Thoughts and stories, by Pal

This was in the Deseret News, published in Salt Lake City, Utah, today on October 21, 2019.  It is something we all should think, and then pray, about! This should be for all nations on the earth, not just the United States! ‘A new movement’: Pray for the country, its leaders, church official urges Latter-day Saints By  Sarah Jane Weaver     Oct 20, 2019, 8:41pm MDT Share this storyShare this on Twitter   (opens in new window) SHARE All sharing options President M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Elder D. Todd Christofferson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, wave to attendees after a devotional in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019.   Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News WORCESTER, Mass. — President M. Russell Ballard urged members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New England on Sunday evening to “j...

I started this article, and it was supposed to be posted September 24th, 2019.   I got a call about 1 p.m. in the afternoon with the sad news that my grandson's wife had passed away suddenly, in St. George.  So I got on a shuttle and hurried down there.  Helping him that week, coming back up to West Bountiful on the weekend, and then going back for the funeral on October 3rd, I got sidetracked on doing my blogs.  Then I went to my sister's and watched General Conference, on October 6th, 2019, which was my 85th birthday!  I came home, and was very worn out for a few days.  I really enjoyed Conference! I've had time to recuperate, and rest, and now I need to get used to being 85! So the post below was scheduled to be posted on September 24, and is over 3 weeks late!  I'll post more often now.  Love to all you dear readers!   -------------------------------------------------------- Today is our 64th wedding anniversary!  I'm c...

This article has great ideas on family stories, and how to make them interesting to the family! Bringing Family History to Life By  Wallace Goddard  · September 16, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Our usual ways of telling family stories could put anyone in the grave. “Ben was born July 27, 1851 to good parents in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. He became a Methodist circuit preacher who followed his girlfriend to the United States. They settled in central Utah where he taught school and sold books.” Not much there to inspire.  Years ago, Nancy and I started gathering photos and papers from our ancestors. We organized them. We evaluated them. Then we copied the best and put them in binders for descendants. We made hundreds of binders which included important documents, written histories, vital pictures, and a chronology of our grandparents’ lives.  Years passed. We gathered at reunion...

My husband, Wayne D Eckman, and his identical twin Blaine D Eckman, were born on September 18th, 1930 in Murray, Utah.  I want to tell things about him, and his brother Blaine -- some of which have been in previous blogs. There is so much more about both of the twins in different blogs.  Please look under the "labels" tab, for their names, and names of other ancestors to find them.  They were both wonderful, good men, and raised great families! The photos above, Blaine on the left and Wayne on the right, were in the 1949 "Granitian" -- the school year book of Granite High School in Salt Lake City, from which they graduated.  Granite High School doesn't exist now.     Wayne and I, Pal, wrote a book of our life stories up to our Golden Wedding in 2005.  This is what Wayne wrote about his early school days.                      SCHOOL LIFE AT LIBERTY SCHOOL (1936-38)      A...