by Jennifer Barker | Jul 28, 2020 | Religion, Self-care
I have a bit of OCD and find it soothing to go through everything I own about once every 3 months, sorting, organizing, and eliminating anything I don’t need or use. I’d qualify for a platinum membership at Deseret Industries (thrift store donations), if they had...
by Jennifer Barker | Mar 22, 2020 | Family, Health, Religion, Self-care
This week I was determined to focus on the good as I kept my heart open to trusting the Lord and His goodness and love. It’s easier to remember that nothing can really go “wrong” when God holds us, the entire world, in His kind and capable hands and is aware of...
by Jennifer Barker | Dec 15, 2019 | Parenting, Religion
Christmastime. What a mix of feelings are evoked by this word, this idea, this time of year. As the mother of seven wonderful children, I admit to some anxiety triggers about Christmastime. I loved making Christmas special and exciting for the children, but it...
by Jennifer Barker | Dec 1, 2019 | Family, Parenting, Religion
“The Lord has told us to multiply and replenish the earth that we might have joy in our posterity, and there is no greater joy than the joy that comes of happy children in good families.” Gordon B Hinckley As I spent precious time with a few of my adult children, and...
by Jennifer Barker | Nov 24, 2019 | Religion
“It must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, … righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad.” 2 Nephi 2:11 Here in the desert, we’ve had some beautiful, warm, sunny days...
