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Even Major Media Outlets And Celebrity Doctors Are Now Touting The Importance Of Sleep

Issue 50.14

The topic of sleep has been gaining lots of national mainstream media attention lately. In fact, The Huffington Post and The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) have been espousing the importance of sleep recently. Simply stated, it’s a message that sleep professionals have been telling patients for years: Sleep affects overall health.

Even Dr. […]

Geek Speak… Free Computers for Christmas

Issue 50.14

As most of my readers know, my usual work day is spent fixing, upgrading or replacing people’s computers. As a result, I often end up with their old computer with instructions to dispose of it as I see fit. The first thing I do is to completely erase all of their old programs, […]

Genealogy Corner… FamilySearch Accounts Log In

Issue 50.14

If you have a FamilySearch account but forget your username, you can recover it by following these steps: Go to FamilySearch.org. In the upper right corner, click Sign In. Below the Sign In button, click User name. Choose how to recover your username. FamilySearch Accounts enter the email address you provided when you […]

Looking Back… Failure and Faith

Issue 50.14

Each day is an opportunity for you to feel like a failure when your expectations aren’t met or doubts enter about your unknown future. As a young friend of mine said I feel so confused. My reply was: This is a world of confusion. So much is happening so fast, that’s it’s difficult […]

Principles of Freedom – What is a Lame Duck Congress?

Issue 50.14

A lame duck is someone who is approaching the end of their term in office, especially when their successor has already been elected. A lame duck congress is one whose leadership will change when the new congress is sworn in. That will occur this election cycle on January 3rd. Until then, all legislative […]

Sheep Ranching and Estate Planning

Issue 50.14

My great-grandfather earned a living raising sheep in Parowan, Utah in the late 1800s. My father was always referred to as the sheepherder-at-law. Dad retired and the sheep business continues with me. Sometimes I wonder why I bought off on this idea of keeping a herd of sheep, especially if I […]

The Best Gift Of Christmas

Issue 50.14

Sometimes it can be difficult to get into the holiday spirit when you have lost a loved one. The pain of separation is still felt and often more acute during this season. Our hearts yearn for some connection with our loved ones who are no longer here. We miss our loved ones and […]

Overcoming The Fear Of Death

Issue 49.14

My wife recently had the stomach flu. Cries of “I just want to die” could be heard throughout the house. I remembered reading once that some people fear throwing up more than dying. Can that possibly be true? Not for me. So in jest I told my wife, “When I’m old and on […]

Looking Back… Rebellious Children

Issue 49.14

Into everyone’s life, there comes a difficult child or grandchild. In the olden days, they were sometimes called the black sheep of the family- the child that rebels against family values. Extremely independent, but insensitive to others’ needs, it can be a real struggle to interest this person in communicating with parents or […]

Genealogy Corner… FamilySearch Accounts

Issue 49.14

People can call, email or do live chats for assistance with FamilySearch. There is a queue just for registration and log in, and it is one of the most frequently asked questions. Since everyone needs to be able to sign in to use FamilySearch and top preserve photos and family stories on FamilySearch.org, […]