Accepting and Respecting the Election
Happy election day (or week, or month, or inauguration year, depending on when you’re reading this)! By the end of today, this week, or at the very least, this month, we will have the results of the election. No matter who has won, roughly half of the country is going to be very angry, upset, […]
Soup Seldom Makes a Meal
I’m a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy. When I think of dinner, I’m thinking of a good, hearty meal that I can stick a fork in, cut with a knife, or pick up with my bare hands. I want something substantial, something that says, “now that was a meal!” I don’t like soup. You can’t eat […]
When Serving Others, Let Them Eat Cupcakes!
When I was a little girl my birthday was the second most exciting day of the year, second only to Christmas. My mom knew how to make a kid feel loved. Growing up on the farm we didn’t do things like the town kids did. I only had store bought cereal on my birthday or […]
Be Grateful Even When Things are Hard
Thanksgiving is a time when families and individuals across the nation show their gratitude for the people, places and things they hold dear. This year, feeling grateful may be a little more challenging than in previous years, but it’s still possible. In fact, if you look at the very first Thanksgiving, it was celebrated on […]
If You Are Thinking of Leaving, Choose to Stay
It was an early January morning when I was broken from my sleep with the news that a dear family friend “was gone;” he had died by suicide. I couldn’t fathom the thought. Shock and disbelief swirled in my mind. Weeks before, his family had called for an intervention with him and I was planning […]
It Doesn’t Take Much to Make a Difference
Two teenagers who attend Salem Hills High School recently committed suicide. Every time I hear of a suicide it really impacts me. I lost my 21 year old nephew, Jason, to suicide in 2018. When I heard that members of the community were going to gather together outside of the high school holding up signs […]
The Best Form of Therapy is Exercise Therapy
Ever since I started running, any time anything happened, bad or good, my immediate response has been to go on a run. Often, I go on my own, but sometimes I’ll text one of my friends “dude, we need to go on a run!” I remember one time a friend and I ran four miles […]
Let Your Family be Hooked by Hook
“We have a few special years with our children, when they’re the ones that want us around. After that you’re going to be running after them for a bit of attention. It’s so fast.” This quote is precisely the motivation for my creation of the Family Movie Review. I have observed in my own life […]
If you don’t like pumpkin pie, try pumpkin scones
Is there a better time of the year than fall, or even Thanksgiving? I can honestly say I love all things pumpkin; pie, bread, cheesecake, even soup, but I get tired of the same old same old. When I was a little girl, I hated pie. Any pie. Pie crusts were just a dry crumbly […]
Nebo Student Police Interns
Nebo loves to see our interns experience quality internships like this one with Santaquin Police. “Our high school internship is well underway! So far, the students have learned about the media, traffic stops, scene control, investigations, building clearance, firearms, and DUI’s among other things. They seem to be enjoying themselves while they learn,” members of […]