The Sweetness of Certain Things
April 18, 2018[…] the wall and began picking at a place where the paint was peeling. Carlton got the disastrous news from Elder Ballentine and walked into Spencer’s room. “What are you going to do?” he demanded. […]
[…] the wall and began picking at a place where the paint was peeling. Carlton got the disastrous news from Elder Ballentine and walked into Spencer’s room. “What are you going to do?” he demanded. […]
[…] some things together.” “Like what?” “Once before my mission, a bunch of us were riding around after Mutual. We ended up parking at the reservoir. I was sitting next to Stacy Bingham and I […]
[…] the L.A. County spelling bee, she was interviewed by four reporters and appeared on the local TV news. But the headline the next day read, INDIAN STUDENT WINS SPELLING BEE!! with double exclamation marks, […]
[…] maybe, especially when she was surrounded by the kind of high-powered executives she dealt with. But this news was a shock. After a small silence, Catherine said, “I’ve already got a church. I thought […]
[…] a dream, but when I stepped out of the tent I found that the rest of the world had ceased to exist and that our camp was floating in a sea of nothing. In […]
[…] startles me—I didn’t hear her come up. “What are you smiling about?” she teases. She seems happier today. “Me?” I say. “No, Harry,” she says. That’s what we nicknamed Jenn’s friend. What an ape. […]
[…] in setting me apart as a missionary. But now, he’s just like any other man of the world. “Who’d you call?” I ask. “No one you know. Now, don’t just stand there like a […]
[…] vigorous than before, but there is a tremor in its legs that suggests its time in this world may not be much longer. Lorin gets as close as he dares and takes aim. The […]
[…] take his application. Frank Adams Helena, Montana Grant Syphers replies: The basis of any dialogue must be mutual respect. It is difficult to carry on a discussion when one’s thoughts and feelings bring a […]
[…] semi-scholarly work will have much effect on the Church. Rather, it reads more like a literature of mutual reassurance, a literature designed to fill the empty spot in their lives which, in my opinion, […]