Empowering Daughters of God

I was recently reminded of a blanket from my past. I'm not really sure why I was reminded about this particular blanket. I was on one of my many commutes to the work place in the dark and early hours of the morning, when I was thinking about what to get everyone for Christmas this year. Hmmm? For some reason blankets popped into my head. Maybe this was because my obsession last year around Christmas was THE MINKY COUTURE blankets that are local to UTAH. I bought a bunch of them last year as I slowly disposed of my old blankets. I love blankets........one could never have too many! " The Minky blanket would be a nice gift" , I thought, but I'm still not decided on gifts for this year. Sorry fam, don't get your hopes up. You might get stuck with another homemade item, haha! Maybe I'll make blankets this year........great idea? Not sure yet! Okay, so, then there it was in my mind as if I had snuggled up with it yesterday; The blanket from my past. This wa...

The time has come folks!  The world has been saved by the new James Gunn Superman!  I mean that very literally!  It is James Gunn as Superman! As you might expect, I have had some interesting interactions with people online.  Before I get to that let's talk about the movie.  I have not seen this movie.  I am not a film expert or movie critic.  I'm not an expert on acting or CGI.  I'm not a script writer or a movie creator.  All in all, I think I'm pretty easily entertained.  I love movies and I love to be entertained by them!  I love a good story accompanied by great acting and a creative script!  I have admittedly, really enjoyed all versions of Superman that I've seen.  I'm not even sure if I've seen all of them, minus this one.  I'm also not a comic book junkie.  I have enjoyed listening to the many reviews on this movie, good and bad.  I'm undecided on seeing it in the theater.  I probably will wait...

Have you ever experienced a power outage during the day or night and quickly learned just how dependent you are on your phone, your TV, your air conditioning/heating system, your lights, and your appliances?  Yes, indeed!  Frustration and boredom soon follow! I'm not sure if many of us get super excited at a power outage.  I always think that it would be no big deal and that I know how to do without it to a certain extent.  Every time I face this particular situation, I realize just how many things I can't do or can't live without.  I think I've been mildly disturbed by this and even disappointed in myself.  On the other hand, it makes me immediately feel gratitude, even deep gratitude for all that I have, for modern day convenience, and the literal power of electricity. This is the most obvious example of waking up to a personal Declaration of Dependence.  I grew up without some modern-day conveniences.  I would like to think that I could be reso...