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“Go to your room! You’re grounded for the next week, and I don’t want to hear any excuses about how it’s homecoming!” My mother was furious, although I knew it couldn’t be too awful since she was yelling at me instead of doing her whole creepy quiet thing. But I was furious, too. “I hate […]

In many countries, winter is the coldest season of the year, but that doesn’t mean you have to be cold from the inside out. Here is a list of comfort foods you can share with your family at home. They’re guaranteed to warm you up body and soul, even on the chilliest of nights. Butternut

Emily Adams graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English and an emphasis in Creative Writing. She’s an award-winning poet, author, and a developmental editor for the semi-professional science fiction magazine, BYU’s “Leading Edge”. Her book, For Those With Empty Arms, was just released this month. We thank her for the time she’s

As we’ve all been informed, Thanksgiving is a few days away, and Christmas is just a few weeks away! Woo-hoo! Food! Presents! Time off from work! And . . . family? We all have those days when we need time away from family, but sometimes people make mistakes and things can get a little more

Bigger halls, bigger kids, bigger classes– high school.  If you’re not careful, your teen might be overwhelmed by this completely new environment, but they don’t have to be. Below are six tips to help prepare your students for their journey into high school. 1. The Almighty Schedule The classes your teens take are obviously the

  1)      You head to the grocery store with your brand new stepchild and your two children from a previous marriage. All three children beg for candy. You say no, but they beg and plead so you: a.       Buy both your children a piece, but you’re under no obligation to pay for your stepchild. After

   Trust me, they aren’t. They are merely intrigued by the awesomeness that is the Fourth of July. The excitement of the colored lights blowing up the sky could make anyone desperate to be a part of the experience. But the question remains: when are they old enough to start shooting off the fiery whizz

Nothing warms a parent’s heart more than their children expressing love and appreciation for them. You probably witnessed your mother beaming as you presented her with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. How about the time you gifted your father with a few snazzy ties from a luxury department store? These gifts are great, but have

During that long fight against infertility, there are moments of weakness that drain the marrow from your bones.  The struggle takes so much strength from you, that any other battle, even that constant fight to keep the house clean, takes too much effort. In my own struggle, I know I have spent days feeling overpowered,

As parents, we’re often anxious…we want our kids to be successful in the world, so this often leads to us pushing them to succeed, sometimes from when they’re really young. But what we don’t get, is that being stressed actually gets in the way of healthy emotional and intellectual development. Chronic stress prevents optimum blood