Author Archives: hillshum

  Thanksgiving is of course a time for me to realize how truly blessed I am, and to see the hand of God in my own life. I really like this video by Hilary Weeks from the last Time Out … Continue reading →

Who are these gorgeous young women? My daughter, aka Virtue, second from right, and her friends at a formal ball.     Last weekend my daughter Virtue got to attend the Etiquette Simulation sponsored by the Royal Academy of Zion. … Continue reading →

  Last week we celebrated my birthday by going to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. By “we” I mean the four youngest kids. The oldest one is at college and the next two were did their scholar phase activity of … Continue reading →

The week before last for the online Zion Finishing School we talked about feminine dressing, in terms of Helen Andelin’s Fascinating Womanhood words. I invited my girlfriend Leah who is Helen Andelin’s great-niece, to come share her perspective. Leah used … Continue reading →

  Not as many people have registered for the Tree of Life Mothering natural LDS moms’ conference as I had hoped. I have dreamed about doing a conference ever since I did my last one, in April 2009. They are … Continue reading →

BIG NEWS!   My friend Kim Simmerman  has agreed to speak at the upcoming Tree of Life Mothering conference. I heard Kim speak at a TJED Forum in 2008 and really enjoyed her information. I bought her cookbook and have … Continue reading →

I saw an article in the news yesterday that said that the breast milk banks in America are having serious shortages right now.    It made me wonder if I could donate, so I started looking in to it. Has … Continue reading →

This Friday, Nov. 18, at midnight is the deadline to get the early bird $10 off discount for the Tree of Life Mothering Natural LDS Moms’ Conference on Sat. Dec. 3 in Farmington, UT. Regular price at the door is … Continue reading →

  One of my Veggie Gal friends has asked about what the deal with fluoride is.   Here are some links from mercola.com to get you started in your learning:   http://search.mercola.com/search/Pages/results.aspx?k=fluoride   From the Weston A. Price Foundation:   … Continue reading →

Although I didnt participate in the online discussion of Babettes Feast, I did watch most of the movie on You-Tube and then read Truman Madsen’s Women’s Conference address given about the sacrament.  It really is beautiful to contemplate the majesty … Continue reading →