Richie T

Who knew that being a mother would be the biggest challenge of my testimony?  It’s hard to feel the spirit at church when I am also being a parent.  This distraction is monumental.  And because of it, I usually take the easy way…

Brothers and Sisters, today I’m going to share something very personal with you. In fact, I hardly even speak of it, to say nothing of putting it online. I don’t talk to my mom. Big deal, right? Actually, yes. For…

The LDS church is one of the few churches in which nearly all the positions are performed by unpaid volunteers who are given “callings” for an indefinite period of time – which sometimes feels like and infinite period of time.…

Ode to Brandon Flowers By Catherine Shaw (Inspired by John Keats, of course)   THOU still “Most-Stylish Man” of Music-dom, Thou golden child of the City of Lights, Musical ambassador, who canst thus hum A savory tune more sweetly than…

I can feel that twitch. You know what I mean. That quiver in the back of your brain that says, distract me. I must be in Sunday School. Now before you comment on my 'knocking around' the hour so many…

I must apologize in advance for this post. I was sick and lost my will to type so my keystrokes might not be a swift and smooth as usual. Also, because of my illness, I didn’t have enough time to…

Last week brought Visiting Teaching Interviews. For sisters in our ward, the process involved the following steps: 1. Signing up (a few weeks in advance) for a designated time during the evening 2. Arriving at the church at said time…

I have to admit that embarking on this blog post has had me shaking in my boots for days. Some of that could be from all the lunges I’ve been doing in Zumba class lately, but mostly I think it’s…