“Come on girls, it’s time to get up!” The drawled refrain that clipped at the last two words came every weekday at 6 a.m. as our housemother, Mrs. Richardson, made her way through our dormitory floor. The 11- and 12-year-old girls in her charge at President’s College, the residential ...
In the heart of Utah, a state renowned for its tight-knit communities, the ethos of unity and resilience against hatred and religious persecution runs deep. Despite Utah's small Jewish population, our elected leaders have consistently stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Jewish community, ...
Most of us remember where we were and what we were doing when New York’s twin towers crumbled to the ground — a defining, historical moment in our lives. Fewer of us know where we were and what we were doing when a president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was fatally assassinated. ...
Some people are great with kids. My husband, Dave, is one of these. He’s the baby-whisperer. When the two of us were the nursery leaders at church. The kids would often come to sit with us (meaning Dave) during the other meetings. Once, the parents of a little boy who worshipped Dave were ...
Where to start when describing July? We could start with Independence Day — the day 54 brave individuals severed ties with a monarchy that ruled without their consent. How ironic that, 284 years later, almost to the day, the U.S. Supreme Court created a modern-day monarchy by ruling that ...
With the recent anniversary of the overturning Roe v. Wade, I was flooded with memories of the 2017 Women’s March. It was a momentous day and one of the largest protests ever. Nearly half a million people took to the streets of Washington, D.C., millions across the country, thousands here ...
