He is a few months shy of a year old, but already Friendly Boy is the long-suffering little brother. Happy Boy pulls him around as…
Tag: autobiographical
My Favorite Place
Originally Published April 2018 The library. A magical realm where everything is possible. A place of quiet where imagination is unbound. A repository of knowledge…
The Adventures of the Super Kids: Introducing Friendly Boy
Friendly Boy has been charming everyone around him since birth. The nurses who took his measurements just minutes into his life couldn’t get enough of…
The Adventures of Happy Boy & Sassy Girl: Puzzles
It started at Mormor’s house. Their 5-year-old cousin took some puzzles out of the toy cabinet and asked Happy Boy if he wanted to do…
The Adventures of Happy Boy & Sassy Girl: Best Friends
Happy Boy and Sassy Girl are best friends. They have been since the day they met. When Mommy and Daddy brought Sassy Girl home from…
Radiating the Light of Christ
Last week, my husband and I took our children to visit my maternal grandmother (Mormor) in central Utah. She has a comfortable home filled with…
Learning Danish
Bjørnen spiser æbler med anden. The bear eats apples with the duck. Manden løber langt væk, da han ser brødknive på bordet. The man runs…
Childhood Christmas Traditions
I love Christmas. It’s my second-favorite holiday. Even though our finances are tighter now than they have ever been before, I still enjoy the feeling…
A Brief History of a Writer
“I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don’t know what I did before that. Just loafed I suppose.” – P.G. Wodehouse…