Stories of Hope

   I would first like to thank everyone involved that made this year’s event so special. I especially want to thank Marisa and Joree from Kool Beanz for providing a terrific venue and creating such a wonderful atmosphere for the event. Also a big thank you to Marjorie Lusk and Lora Stanger for the delicious…

  I hope everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving this year. Each year this holiday helps me remember all the things I have to be grateful for. I will start by saying how thankful I am that Cassidy was able to make it here before the weather turned horrible. I only hope it will…

   This story begins three years ago when I had a booth for the Foundation at the “What Today’s Women Want” event at the Shilo. A lady came up to the booth and asked me to tell her about the Foundation. I explained our mission to help cancer patients and told her all the money…

I returned home Wednesday night from two very exciting and rewarding Equipment Dealer Association conventions. There were so many great experiences that it was hard to choose which ones to write about.    Let’s begin with the Far West Convention in Phoenix. To start with, the main thing that makes this one special is the…

   Now a lot of you have already heard this story, because when it happened I was so excited I told everyone I could. So I appreciate your indulgence as I tell it one more time. A couple of weeks ago, I received a phone call from a young lady in Leadore. She told me…

   I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween. I will start by saying this has always been one of my favorite holidays. It started with getting to go to houses and get free candy. When we got to the age of being too cool to trick or treat, we graduated to throwing water balloons and…

I know last week I said this week’s story was going to be about the Pumpkin Carving Contest, but I decided it needed to be about some events at our Mom’s funeral last weekend. Since I am the quarterback of writing these stories, I am officially calling an audible.    Let’s start with my P.S.…

   By the time you read this story, we will have said our final goodbyes to our beloved Mother. I decided to write this before the funeral because I knew it would be too hard to try and do it after. This week’s story will be about a few of the lessons we learned from…

   By the time you read this story, we will have said our final goodbyes to our beloved Mother. I decided to write this before the funeral because I knew it would be too hard to try and do it after. This week’s story will be about a few of the lessons we learned from…

This week’s story has been a very hard one for me to write. I have started many times, only to have to stop because the emotions I am feeling are too overwhelming.    After spending almost 96 years of doing the work our Heavenly Father asked her to do down here, (With absolute compassion and…