Thoughts and stories, by Pal

  I saved this from almost a year ago.  It is appropriate today also! How Can We Survive This Disaster? By  Joni Hilton  · September 30, 2020 Last week my husband and I drove to San Francisco, about two hours from our home. My ongoing cancer journey includes doctor visits there. And, not surprisingly, it took us through an eerie stretch of hills blackened with soot and the charred remnants of the deadly wildfires that have ripped through California. Dozens of blazes have shattered previous records as flames ravaged more than 3 million acres and claimed 27 lives. Quietly, we stared at the destruction, the twisted tree trunks, the gloomy, lifeless ground. And then I saw it.  They were almost imperceptible, but there they were: Tiny shoots of green grass pushing up through the ashes. Barely a sprinkle of life, but life nonetheless. My heart leapt. Somehow, through complete devastation and ruin, nature finds a way. The Earth yet lives. Grass, shrubs, and wildlife wi...

  On our mission to Sweden in 1994-1995, my husband Wayne and I became acquainted with a fine man in Sweden who had many heartaches.  Among them when he was young, his girlfriend got pregnant, and she wanted an abortion and sought his permission.  He gave his permission, and then probably 30 to 40 years later, he was grieving about it, and just couldn't forgive himself.  I hope he has accepted the Gospel and been forgiven in the Spirit World, as I'm sure he is there now.  He came to see us and stayed for 2 months about 23 years ago.  But he had diabetes, and was alone and we lost track of him. Pal (me) on the left, Elving and Wayne, in Sweden!  Oh how we loved him! A Critical Time to Defend the Sanctity of Life By  RoseMarie Briggs  · August 2, 2021 The Federalist reports, “Last year, a Marist poll commissioned by the pro-life, Catholic organization Knights of Columbus showed that  77 percent  of Americans oppose using taxpayer doll...

This is from Imprimis -- the information that Hillsdale University sends out.  It is absolutely true!  I had a dear girl friend, probably 35 to 40 years ago, for whom I was a bridesmaid at her wedding.   She decided to become a transgender -- now male!  She was the mother of 4 girls!  I feel sorry for people who have those problems.  It was so unusual at that time, but apparently it is quite common now!  SO SAD   ! Gender Ideology Run Amok June/July 2021  • Volume 50, Number 6/7  •  Abigail Shrier Abigail Shrier Author,  Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters Abigail Shrier  is a journalist and author. She received her A.B. from Columbia College, where she was a Euretta J. Kellett Fellow; her B.Phil. from the University of Oxford; and her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was a Coker Fellow. A member of the Board of Advisors of the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, she has writte...

  This is a most fascinating article about the Prophet Joseph Smith! When the American Elite Visited Joseph Smith in Nauvoo By  Maurine Proctor  · July 29, 2021 In May of 1844, just 45 days before Joseph Smith would be murdered in Carthage Jail, two imposing visitors arrived in Nauvoo just before midnight. They were Josiah Quincy and Charles Francis Adams from Massachusetts, both American bluebloods, born of powerful families. Adams was the grandson of John Adams and son of former president John Quincy Adams who would one day become a member of Congress and then American ambassador to England. Quincy’s father had been the mayor of Boston and the president of Harvard, and he too would become the mayor of Boston. According to Spencer McBride’s new book  Joseph Smith for President , these two had set out on a grand tour of the western United States, and on May 13 th  had boarded the steamboat Amaranth to travel north on the Mississippi River. They had no intent to ...

  This is a very great article!  I had a first cousin, Emma Lois Smith, now deceased, who was born with Cerebral Palsy.  She was very intelligent, and had a Master's Degree, but was not appreciated for who she really was!  I've known other's with children and/or grandchildren who are wonderful people, and not understood their whole lives! Share this on Facebook (opens in new window) Share this on Twitter (opens in new window) All sharing options President Joe Biden hands a pen to artist Tryee Brown on July 26 after signing a proclamation celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. July is Disability Pride Month.   Susan Walsh, Associated Press On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, ensuring that people with disabilities do not face discrimination in their public lives, including the ability to get an education, get and hold a job, have access to transportation and t...