MaeLyn's Musings

Have you ever felt like you jinxed yourself? You thought something was under control, and next thing you know, it's not? Sunday night, due to procrastination in getting a prescription refilled, I only had one of the two anti-seizure pills that I normally take every night. I remember thinking, "It's been over a year since my last seizure. If I can get through the next day or two without a seizure in spite of the half dose tonight, maybe they won't be a problem any more." Monday around noon, my sister who also has seizures called, and again I found myself thinking about how long it had been since I'd had a seizure, and how nice that was. Later that afternoon when I picked up my prescription, the pharmacist told me that my doctor wanted to talk with me. It had been several months since I last saw her, so on Tuesday morning I made an appointment for their first opening, in a few weeks. Wednesday night, as I was falling asleep, I remember having a familiar ...

Last night, Peter got to perform at the Northglenn High School Poetry Slam, held at the City of Northglenn's DL Parsons Theater. He was the only student performer who recited his poem entirely by memory, and he did a fantastic job! Here is "The Poem," the poem that he wrote.

A witness is someone who has seen an event take place or who otherwise has knowledge of something from personal observation or experience. The Lord's policy is that "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established." (2 Corinthians 13:1, Matt 18:16, Ether 5:4, D&C 6:28) And yet, many of the first events of the Restoration of the gospel in these latter days appear to have no witnesses. Joseph Smith was alone when he had his first vision of God and his Son. He was alone when he was visited by the angel Moroni. He went through great lengths to keep the plates that contained the record of the Nephites hidden from sight. How can we know that these events actually happened? 1. The first vision. Joseph went alone to the woods to pray. How can we know that this event took place? What witnesses besides Joseph Smith can we turn to? When Joseph returned home after this incredible experience, his mother noticed he had no strength and asked him what the ...

(Steven wrote this description of our adventure for Hannah and John and gave me permission to post it here as well for historical purposes. Enjoy! ) So we were invited to go spend New Years Eve with April and Dean. As you may recall, April and Dean live in Wyoming. Now if I were to ask you what was the first thing you thought of when I mention Wyoming, what would you say? What's the first thing that comes to mind? Well, quite possibly the thing you think about Wyoming is "windy". And you would be correct. I even checked the weather before we went and instead of saying 'Sunny' or 'Partly Cloudy' it said 'Windy'. Now April and Dean live about an hour north of Cheyenne and between Cheyenne and their house is pretty much nothing. When we got to Cheyenne there were flashing signs saying "Trucks, RV's, and anything pulling a trailer, don't even think about driving any farther. For the rest of you, may God have mercy on your souls." or ...

In this incredible information age, have you ever started looking up one thing, only to see something else that looks interesting, so you look at that, which then leads you to something else, and so on? That happened to me this morning in my daily scripture study. Since the "Come Follow Me" program for this year is a study of the Book of Mormon, this morning I read Joseph Smith's testimony in the introductory section of the Book of Mormon. After I read it, I reviewed some of the information in the manual, and among other things, there was a recommendation to read "Book of Mormon Translation" in Gospel Topics . Accordingly, I went to Gospel Topics and scrolled down the list of topics until I came to the Book of Mormon topics, and although I intended to read the "Translation" topic, another Book of Mormon topic caught my eye: Book of Mormon and DNA studies . I have long been aware of the lack of DNA evidence for the Book of Mormon, and I was curio...