• FAMILY BLOG

    TELL YOUR STORY!

    When I was much younger, the days of journal writing or keeping notes were very sparse, I hardly did any. I always loved the idea of having a notebook or a journal— filling it with notes and random thoughts etc.. But actually, writing anything of importance down? Nope, I was too stubborn for my own sake. Why would I, or anyone want to read or hear this? What’s the use of it? What good will this be for anyone? These were all the thoughts I kept telling myself, however, it wasn’t until a couple of years ago that my perspective on it changed. Wilford Woodruff taught a principle that can…

  • FAMILY BLOG

    RECORD KEEPING IS A LAW?

    I can not help but pick up an old suitcase at a thrift store. The old hinges and key locks speak of a time period long ago that carried within someone’s life travels. With my collection of vintage suitcases, I have been stashing old pictures of my ancestors and my children’s pictures in them. I thought it was a cute way to house these pictures, drawings, pedigree charts, etc. as they are from a ‘period’ long ago. A DIVINE LAW A month ago when reading in Doctrines of Salvation, by Joseph Fielding Smith, I came across a section all about journaling and the law of record keeping. I thought it was…