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ISSUE 11983114ULY 2013

A VISIT TO THE

Statue ofLiberty

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ISS983114UL

Did you know Te cumulative student loan debt held by Americans has quadrupled in the past 983089983088 years rom approxim983076983090983093983088 billion in 983090983088983088983091 to more than 983076983089 trillion today SEE PAGE 983092

MILESONES

983089983088 983114anuaryndash983114un1048677 983090983088983089983091

A VISI O

983089983090 T1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677rySusan and Dustinrsquos visit to the Statue oLibertymdashand all the way to her crownmdashwasa bucket-list moment something Dustin had

waited his whole lie to do

SORIES

983089983096 Folly 983078 oolihn1048677 By Susan | A (mostly) true story rom oneday in the lie o the Hibdon amily

OUR IMES

983090983090 1048677rrorim rik1048677 again in Am1048677rica By Dustin | wo bombs explode atthe finish line o the Boston Marathonkilling three injuring more than 983090983094983088 andreintroducing America to terrorism at home

WE BELIEVE IN CHRIS

983090983092 r1048677nd par1048677ning or Lat1048677r-day Sain By Dustin | How should Latter-day Saints

raise our children It starts with having thecourage to share our testimonies with them

LAS LOOK

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22

18

12

8 H E 983114 O U R N A L

983090 Suan Our fir NYC aparm1048677nItrsquos small but itrsquos cozy and we use the space

well But most importantly itrsquos home

983092 Dusin S10486771048677ming rah1048677r han b1048677ingHigher edrsquos deficiencies are leaving studentsempty-handed and the nation shortchanged

983096 Fiona L1048677arning o wimPlaying in the water is un but itrsquos even more

un when I know what Irsquom doing

COLOPHON

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Our firs NYC aparm983141n Irsquo mall bu irsquo cozy and w1048677

u1048677 h1048677 sac1048677 w1048677ll Bu moimporanly irsquo hom1048677

H E 983114 O U R N A L S U S A N

R983145983143983144983156 983150983151983159 983159983141 983148983145983158983141 983145983150 983137 983154983141983148983137983156983145983158983141983148983161small three-bedroom apartment Wellofficially itrsquos a three-bedroom but we have

ewer bedrooms (and at the same time ar morerooms) Te biggest ldquobedroomrdquo is used primarilyas our living room though about one-third othe room is our ldquogaragerdquo occupied by the storagebins where we keep our random stuff And theldquoStuberdquo which we believe was intended to bethe living roomdining roomkitchen has akitchen a dining area a bike storage zone andmy workshop Our little apartment has gone through quitea ew different arrangements When we firstmoved in we put our uton against the outer wallo the living room with our huge bookcase rightacross rom it Claustrophobic especially whenthe uton was unolded So we took all the books

off and moved the bookcase to create a dividerbetween the living room and the garage At thetime our computer was on a lower bookcase inthe Stube and Dustin and I slept in the medium-sized bedroom Fionarsquos was the loveliest room(well when it was clean) and also the first onethat was completely put together We set it up theday we moved in while Fiona was at our branchpresidentrsquos house playing She knew immediatelythat it was just or her Later we decided that a lof bed would becool So we disassembled our regular bed and putit in the garage then put together a lof bed in

our bedroom Now we had the perect place oran office Te low bookcase and computer movedinto our room and we ound a little table or mynew workshop Just recently we realized that it would bebetter or Fiona to have the big bedroom So

we disassembled the lof bed (with the kindassistance o our riend Jensen Clifford) andmade the switch Fiona has had some troublesleeping in her new room because shersquos not usedto being in such a big place by hersel

Our apartment is cozy Although wesometimes wish or more space (as well as a

dishwasher and washing machine) we are veryhappy to have such a nice little apartment and

wersquore proud o ourselves or using our space so well d

On h983141 983141p in ron o our aparm983141n

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983090 BY DIANE AYTCH

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Bedroom 1163 times 810

495m times 269m

Bedroom 294 times 11

284m times 335m

Bedroom 366 times 11

198m times 335m

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495m times 577m

DOWN

CLOSET

CLOSET

REF

Bath49 times 611

145m times 211m

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H E 983114 O U R N A L D U S I N

