When Happy Boy is happy, he is very happy. He jumps straight into the air off the balls of his feet over and over, and…
Author: Vibeke Hiatt
Background Crumbs from The Forgotten King
With the release of The Fragmented Kingdom, I thought it would be fun to share with my readers some tidbits about The Forgotten King that…
Book Review: How to Heal Our Racial Divide by Derwin L. Gray
Earlier this year, I discovered Derwin L. Gray on Twitter. I can’t even remember what he said, but it prompted me to check his bio,…
Friendship Loss and the Anxious Mind: Losing Friends as an Adult
A few years ago, I lost a friendship that I really valued. It hit me hard. I was pregnant at the time, which didn’t help…
The Principle of Agency
It’s a challenge to be a Christian in today’s world. Anytime we voice our opinions and beliefs, we are liable to be railed against by…
Out of the Groove
Blogging has been hard for me lately. I have so many thoughts and opinions, so many ideas and snippets of stories, but none of them…
Garden of Belonging
Parched, cracked slabs of grey-brown earth reaching to a brown-grey horizon. Desolate expanse of lifelessness. Helpless, hopeless, barren, alone. A curled figure sits on the…
The Problem of Celebrity
Our society has become one where fame matters. The line between admiration for a celebrity and worship of a celebrity can be very thin. Everywhere…
InthenameofJesusChristamen
Last year, I was asked to speak in my ward’s Sacrament meeting. We moved to Bluffdale, Utah, in July of 2020 and, because of my…
The Magic of Reading
A few years ago, I learned about a book about Jane Austen that I thought would be an interesting read. I put it on my…