It was perfectly appropriate that we were spending Christmas day with my friend, Elaine, because one could easily describe her as the personification of that holiday!  She’s joyous, beautiful, life-giving, festive, and always full of good cheer. Her husband is a man that Lou thinks of as a brother, and, her three adult sons are […]

On my drive back to Salt Lake City from La Jolla, a rare snowstorm blew through areas of Southern California mere hours after I left town.  It was a straight drive up I-15, and I was driving just fast enough to stay one step ahead of the storm. But as soon as I hit Provo […]

There are quite a few verses in the Bible that compare valuable things like wisdom and honorable people to rubies.  Rubies are extremely rare and precious gems, and obviously, very difficult to find. But despite how dark and desolate Salt Lake City made me feel, I did mine one rare and beautiful friendship — that’s […]