T983141 coll983141g983141 d983141b crii And itrsquos there that Irsquoll begin because there is ageneral consensus that student debt is a growingissue that is beginning to undermine the entirehigher-education model in the United States First a ew numbers

Icirc A ull 983095983088983077 o the class o 983090983088983089983091mdashmore thantwo-thirds o college graduates this yearmdashgraduated with student debt Tis includestraditional college loans as well as debt toamilies and credit-card debt983089

Icirc Te average debt load or a member o theclass o 983090983088983089983091 with debt is 983076983091983093983090983088983088983090

Icirc More than one-third o recent graduates983091983094983095983077 are working in jobs that donrsquot requirea degreemdashaccording to the study they areldquomal-employedrdquo CNN Money notes ldquoTe

mal-employed earn up to 983092983088983077 less per weekthan their peershellip Tat could make it harderor them to pay off their student loans moveinto their own apartments and even getmarriedrdquo983091

Icirc Another 983096983077 o recent grads have part-timejobs rather than ull-time jobsmdashmeaningthey are working and earning less withewer benefits ofen with no healthcoverage retirement plans and other perkso being employed ull time983092

Icirc All told over one-hal o recent collegegraduates 983093983091983094983077 are unemployed or

underemployed and ldquoMedian wages orthose with bachelorrsquos degrees are downrom 983090983088983088983088rdquo Te situation is worst in theMountain West where the Universityo Utah is located where up to 983094983088983077mdashroughly 983091 in 983093mdasho recent grads are un- orunderemployed Tis despite assurancesrom universities and others alike that acollege education would open the door tocareer opportunities and higher incomes983093

In short we are saddling an entiregeneration with an enormous amount o personal

debt beore they even enter the workorce andstart their careers Cumulative student debt in theUnited States now totals more than 983076983089 trillion983094 Tatrsquos more than either auto loans or credit-carddebt983095

When they enter the workorce they acethe bleakest prospects in generations odayrsquoscollege graduates are more likely to remainunemployed or an extended period o time andthose who do eventually find employment aremore likely to work in positions that donrsquot takeadvantage o their education andor pay them

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

the University o Utah I had a course where theteacher allowed one page o notes to be broughtinto the exam Te notes were to consist oselections rom the book we were then reading

which we could then quote in our essay Iremember one particular exam on a book I hadnrsquotread I woke up the morning o the exam flippedthrough the book and ound a page that soundedlike it could be useul in the exam and typed it upand printed it out I aced the exam My blue book

was filled with praise rom the proessor on thestrength o my essay All on a book I never even

read A year later I had another course a gen edcourse on American history I studied or thoseexams in much the same way cracked open thetextbook or 983091983088 minutes the morning o the examthen aced every test While I like to think that Irsquom smart and adecent student Irsquom not that amazing Ratherthe coursework just wasnrsquot so rigorous that itrequired more effort And I spent over 983076983089983088983088983088or each o those classes983089983091 where my greatest

takeaway was the deficiency o Americarsquos systemo higher education Had I gone to the library andborrowed a bookmdashor reemdashand read it I likely

would have learned more Te researchers behind the book I mentionabove Richard Arum o New York Universityand Josipa Roksa o the University o Virginiablame these results in part on ldquoa culture atcolleges and universities that values researchover good teachingrdquo983089983092 My personal experience atthe U substantiates this as well Except it wasnrsquotjust research valued over good teachingmdashit waseverything but good teaching that was valued

more highly the research the medical centerthe business er research park and especiallyathletics most o all the ootball team o UrbanMeyer and Alex Smith that went undeeated mysophomore year We mere students were third-class citizens at our own university bottom-dwelling scum suckers because we were a drainonmdashrather than contributing tomdashthe universityrsquosrevenue Or so it elt

