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A Flag of Thanks: Free Veterans Day Coloring Page
A small flag can carry a big thank-you! Color this flag and share it with a veteran—a friend, neighbor, or relative—to say, “Thank you for your service.” You can also display it in your window or on your refrigerator as a reminder to appreciate those who served. If you would like to send your picture…
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FREE Printable: Create Your Own Amazing School Day
A picture can open the door to a story. A box of crayons can invite us to sit down together. And one playful question can begin a conversation between generations. Today, I am sharing a FREE printable activity from Marlene’s Echoes: My School Adventure. It brings together coloring, finding, drawing, and imagining – with room…
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A Little Wind, a Lifetime of Choosing
The wind is cold today, and it has brought so much rain. Yet even a cold wind can bring something refreshing—a change in the air, a reason to pause, a moment to think. I hope my books enter people’s lives like a small, refreshing breeze. A thoughtful sentence or a simple question may help us…
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Choose Your Move! A Book Full of Life
This morning I was listening to Choose Your Move! and heard a line I wanted to share with you. Then I did the 93-year-old business of getting up out of my chair—and by the time I was standing, the line had gone right out of my head! Perhaps that is a fitting way to introduce…
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A Gift That Grows with Your Grandchild
What if you could give your grandchild more than a book? What if you could give them tools for making thoughtful choices throughout their life? Choose Your Move is a colorful, hands-on workbook filled with questions, activities, pictures to color, and practical tools for thinking about money, communication, feelings, decisions, and everyday life. Children eight…
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Wheat, Oil, and the Profit of Cooperation
When I listened to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking in Alberta today, I was carried back more than sixty years to a time when the United States, Canada and the Soviet Union cooperated in improving wheat and oil production. While attending college, I worked for two years on an international durum-wheat project. Using an…
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Special Me
A Special Thank-You to Trump Voters At first, I thought something served at my birthday party on Saturday had made me sick. But no one else who ate the party food became ill. Then I remembered Sunday evening. My family went to a Chinese restaurant, where one of the plates was decorated with a lovely…
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BrainTap: Unlock Greater Peace and Resilience at Any Age
“Unlock the life-changing combination of meditation, sonic sound, and light therapy — proven techniques to boost your mood, sleep better, breathe easier, and finally break free from pain.”
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The Library of Old Age
Old age is like a great library filled with the memories of a life well lived. Through great friendships, great loves, great accomplishments, and great sorrows, we fill its shelves year after year. When we need comfort, our minds seem to know exactly where to look. At four o’clock this morning, I woke up needing…
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The Gift of Agency and the Wisdom of Contentment
As I have grown older, I find myself spending more time reflecting on what has made life meaningful. At ninety-three years old, I have lived long enough to see children grow into grandparents, social attitudes change, and even my own understanding of the gospel deepen. One thing that has never changed is my belief in…