• The Long Walk

    Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost My husband has always had a quirky brain. He can execute complex automotive engine schematics, but he had to carry a 3 x 5 card with my name on it in his pocket for the first

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  • The Boy Scout

    Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost For a couple of years now, philosophical differences between the Latter-Day Saint Church and the Boy Scouts of America have filled the headlines of newspapers. As the mother of six sons, I too have had some

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  • A Visit with Grandpa

    Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost Ten months after my husband and I married, we had our first child, Daughter #1 (no comments, please!). My husband was finishing up at BYU, and I was in my first year of teaching. My parents

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  • The Sister of the Groom

    Home is place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost Growing up is hard. Most of us face adulthood with trepidation and suspicion. Justifiably so. As one of my students once told me, “being responsible sucks.” Or wait, maybe that was my husband? When Son #1 decided

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  • The Bank

    Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost The Bank Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost The kindergarten teacher who taught most of my eight kids once told me that she

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  • What Goes Around, Comes Around

    Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Robert Frost I saw a T-shirt last week which said, “Dear Karma—I have a list of people you missed.” I was instantly transported back to the day Son #3 lost his temper about something. He was furious and

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  • The Lizard Habitat

    Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost Last weekend I visited with Son #5 who lives in Boise, Idaho. He has four kids, a lovely home, an exceptional wife, and a generally high-quality life. There was a time when I feared that would

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