Last year, my husband started a home renovation project to finish our basement.  He had little experience with carpentry and knew even less about electrical and plumbing work.  Wanting to complete the project on his own, he borrowed books from the library, watched multiple YouTube videos, and talked with experienced family members to learn how to complete the project and …

The last few weeks of the year typically involve the gathering of family and the practicing of  traditions.   Yesterday was Thanksgiving and after sliding pies in the oven I gathered the scraps of dough, rerolled it out, and cut random shapes to make pie crust cookies.  Encouraged by my husband, my mother-in-law described to my son how her mother would …

We are all connected to each other,  family trees and DNA give us connections far and wide.  My FamilySearch app had a long list of fellow attendees with whom I shared a common ancestor, I visited with a few people while waiting in lines, but I didn’t leave the conference feeling I made connections. In the last ten years I …