by Jennifer Barker | Apr 12, 2020 | Family, Religion
“The increasing darkness that accompanies tribulation makes the light of Jesus Christ shine ever brighter.” Russell M. Nelson This has been a strange, beautiful, scary, lonely, spiritual, and blessed time. I wonder how I will look back on this time of “sheltering” at...
by Jennifer Barker | Feb 16, 2020 | Family, Religion
This week I’ve had the blessing of reminiscing about the life of my dear Mother, Jackie McEwen, and the influence she’s had on me and my family. I don’t remember much when I was very little, but recently when going through old photos, I found pictures of Mom with us...
by Jennifer Barker | Feb 10, 2020 | Family, Religion
“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.” Isaiah 25:8 Early Saturday morning, February 8, 2020, I sat by my Mom’s side, holding her hand, speaking softly of eternity, and singing “Families Can be Together...
by Jennifer Barker | Jan 5, 2020 | Family, Health, Religion
“Before we were born, we lived in a family with our exalted and eternal Heavenly Father. He ordained a plan that enables us to advance and progress to become like Him. He did it out of love for us. The purpose of the plan was to allow us the privilege of living...
by Jennifer Barker | Apr 22, 2019 | Family, Parenting, Religion
Each year at Easter time, I’ve tried to make it a time of study and reflection about the last week of the Savior’s life. Many years ago, I made a book of Easter week reading for my family. I went through all four gospels and tried to combine everything Matthew, Mark,...
