Author Archives: Giggles

At the beginning

Categories: Education, Happy Things, Life

I still remember the day when I was tutoring one of my early morning math students and it finally clicked for him. Multiplication was not his thing. … One morning he turned to me and asked if there wasn’t an easier way. Keep reading

Lost memories

Categories: Gospel

It makes me wish all the more I could understand the exciting stories that Iddo loves to babble at us. The wisdom she must have right now. Out of the mouths of babes. Keep reading

Beauty Secrets

Categories: Health, Life

My biggest beauty secret is that I love who I am and what I look like. I do have a few more tangible beauty secrets though. And while I still have a lot of things to figure out, like bobby pins, these are the things I’ve learned so far and the things I love. Keep reading

She’s not a horror story

Categories: Family, Happy Things, Musings

Oh the pain! The anguish! The humanity!! You think you’re miserable when you’re pregnant? Just you wait. You’ll be doubly so in labor and be cursing the heavens and wanting to die during the actual delivery. … The birth of our daughter was not a horror story. And I refuse to tell it as such. Keep reading

I love to see the temple

Categories: Gospel

When we toured the Phoenix Temple before its dedication I noticed that on at least 90% of the walls there was a painting of Christ. Because Iddo made it a point to point all of them out, repeatedly, throughout the entire tour. Keep reading

How to help the earth

Categories: Education, Science & Tech

Today I saw this delightful clip of Neil deGrasse Tyson telling a 6-year-old what she can do to help the earth. I hope we’re helping Iddo help the earth in this way. Keep reading

What have we learned?

Categories: Family, Relationships

Today over lunch I asked Brett what he’s learned in 5 years of marriage. He didn’t need much time to think about it before he came back with that he’s learned he really dodged the bullet. Keep reading