. Summertime Clothing Standards
Today I would like to share several ideas about ordering your life with summertime clothing standards. I do not particularly care, as we discuss this, what your standards of modesty are. (Well, actually I do hope they will be high standards, but I will... read more
Posted by Marie Ricks on Apr 29th, 2009 | 0 comments
. Saying Goodbye to Uncle Fred
Uncle Fred is not well and probably won’t get any better. We all sense it. It is only a matter of time. He is suffering from a lung ailment similar to what took the breath from my father five years ago and may have even caused the wheezing condition... read more
Posted by Marie Ricks on Jan 7th, 2009 | 0 comments
. Its My Fight and Yours
I have always tried to protect my home from pornography. I cut inappropriate pictures from the newspaper so my family could read it with safety and expurgated our sons’ high school art books so they could avoid as much nudity as possible. I taught my... read more
Posted by Marie Ricks on Oct 10th, 2008 | 0 comments
. Leather Leaf List
When untimely rains and winds cause leaves to fall while they’re still green, they descend not yet ripe, crispy or ready. They are the inopportune, early autumn leaves ripening in the warm sun as they become leathery. Sometimes our lives are like... read more
Posted by Marie Ricks on Sep 2nd, 2008 | 0 comments
. The Last Time
Mom died on a Thursday. I had come across three states the previous week to say goodbye and among other things our family had the sacrament together one last time on a cold February Sunday. The local ward deacons came to the house to pass it after the... read more
Posted by Marie Ricks on Aug 23rd, 2008 | 0 comments
. Refuse to Abandon the Good
In a recent General Conference address President Monson said, “Temptations come in various forms throughout our lives” (May 2008 “Ensign”, page 65). This statement rings true in so many ways; the temptations of life are always... read more
Posted by Marie Ricks on Aug 14th, 2008 | 0 comments
. Legacy of Lemon Lilies
Carrie Claire Stringham Hacking must have been some woman. Her name is exotically long and poetic, but she preferred to be called “Claire” by her friends. She lived long, crossing the generations to my own by a significant six months, a... read more
Posted by Marie Ricks on Jul 16th, 2008 | 0 comments
. Uncle Glen, Also Known as Dad
His eyes were blue and young looking, even when he grew old. He would often wake up in the morning with the anticipation of a little child and say, “I’ve thought of something new. Its a better way, a solution to my problem.” He was... read more
Posted by Marie Ricks on Jun 5th, 2008 | 0 comments
