeding tube, about Feb. 2nd, almost 3 weeks.  He was tolerating that and his dialysis 3 times a week, but last Sunday he had to go to the hospital for 2 days for a GI bleed, (hemorrhaging from the intestines.)   That weakened him and then he began getting diarrhea badly.  It weakened him also, and that with his dialysis on Monday in

This article is very timely at this time, and probably in the future!  Our prophets have warned us to have a food supply, and other necessities! Coronavirus: As the Threat Grows, It’s Time to Prepare By  Carolyn Nicolaysen  · February 25, 2020 Both fear and apathy seem to be growing when considering the coronavirus (COVID-19). What is the latest, should we be concerned and what should we be doing? Concern amongst governments and the medical community is growing as we see a rapid change in the spread of the virus. Italy now has 50,000 citizens in lock down in the area around Venice and Milan. Long lines are now the norm as only forty people at a time are allowed to shop for groceries. The world-famous Scala theater in Milan has been closed, church services banned, fashion week streamed instead of a live show, those not quarantined being told to work from home, and the country’s biggest soccer game of the season being broadcast with no fans allowed at the

I hope we all read these 3 inspiring and enlightening articles about our United States Constitution!  It is so important to know about this, especially today. “The Constitution Hangs by a Brittle Thread”: “Befriending the Constitution” in our Homes (Part 3) By  Rodney K. Smith  · February 12, 2020 This is the final part of a three-part series regarding Joseph Smith’s prophecy that the Constitution would one day hang by a brittle thread and would be “rescued” by the faithful. (Read  part one HERE  and  part two HERE ). As President Ezra Taft Benson declared in his edifying address, “The Constitution – a Heavenly Banner,” “the Constitution will be saved as prophesied by Joseph Smith. But it will not be saved in Washington. It will be saved by the citizens of this nation who love and cherish freedom.” He added, “It will be saved by enlightened members of this Church—men and women who will subscribe to and abide by the principles of the Constitution.” The sa

“The Constitution ‘Hangs by a Brittle Thread’” and What Can Be Done About It! (Part 2) By  Rodney K. Smith  · January 8, 2020 This is part two of a three-part series examining Joseph Smith’s prophecy that, “the time would come when the constitution and government would hang by a brittle thread. . . but this people . . . will step forward and save it.”  Part one  examined the history behind the prophecy and presented the findings of a recent study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center surveying adult Americans, which distressingly revealed that only 26% of adults surveyed could name all three branches of government enumerated in the Constitution – the legislative, executive and judiciary. Alarmingly, only 15% knew that the religious liberty is protected by the First Amendment. A mere 14% knew that the freedom of press is secured by the First Amendment. The Constitution is “hang[ing] by a brittle thread,” but there are two major fronts on which incr