W983141 ar983141 r983141cr983141aing a ca983141 y983141mHigh debt low learning the repercussions

are great or individuals But what o theconsequences or our nation and our world othe ailure o our system o higher education toperorm its most basic unctions Tese effectscan be summarized by one word divide Wealth divide Te divide between therichest Americans and everyone else is thebiggest it has been in generations and is onlygetting bigger And the deficiencies in oursystem o higher education are contributingto this growing wealth gap Te bottom 983090983093983077o Americans those with net worths less than983076983096983093983088983088 not only hold a greater proportiono the nationrsquos cumulative student debt thanthe wealthiest 983090983093983077mdashthose with net worths o983076983091983089983089983088983088983088 or moremdashthey hold more student debtthan the top 983095983093983077 o Americans combined 983089983093 Asystem o higher education that burdens the most

those who need its help most urgently will ail tolive up to the very ideals it purports to instill in itsstudents Te growing burden o debt combined

with higher edrsquos ailure to provide a soundeducation to a significant portion o its studentsthreatens to contribute more to economicinequality in our nation ar more than education

will solve it Generation divide Millennials those bornbeginning around 983089983097983096983088 give or take a ew years(a generation that probably includes Dustin butlikely excludes Susan)mdashin other words those

who are currently in college or who graduated

rom college within about the past decade or who will begin college in the coming decademdashare the first generation in American historythat expects to be worse off than their parentsHobbled by the greatest student debt burdenin history the greatest national debt in historybleak economic prospects and mediocre collegeeducations itrsquos easy to see why Te ailuresin our system o higher education threaten toexacerbate the generation gap and it could wellcontinue to grow or uture generations Racial divide And or universitiesrsquoidealismmdashthe equality and opportunity rhetoric

o their proessors the political and socialactivism o their studentsmdashthere is one startlingact that stands in stark relie Tat same studythat ound that 983091983094983077 o students graduate college

without improving important skills such ascritical thinking complex reasoning and writingalso ound that the gap between white and blackstudents widens during the our years o college983089983094

Add to that the unraveling o affirmative actionprograms983089983095 and persistent achievement gapsbetween black and white students at other levelso education the ailures o our higher-education

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983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

advanc983141 wih ruling again h983141 983141d983141ral D983141983141n983141 oMarriag983141 Ac and Caliorniarsquo Propoiion 983096Icirc

27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

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DOMA d1048677clar1048677d unconiuional

T1048677 mail b1048677com1048677 a r1048677lic o h1048677 pa

10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

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Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

Suan wro1048677 hi during h1048677r 1048677nior yo high chool T1048677aignm1048677n wa o air1048677 r1048677minic1048677n oand Pr983141judic983141

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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By DUSIN

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and i all b1048677gin wihhaving h1048677 courag1048677 ohar1048677 our 1048677imoni1048677wih our childr1048677n

r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

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T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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abl983141 of cont983141nt

ISS983114UL

Did you know Te cumulative student loan debt held by Americans has quadrupled in the past 983089983088 years rom approxim983076983090983093983088 billion in 983090983088983088983091 to more than 983076983089 trillion today SEE PAGE 983092

MILESONES

983089983088 983114anuaryndash983114un1048677 983090983088983089983091

A VISI O

983089983090 T1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677rySusan and Dustinrsquos visit to the Statue oLibertymdashand all the way to her crownmdashwasa bucket-list moment something Dustin had

waited his whole lie to do

SORIES

983089983096 Folly 983078 oolihn1048677 By Susan | A (mostly) true story rom oneday in the lie o the Hibdon amily

OUR IMES

983090983090 1048677rrorim rik1048677 again in Am1048677rica By Dustin | wo bombs explode atthe finish line o the Boston Marathonkilling three injuring more than 983090983094983088 andreintroducing America to terrorism at home

WE BELIEVE IN CHRIS

983090983092 r1048677nd par1048677ning or Lat1048677r-day Sain By Dustin | How should Latter-day Saints

raise our children It starts with having thecourage to share our testimonies with them

LAS LOOK

983090983096 A s1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry A special delivery congratulates us on ourspecial delivery

