Thoughts and stories, by Pal

This is a most unusual time to be living, it seems.  But although it is new to us, this type if problem isn't new to mankind!  Read blog # 1185, posted back on March 15, 2020, and read about when my mother was 10, and they had the flu epidemic in 1918.   And they didn't have computers and the helps we have now!  Will our teens be the same after the pandemic? By  Jody Young Steurer  · April 21, 2020 I recently read an opinion piece by CNN columnist Scottie Andrew, titled “Why Teens May Never Be The Same After The Pandemic,” where she highlights the losses teens, especially graduating seniors, face as they wrap up this school year in quarantine. [i] She’s right. Our graduating seniors may never be the same after the pandemic. All 2020 classes, proms, and graduations have been cancelled. End of year sports banquets, final dances, music performances, and academic competitions have all suddenly disappeared without warning. And he...

The Angel Moroni’s Ongoing Role in the Restoration: Dramatically Announced by an Earthquake By  Ronald P. Millett  · April 14, 2020 Since his appearance to the 17-year-old Joseph Smith on the night of September 21, 1823, the Angel Moroni has been a central figure and symbol of the ongoing Restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. During 127 years atop the tallest spire of the Salt Lake Temple, the beautiful golden Angel Moroni statue had even survived without damage a F2 magnitude tornado in 1999 aimed directly at Temple Square. [1] Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Strikes On March 18, 2020, just after the Salt Lake Temple seismic upgrade and renovation had begun on January 2, 2020, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Utah centered near Magna, just ten miles away from the Temple. [2] The Angel Moroni statue had seemed immune to any signs of weather or seismic related damage for over 100 years. However, after this earthquake in 202...