Last-Minute Halloween Ideas for Parties, Costumes, and Decorations

2025-01-16T15:54:32+00:00January 16th, 2025|Crafts, Halloween, Kids|

Halloween is upon us and if you or looking for some last minute ideas to inspire you for a party, costume, or just for fun here are some that you will enjoy. Use rolls of toilet paper and decorate them as witches for a centerpiece. [...]

Life-Changing Weight Loss Success: Steps to a Healthier You

2025-01-14T21:22:16+00:00January 14th, 2025|Fitness and Lifestyle, Weight Loss|

Transform Your Health with Small, Consistent Steps Since I have lost more than 100 pounds and have a new life, I am always on the outlook to meet others who have also succeeded at the weight-loss game. The journeys are often similar, and it is [...]

Organize Your Fridge for Quick and Healthy Meals: A Weight-Loss Success Strategy

2025-01-14T21:22:15+00:00January 14th, 2025|Fitness and Lifestyle, Healthy Eating Habits, Weight Loss|

How Organizing Your Fridge Can Transform Your Weight-Loss Journey When you order a meal in a restaurant, you expect a wait of 15 to 20 minutes. When I began a serious weight-loss plan, I knew I would have to work the same kind of turn-around [...]

A Tribute to Jayne Malan: Lessons in Faith, Love, and Service

2025-01-14T21:22:15+00:00January 14th, 2025|LDS Church Experiences|

A Life of Love and Service: Remembering Jayne Malan From week to week I often wonder what should be the next article that I write.  Today (March 22, 2013) while attending a funeral of one of God’s elect daughters I knew what I was to [...]

Exploring the Longji Rice Terraces: A Hidden Gem in Rural China

2025-01-14T21:22:15+00:00January 14th, 2025|China, Travel|

A Hidden Gem: The Longji Rice Terraces It was about five years ago I went to China and stayed in a little village in the south for six weeks. The village was just outside of Guilin, in Guangi Providence. My friends ask me if I [...]

Modern Matchmaking in China’s Parks: A Unique Tradition

2025-01-14T21:22:14+00:00January 14th, 2025|China, Travel|

Match Making in 21st Century China Matchmaking Near the Forbidden City In China near the Forbidden City along the moat that surrounds the Imperial City walls is a plaque at the base of a grove of Cyprus trees that marks the spot where David O. [...]

How Jackie Keller’s NutriFit Helped Me Lose 115 Pounds: A Story of Health Transformation

2025-01-14T21:21:36+00:00January 14th, 2025|Delicious Food, Healthy Eating Habits, Weight Loss|

My Health Transformation Journey This past week I had the opportunity to go to Los Angeles and attend a celebration for a woman who started her dream job 25 years ago. She is a person who has had a profound influence on my health. As [...]

Effective Household Delegation: Teaching Kids Responsibility Through Chores

2025-01-14T21:21:36+00:00January 14th, 2025|Family Fun, Kids|

New Year, New Responsibilities: Delegating Household Tasks With the New Year comes the opportunity to delegate household responsibilities. I remember as a high school student this happened in our home. My mother decided that she would go back to teaching and so she did not [...]

Celebrating Spring Festival in China: A Personal Experience of the Lunar New Year Tradition

2025-01-14T21:21:36+00:00January 14th, 2025|China, Lunar New Year, Spring Festival, Travel|

Celebrating Spring Festival in China: A Personal Experience of the Lunar New Year Tradition Chengdu, China: Ever since I have been coming to China as a Tour Director people have ask me if I have ever been to their biggest holiday, Spring Festival. I got [...]

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