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Mornings

Mornings

In spite of how hard it often is to wake up (especially since the arrival of the child), I love being awake in the morning. Everything has a certain crispness in the early hours, a freshness that assures me that all that was bad from the day before is being rolled away with the receding darkness. Smells and ideas are pleasant and distinct. Sometimes I feel as if I am the only person on earth awake, free to dream while…

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Garden Fresh

Garden Fresh

The small little garden we planted behind our garage is beginning to pay off. Delicious sugar snap peas, green onions, huge zucchini, and a handful of carrots – eating vegetables never felt so good. I can’t help feeling self-sufficient. Perhaps we will harvest our own grain next. Ironically, our plentiful harvest coincided with the Sunday school Lesson we taught on Alma 32-35, so we had a perfect story to introduce Alma’s seed promise . . . as well as brag…

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