Mormon Momma

As we strive to achieve healthy living, how do we know we are making good choices? What resources do we use to influence daily decisions? The quest for truth is clouded by aggressive marketing, misleading claims, scams, scientific jargon, a myriad of opinions, testimonials and much more. Continue Reading »

Caleb (4): Mom, did you see me climb on your desk? I am so fast. Did you see me go so fast?

Mom: Yes, you are so fast!

Caleb: Yes, I’m Super Boy.

Caleb (4): Mom, if I was really magical I could turn everything in the world to Legos. See?

[Points stick at family room.]

Caleb: Pfffffffft. See? It’s not magic. It didn’t turn all Lego-y.

Have you received the email directing you to the YouTube clip that claims Oprah is anti-Christ?

If so, you have been exposed to a digital put-down; an example of the newest form of internet bullying. This modern outlet for malice has sparked efforts to criminalize—or at the very least, censor—internet character assassination. Continue Reading »

From the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C.

10. There weren’t as many Osmonds as I thought.

9. I got tired of corkscrew landings under sniper fire.

8. As a lifelong hunter, I didn’t want to miss the start of the varmint season.

7. There wasn’t room for two Christian leaders.

6. I was upset that no one had bothered to search my passport files.

5. I needed an excuse to get fat, grow a beard and win the Nobel prize.

4. I took a bad fall at a campaign rally and broke my hair.

3. I wanted to finally take off that dark suit and tie, and kick back in a light-colored suit and tie.

2. Once my wife Ann realized I couldn’t win, my fundraising dried up.

1. There was a miscalculation in our theory: “As Utah goes, so goes the nation.”

As I’ve said previously, my mind wanders to and fro trying to understand everything a little better as I go about my daily life. What grounds me, however, are my experiences - things that are so vivid and unexplainable that I simply can’t let my mind move me away from them. When you have experienced the truly miraculous, everything else is secondary. Continue Reading »

“ Oh I love trash!
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Oh I love trash!”

In the midst of the recycling revolution, those words mean something totally different than they did back when Oscar The Grouch first sang them on Sesame Street. The big-eyed green monster living in a trash can didn’t have a global warming or save the earth agenda. He was merely a cantankerous character who was always surrounded by everyone else’s garbage. That’s what made him funny to the average 3-5 year old.

But at the moment, trash isn’t making me laugh. Actually, it’s making me rather grouchy, because frankly, I’m tired of being surrounded by other people’s trash. Continue Reading »

Elder D. Todd Christofferson

This biographical sketch appeared the LDS Church News. Continue Reading »

(This is the post I promised Alison I would write. How does it relate to “Becoming”? I believe we need to take responsibility for understanding and choosing what we say and do - not allowing others to make those decisions for us.)

The Bible provides the following admonitions regarding swearing:

“Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.” (Deut. 6:13)

“he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth” (Isaiah 65:16)

“But I say unto you, Swear not at all;” (Matthew 5:34) Continue Reading »

Sister Meyer banked her $750,000 advance, hunkered down to her word-processor and cranked out an international frenzy. Well over a million copies of Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse have been sold, and Sister Meyer has been on the New York Times Best Seller List for a year, commanding the number one spot for a solid month. Her “monsters” are vampires and werewolves, and her success is beyond monstrous. Continue Reading »