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ewer bedrooms (and at the same time ar morerooms) Te biggest ldquobedroomrdquo is used primarilyas our living room though about one-third othe room is our ldquogaragerdquo occupied by the storagebins where we keep our random stuff And theldquoStuberdquo which we believe was intended to bethe living roomdining roomkitchen has akitchen a dining area a bike storage zone andmy workshop Our little apartment has gone through quitea ew different arrangements When we firstmoved in we put our uton against the outer wallo the living room with our huge bookcase rightacross rom it Claustrophobic especially whenthe uton was unolded So we took all the books

off and moved the bookcase to create a dividerbetween the living room and the garage At thetime our computer was on a lower bookcase inthe Stube and Dustin and I slept in the medium-sized bedroom Fionarsquos was the loveliest room(well when it was clean) and also the first onethat was completely put together We set it up theday we moved in while Fiona was at our branchpresidentrsquos house playing She knew immediatelythat it was just or her Later we decided that a lof bed would becool So we disassembled our regular bed and putit in the garage then put together a lof bed in

our bedroom Now we had the perect place oran office Te low bookcase and computer movedinto our room and we ound a little table or mynew workshop Just recently we realized that it would bebetter or Fiona to have the big bedroom So

we disassembled the lof bed (with the kindassistance o our riend Jensen Clifford) andmade the switch Fiona has had some troublesleeping in her new room because shersquos not usedto being in such a big place by hersel

Our apartment is cozy Although wesometimes wish or more space (as well as a

dishwasher and washing machine) we are veryhappy to have such a nice little apartment and

wersquore proud o ourselves or using our space so well d

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H E 983114 O U R N A L D U S I N

T983141 coll983141g983141 d983141b crii And itrsquos there that Irsquoll begin because there is ageneral consensus that student debt is a growingissue that is beginning to undermine the entirehigher-education model in the United States First a ew numbers

Icirc A ull 983095983088983077 o the class o 983090983088983089983091mdashmore thantwo-thirds o college graduates this yearmdashgraduated with student debt Tis includestraditional college loans as well as debt toamilies and credit-card debt983089

Icirc Te average debt load or a member o theclass o 983090983088983089983091 with debt is 983076983091983093983090983088983088983090

Icirc More than one-third o recent graduates983091983094983095983077 are working in jobs that donrsquot requirea degreemdashaccording to the study they areldquomal-employedrdquo CNN Money notes ldquoTe

mal-employed earn up to 983092983088983077 less per weekthan their peershellip Tat could make it harderor them to pay off their student loans moveinto their own apartments and even getmarriedrdquo983091

Icirc Another 983096983077 o recent grads have part-timejobs rather than ull-time jobsmdashmeaningthey are working and earning less withewer benefits ofen with no healthcoverage retirement plans and other perkso being employed ull time983092

Icirc All told over one-hal o recent collegegraduates 983093983091983094983077 are unemployed or

underemployed and ldquoMedian wages orthose with bachelorrsquos degrees are downrom 983090983088983088983088rdquo Te situation is worst in theMountain West where the Universityo Utah is located where up to 983094983088983077mdashroughly 983091 in 983093mdasho recent grads are un- orunderemployed Tis despite assurancesrom universities and others alike that acollege education would open the door tocareer opportunities and higher incomes983093

In short we are saddling an entiregeneration with an enormous amount o personal

debt beore they even enter the workorce andstart their careers Cumulative student debt in theUnited States now totals more than 983076983089 trillion983094 Tatrsquos more than either auto loans or credit-carddebt983095

When they enter the workorce they acethe bleakest prospects in generations odayrsquoscollege graduates are more likely to remainunemployed or an extended period o time andthose who do eventually find employment aremore likely to work in positions that donrsquot takeadvantage o their education andor pay them

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

the University o Utah I had a course where theteacher allowed one page o notes to be broughtinto the exam Te notes were to consist oselections rom the book we were then reading

which we could then quote in our essay Iremember one particular exam on a book I hadnrsquotread I woke up the morning o the exam flippedthrough the book and ound a page that soundedlike it could be useul in the exam and typed it upand printed it out I aced the exam My blue book

was filled with praise rom the proessor on thestrength o my essay All on a book I never even

read A year later I had another course a gen edcourse on American history I studied or thoseexams in much the same way cracked open thetextbook or 983091983088 minutes the morning o the examthen aced every test While I like to think that Irsquom smart and adecent student Irsquom not that amazing Ratherthe coursework just wasnrsquot so rigorous that itrequired more effort And I spent over 983076983089983088983088983088or each o those classes983089983091 where my greatest

takeaway was the deficiency o Americarsquos systemo higher education Had I gone to the library andborrowed a bookmdashor reemdashand read it I likely

