It's been 2 weeks!!! 16 days to be exact. Enough time to change the world. A long time when you are talking about missing your husband and twin daughters. Long ago when our children were small, Mike and I had been impressed by our friends' tradition of taking their children on a medical mission trip when they were seniors in high school. We determined then to make this happen for our Continue Reading
How to Be Perfect Parents
Right this minute, some of you are feeling intensely angry that I would presume to write an article about how to be perfect parents! You are thinking you may never read a blog post from me again! Then again, I wonder if any of you are thinking, “I already know how. Yep, that's me! The Perfect Parent!” (That would make us worry all the more about your approach to parenting, yes?) I have no doubt Continue Reading
All is Well
I want to share this fantastic talk by elder Uchtdorf In honor and remembrance of The Pioneers today and in hopes that we will join follow faithfully in their footsteps!! ~ All is Well The following is the text of the address President Dieter F. Uchtdorf gave July 13, 2014, at the Pioneer Days Celebration in Ogden, Utah. In a few weeks the eyes of the Church will be on this city as the Continue Reading
9 Dancing Princesses and Cinderella!
So you all remember the annual sister sleepover we have here in the Hoffman home, hosted by Emily and Anna? This year, with them about to leave home for college, they went all out to make it extraordinaire!!!! The plans: carried out and executed to perfection (by Em and An, but impossible to have happen without tons of help from Dad! He supported them all the way!) -first, the invitation. Continue Reading
A New Day Dawning
As I write this, I am in the car with my family driving north on PA Route 21. We just dipped down into my favorite valley where the water's edge comes up to the same level as the road. It almost feels like we're in a speed boat! There it is, this gorgeous tranquil water, it's mirror-like surface shimmering, reflecting the sunlight with its tossing ripples right outside your window. Moments Continue Reading
God Bless America!!!!
It is time to CELEBRATE The United States of America, HOME, Land of the FREE!!! Last week the celebration began for us in Church. As we sang the great hymns of this nation, rejoicing in it's greatness and the freedom we and our fellow Americans have enjoyed, I was especially touched by Star-Spangled banner. As I sang with the congregation the description of being there in that 'dawn's early Continue Reading
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