It was the end of the school year, and my colleagues from Grade 4 were briefing me on the students I would be receiving the following year. “It’s a difficult class,” they said. “Not at all like the great class you have now!”I had to chuckle. They had forgotten that...
We can learn a lot of David and His explicit trust in our Heavenly Father.Back when I was still teaching, I once had a high school student working every day with me in my classroom. She was on a co-op program, with a desire to become a teacher. One day during...
Bishop Stringer and his companion were facing starvation that late October morning. They had been returning home from the Mackenzie region of the Yukon when they were overtaken by winter. Even though it was early in the season, the amount of snow that fell during that...
On Monday I told the story of how the New Years’ celebrations in my home as a child were – for me anyway – HORRIBLE! And all because of chain smoking guests who refused to smoke outside.I remember that even after my uncle and his family left, usually around 1:00 AM, I...
With Christmas over and New Year approaching, my mind returns to some of the memorable – and unmemorable! – New Years celebrations from my childhood.From as far back as I can remember until I was at least a young teen, my uncle and his wife and daughter would always...
No matter where we are, we are always with our Heavenly Father. Isn't this what Jesus meant in His address to His disciples just before ascending to Heaven? "Teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”...
It was my last year of teaching. Just a few days before Christmas break, one of my students, who we will call Sarah, came into my classroom early.After a few minutes of friendly chit-chat, I asked, “So why are you here so early?”Sarah smiled. “It’s because I have a...