would have learned more Te researchers behind the book I mentionabove Richard Arum o New York Universityand Josipa Roksa o the University o Virginiablame these results in part on ldquoa culture atcolleges and universities that values researchover good teachingrdquo983089983092 My personal experience atthe U substantiates this as well Except it wasnrsquotjust research valued over good teachingmdashit waseverything but good teaching that was valued

more highly the research the medical centerthe business er research park and especiallyathletics most o all the ootball team o UrbanMeyer and Alex Smith that went undeeated mysophomore year We mere students were third-class citizens at our own university bottom-dwelling scum suckers because we were a drainonmdashrather than contributing tomdashthe universityrsquosrevenue Or so it elt

W983141 ar983141 r983141cr983141aing a ca983141 y983141mHigh debt low learning the repercussions

are great or individuals But what o theconsequences or our nation and our world othe ailure o our system o higher education toperorm its most basic unctions Tese effectscan be summarized by one word divide Wealth divide Te divide between therichest Americans and everyone else is thebiggest it has been in generations and is onlygetting bigger And the deficiencies in oursystem o higher education are contributingto this growing wealth gap Te bottom 983090983093983077o Americans those with net worths less than983076983096983093983088983088 not only hold a greater proportiono the nationrsquos cumulative student debt thanthe wealthiest 983090983093983077mdashthose with net worths o983076983091983089983089983088983088983088 or moremdashthey hold more student debtthan the top 983095983093983077 o Americans combined 983089983093 Asystem o higher education that burdens the most

those who need its help most urgently will ail tolive up to the very ideals it purports to instill in itsstudents Te growing burden o debt combined

with higher edrsquos ailure to provide a soundeducation to a significant portion o its studentsthreatens to contribute more to economicinequality in our nation ar more than education

will solve it Generation divide Millennials those bornbeginning around 983089983097983096983088 give or take a ew years(a generation that probably includes Dustin butlikely excludes Susan)mdashin other words those

who are currently in college or who graduated

rom college within about the past decade or who will begin college in the coming decademdashare the first generation in American historythat expects to be worse off than their parentsHobbled by the greatest student debt burdenin history the greatest national debt in historybleak economic prospects and mediocre collegeeducations itrsquos easy to see why Te ailuresin our system o higher education threaten toexacerbate the generation gap and it could wellcontinue to grow or uture generations Racial divide And or universitiesrsquoidealismmdashthe equality and opportunity rhetoric

o their proessors the political and socialactivism o their studentsmdashthere is one startlingact that stands in stark relie Tat same studythat ound that 983091983094983077 o students graduate college

without improving important skills such ascritical thinking complex reasoning and writingalso ound that the gap between white and blackstudents widens during the our years o college983089983094

Add to that the unraveling o affirmative actionprograms983089983095 and persistent achievement gapsbetween black and white students at other levelso education the ailures o our higher-education

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983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

advanc983141 wih ruling again h983141 983141d983141ral D983141983141n983141 oMarriag983141 Ac and Caliorniarsquo Propoiion 983096Icirc

27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

In mor1048677 d1048677ail hellip

DOMA d1048677clar1048677d unconiuional

T1048677 mail b1048677com1048677 a r1048677lic o h1048677 pa

10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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Elli Iland

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Empir983141 Buil

Hudson River

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

9830921048624 Wall Sr983141983141T1048677 rump Building

Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

Suan wro1048677 hi during h1048677r 1048677nior yo high chool T1048677aignm1048677n wa o air1048677 r1048677minic1048677n oand Pr983141judic983141

T1048677 par abou h1048677i 983089983088983088983077 ru1048677

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

Boon10486251048629 April 104862610486241048625983091wo bomb 1048677xplod1048677a h1048677 finih lin1048677 oh1048677 Boon Marahonkilling hr10486771048677 injuringmor1048677 han 983090983094983088 andr1048677inroducing Am1048677ricao 1048677rrorim a hom1048677

1048677rrorim rik1048677again in Am1048677rica

By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

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family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

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SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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abl983141 of cont983141nt

