Archives for the ‘For A Change’ Category

It takes a Family to Raise a Family

By contributor • Jan 8th, 2009 • Category: For A Change

This is the latest news. Whatever we can get out of our roving reporters is what we put up here. We just want to know what is going on and where. Why? Yes, that too.



Reap the Benefits of Positive Vibe

By contributor • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: For A Change

Surround yourself with holly jolly people this holiday season Recently I attended a master voice class, which in essence means that you stand emotionally vulnerable before three other people and attempt to make noises that resemble singing so that afterwards they can critique you. As I approached the class, I was thinking of something more [...]



The Perfect Need for Imperfections

By contributor • Sep 11th, 2008 • Category: For A Change

Having the body of a mother is not a form of leprosy Recently, I turned to my husband and seriously asked, “Do you think our son’s big ears will hurt his success in business?” My son’s ears, I should explain, are the same ears of his siblings, his mother and his grandmother — they are [...]



The Growth in Letting Go

By contributor • Jul 12th, 2008 • Category: For A Change

Dropping off your oldest at EFY is a rite of passage Recently I’ve had a few of those Woman/Mother Rites of Passage experiences of officially letting go in order to fly. Most significantly, I’ve had to let my son go. The opportunity came for this 15-year-old son, who has Asperger’s Syndrome (a high-functioning autism), to [...]



Get To Core Of Your Behavior

By contributor • May 16th, 2008 • Category: For A Change

The Domino Effect will turn one change into many Years ago when I felt completely overwhelmed by life (which would be repeated in subsequent years), I learned two amazing and life-changing concepts. I decided to create great change in my life by focusing on just one area, which happened to be getting in shape. As [...]



A Life Worth Studying

By contributor • Mar 16th, 2008 • Category: For A Change

President Hinckley taught me to lighten up and never look down at motherhood Serving as a missionary for the LDS Church in Tokyo many years ago, I attended a conference where President Gordon B. Hinckley, recently passed president of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife had come to speak. [...]



Avoid ‘Yeah, But’

By contributor • Jan 16th, 2008 • Category: For A Change

Change your thinking and open up possibilities Years ago I took a college Japanese class. On our first day we received the textbook that displayed the inspiring title “Japanese Made Possible.” It wasn’t made simple, just possible. Though the only thing I retained from the language class was counting to 10, ironically I did later [...]