Thoughts and stories, by Pal

Levinah Emmaline Wilson , or “Emm” was born down on “The Muddy”, St. Thomas, Nevada, as it was called, on April 14, 1870.   It was covered now Lake Mead.    She was born in a dirt floored and dirt roofed house.  Her father had been called there to start a saw-mill.  She told the story, as it had been told to her, that at her birth it was raining,  (a rare thing for that section), and that sisters had to hold pans over the bed to catch the rain water, during her birth process.   Only the tops of a few trees used to show through the lake to show where the town had been.   It since is uncovered now due to the lake having less water.   Her father was George Deliverance Wilson, and her mother was Martha Ann Riste.   She was the 7th child out of eleven.  There were eight boys and three girls.  Aunt Martha was 10 years older than Mother and quite sickly.  Aunt Sadie was 8 years younger, so Levinah had brothers both younger and...

HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW, OR HAVE KNOWN YOUR GRANDPAS?  I NEVER KNEW MY OWN GRANDFATHER – MY MOTHER’S FATHER (OR MY FATHER’S FATHER AND MOTHER).  WHAT A BLESSING IF YOU KNOW THEM PERSONALLY.  I HAVE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW MY MOTHER’S FATHER BETTER THROUGH THE HISTORIES WRITTEN BY MY MOTHER, AND HER SISTER LA VERN – AND WHAT THEY WROTE .   Some following is what they wrote:  My mother Ruth’s father, John Butler Allen was born October 8, 1856, in Spanish Fork, Utah.  His parents were Philo Allen and Sarah Adeline Butler, who was his second wife.  Philo Allen and his first wife, Lucy, were some of the first settlers called to settle Spanish Fork, and while they were establishing dwelling places or homes, they lived in a dug out in the side of the mountain.  In this they were warm and comfortable while their cabin was being built.  Sarah Adeline was the daughter of John Lowe Butler, who was the first bishop in Spanish Fork, and when they were...

Today, because I still can't get on to my information on my computer (still no internet) I think you'll all enjoy this article today from Brian Mickelson, one of the "blogging bishops".  It makes a lot of sense, and will help us to think about how important our efforts are, toward achieving very good things!  Have a wonderful day!  If you'd like to receive his blogs -- about twice a week, you can go to the URL listed at the bottom.  I enjoy following him.  (Grandma Pal) ----------     http://wp.me/pJYOD-qa     ----------------- New post on  Brian Mickelson.... “Lose Ten Pounds With No Effort At All!” (and other silly ideas…) by  BJM I was on Pinterest a few days ago and something caught my eye (go ahead,  follow me , at your own risk). Someone had pinned a website that claimed you could lose a bunch of body fat without doing anything. You didn't have to change anything. You didn't have to alter your ...

I still can't get into the internet on my computer, but I think these are lovely thoughts -- Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTION __________________________ Domestic Peace in Marriage  Nauvoo, Illinois March 8, 2014 SCRIPTURES OF THE DAY: 1 Kings  19:12 "And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice." QUOTE OF THE DAY:   Gordon B. Hinckley "The voice of heaven is a still small voice; likewise, the voice of domestic peace is a quiet voice. "There is need for a vast amount of discipline in marriage, not of one's companion, but of one's self. . . . How much greater the peace in the homes of the people, how much greater the security in the lives of the children, how much less divorce and separation and misery, how much more gladness and joy and love there would be if husbands and wives would cultivate the discipline of speaking softly one to ...