ISS983114UL

Did you know Te cumulative student loan debt held by Americans has quadrupled in the past 983089983088 years rom approxim983076983090983093983088 billion in 983090983088983088983091 to more than 983076983089 trillion today SEE PAGE 983092

MILESONES

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A VISI O

983089983090 T1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677rySusan and Dustinrsquos visit to the Statue oLibertymdashand all the way to her crownmdashwasa bucket-list moment something Dustin had

waited his whole lie to do

SORIES

983089983096 Folly 983078 oolihn1048677 By Susan | A (mostly) true story rom oneday in the lie o the Hibdon amily

OUR IMES

983090983090 1048677rrorim rik1048677 again in Am1048677rica By Dustin | wo bombs explode atthe finish line o the Boston Marathonkilling three injuring more than 983090983094983088 andreintroducing America to terrorism at home

WE BELIEVE IN CHRIS

983090983092 r1048677nd par1048677ning or Lat1048677r-day Sain By Dustin | How should Latter-day Saints

raise our children It starts with having thecourage to share our testimonies with them

LAS LOOK

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ewer bedrooms (and at the same time ar morerooms) Te biggest ldquobedroomrdquo is used primarilyas our living room though about one-third othe room is our ldquogaragerdquo occupied by the storagebins where we keep our random stuff And theldquoStuberdquo which we believe was intended to bethe living roomdining roomkitchen has akitchen a dining area a bike storage zone andmy workshop Our little apartment has gone through quitea ew different arrangements When we firstmoved in we put our uton against the outer wallo the living room with our huge bookcase rightacross rom it Claustrophobic especially whenthe uton was unolded So we took all the books

off and moved the bookcase to create a dividerbetween the living room and the garage At thetime our computer was on a lower bookcase inthe Stube and Dustin and I slept in the medium-sized bedroom Fionarsquos was the loveliest room(well when it was clean) and also the first onethat was completely put together We set it up theday we moved in while Fiona was at our branchpresidentrsquos house playing She knew immediatelythat it was just or her Later we decided that a lof bed would becool So we disassembled our regular bed and putit in the garage then put together a lof bed in

our bedroom Now we had the perect place oran office Te low bookcase and computer movedinto our room and we ound a little table or mynew workshop Just recently we realized that it would bebetter or Fiona to have the big bedroom So

we disassembled the lof bed (with the kindassistance o our riend Jensen Clifford) andmade the switch Fiona has had some troublesleeping in her new room because shersquos not usedto being in such a big place by hersel

Our apartment is cozy Although wesometimes wish or more space (as well as a

dishwasher and washing machine) we are veryhappy to have such a nice little apartment and

wersquore proud o ourselves or using our space so well d

On h983141 983141p in ron o our aparm983141n

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H E 983114 O U R N A L D U S I N

T983141 coll983141g983141 d983141b crii And itrsquos there that Irsquoll begin because there is ageneral consensus that student debt is a growingissue that is beginning to undermine the entirehigher-education model in the United States First a ew numbers

Icirc A ull 983095983088983077 o the class o 983090983088983089983091mdashmore thantwo-thirds o college graduates this yearmdashgraduated with student debt Tis includestraditional college loans as well as debt toamilies and credit-card debt983089

Icirc Te average debt load or a member o theclass o 983090983088983089983091 with debt is 983076983091983093983090983088983088983090

Icirc More than one-third o recent graduates983091983094983095983077 are working in jobs that donrsquot requirea degreemdashaccording to the study they areldquomal-employedrdquo CNN Money notes ldquoTe

mal-employed earn up to 983092983088983077 less per weekthan their peershellip Tat could make it harderor them to pay off their student loans moveinto their own apartments and even getmarriedrdquo983091

Icirc Another 983096983077 o recent grads have part-timejobs rather than ull-time jobsmdashmeaningthey are working and earning less withewer benefits ofen with no healthcoverage retirement plans and other perkso being employed ull time983092

Icirc All told over one-hal o recent collegegraduates 983093983091983094983077 are unemployed or

underemployed and ldquoMedian wages orthose with bachelorrsquos degrees are downrom 983090983088983088983088rdquo Te situation is worst in theMountain West where the Universityo Utah is located where up to 983094983088983077mdashroughly 983091 in 983093mdasho recent grads are un- orunderemployed Tis despite assurancesrom universities and others alike that acollege education would open the door tocareer opportunities and higher incomes983093

In short we are saddling an entiregeneration with an enormous amount o personal

debt beore they even enter the workorce andstart their careers Cumulative student debt in theUnited States now totals more than 983076983089 trillion983094 Tatrsquos more than either auto loans or credit-carddebt983095

When they enter the workorce they acethe bleakest prospects in generations odayrsquoscollege graduates are more likely to remainunemployed or an extended period o time andthose who do eventually find employment aremore likely to work in positions that donrsquot takeadvantage o their education andor pay them

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the University o Utah I had a course where theteacher allowed one page o notes to be broughtinto the exam Te notes were to consist oselections rom the book we were then reading

which we could then quote in our essay Iremember one particular exam on a book I hadnrsquotread I woke up the morning o the exam flippedthrough the book and ound a page that soundedlike it could be useul in the exam and typed it upand printed it out I aced the exam My blue book

was filled with praise rom the proessor on thestrength o my essay All on a book I never even

read A year later I had another course a gen edcourse on American history I studied or thoseexams in much the same way cracked open thetextbook or 983091983088 minutes the morning o the examthen aced every test While I like to think that Irsquom smart and adecent student Irsquom not that amazing Ratherthe coursework just wasnrsquot so rigorous that itrequired more effort And I spent over 983076983089983088983088983088or each o those classes983089983091 where my greatest

takeaway was the deficiency o Americarsquos systemo higher education Had I gone to the library andborrowed a bookmdashor reemdashand read it I likely

would have learned more Te researchers behind the book I mentionabove Richard Arum o New York Universityand Josipa Roksa o the University o Virginiablame these results in part on ldquoa culture atcolleges and universities that values researchover good teachingrdquo983089983092 My personal experience atthe U substantiates this as well Except it wasnrsquotjust research valued over good teachingmdashit waseverything but good teaching that was valued

more highly the research the medical centerthe business er research park and especiallyathletics most o all the ootball team o UrbanMeyer and Alex Smith that went undeeated mysophomore year We mere students were third-class citizens at our own university bottom-dwelling scum suckers because we were a drainonmdashrather than contributing tomdashthe universityrsquosrevenue Or so it elt

W983141 ar983141 r983141cr983141aing a ca983141 y983141mHigh debt low learning the repercussions

are great or individuals But what o theconsequences or our nation and our world othe ailure o our system o higher education toperorm its most basic unctions Tese effectscan be summarized by one word divide Wealth divide Te divide between therichest Americans and everyone else is thebiggest it has been in generations and is onlygetting bigger And the deficiencies in oursystem o higher education are contributingto this growing wealth gap Te bottom 983090983093983077o Americans those with net worths less than983076983096983093983088983088 not only hold a greater proportiono the nationrsquos cumulative student debt thanthe wealthiest 983090983093983077mdashthose with net worths o983076983091983089983089983088983088983088 or moremdashthey hold more student debtthan the top 983095983093983077 o Americans combined 983089983093 Asystem o higher education that burdens the most

those who need its help most urgently will ail tolive up to the very ideals it purports to instill in itsstudents Te growing burden o debt combined

with higher edrsquos ailure to provide a soundeducation to a significant portion o its studentsthreatens to contribute more to economicinequality in our nation ar more than education

will solve it Generation divide Millennials those bornbeginning around 983089983097983096983088 give or take a ew years(a generation that probably includes Dustin butlikely excludes Susan)mdashin other words those

who are currently in college or who graduated

rom college within about the past decade or who will begin college in the coming decademdashare the first generation in American historythat expects to be worse off than their parentsHobbled by the greatest student debt burdenin history the greatest national debt in historybleak economic prospects and mediocre collegeeducations itrsquos easy to see why Te ailuresin our system o higher education threaten toexacerbate the generation gap and it could wellcontinue to grow or uture generations Racial divide And or universitiesrsquoidealismmdashthe equality and opportunity rhetoric

o their proessors the political and socialactivism o their studentsmdashthere is one startlingact that stands in stark relie Tat same studythat ound that 983091983094983077 o students graduate college

without improving important skills such ascritical thinking complex reasoning and writingalso ound that the gap between white and blackstudents widens during the our years o college983089983094

Add to that the unraveling o affirmative actionprograms983089983095 and persistent achievement gapsbetween black and white students at other levelso education the ailures o our higher-education

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MILESTONES

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983114anuaryndash983114un1048677 983090983088983089983091

983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

advanc983141 wih ruling again h983141 983141d983141ral D983141983141n983141 oMarriag983141 Ac and Caliorniarsquo Propoiion 983096Icirc

27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

In mor1048677 d1048677ail hellip

DOMA d1048677clar1048677d unconiuional

T1048677 mail b1048677com1048677 a r1048677lic o h1048677 pa

10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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Elli Iland

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

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Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

Suan wro1048677 hi during h1048677r 1048677nior yo high chool T1048677aignm1048677n wa o air1048677 r1048677minic1048677n oand Pr983141judic983141

T1048677 par abou h1048677i 983089983088983088983077 ru1048677

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Boon10486251048629 April 104862610486241048625983091wo bomb 1048677xplod1048677a h1048677 finih lin1048677 oh1048677 Boon Marahonkilling hr10486771048677 injuringmor1048677 han 983090983094983088 andr1048677inroducing Am1048677ricao 1048677rrorim a hom1048677

1048677rrorim rik1048677again in Am1048677rica

By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

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subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

Our firs NYC aparm983141n Irsquo mall bu irsquo cozy and w1048677

u1048677 h1048677 sac1048677 w1048677ll Bu moimporanly irsquo hom1048677

H E 983114 O U R N A L S U S A N

R983145983143983144983156 983150983151983159 983159983141 983148983145983158983141 983145983150 983137 983154983141983148983137983156983145983158983141983148983161small three-bedroom apartment Wellofficially itrsquos a three-bedroom but we have

ewer bedrooms (and at the same time ar morerooms) Te biggest ldquobedroomrdquo is used primarilyas our living room though about one-third othe room is our ldquogaragerdquo occupied by the storagebins where we keep our random stuff And theldquoStuberdquo which we believe was intended to bethe living roomdining roomkitchen has akitchen a dining area a bike storage zone andmy workshop Our little apartment has gone through quitea ew different arrangements When we firstmoved in we put our uton against the outer wallo the living room with our huge bookcase rightacross rom it Claustrophobic especially whenthe uton was unolded So we took all the books

off and moved the bookcase to create a dividerbetween the living room and the garage At thetime our computer was on a lower bookcase inthe Stube and Dustin and I slept in the medium-sized bedroom Fionarsquos was the loveliest room(well when it was clean) and also the first onethat was completely put together We set it up theday we moved in while Fiona was at our branchpresidentrsquos house playing She knew immediatelythat it was just or her Later we decided that a lof bed would becool So we disassembled our regular bed and putit in the garage then put together a lof bed in

our bedroom Now we had the perect place oran office Te low bookcase and computer movedinto our room and we ound a little table or mynew workshop Just recently we realized that it would bebetter or Fiona to have the big bedroom So

we disassembled the lof bed (with the kindassistance o our riend Jensen Clifford) andmade the switch Fiona has had some troublesleeping in her new room because shersquos not usedto being in such a big place by hersel

Our apartment is cozy Although wesometimes wish or more space (as well as a

dishwasher and washing machine) we are veryhappy to have such a nice little apartment and

wersquore proud o ourselves or using our space so well d

On h983141 983141p in ron o our aparm983141n

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983090 BY DIANE AYTCH

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Bedroom 1163 times 810

495m times 269m

Bedroom 294 times 11

284m times 335m

Bedroom 366 times 11

198m times 335m

Stube163 times 1811

495m times 577m

DOWN

CLOSET

CLOSET

REF

Bath49 times 611

145m times 211m

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

S983141983141ming rah983141r han b983141ing

H E 983114 O U R N A L D U S I N

T983141 coll983141g983141 d983141b crii And itrsquos there that Irsquoll begin because there is ageneral consensus that student debt is a growingissue that is beginning to undermine the entirehigher-education model in the United States First a ew numbers

Icirc A ull 983095983088983077 o the class o 983090983088983089983091mdashmore thantwo-thirds o college graduates this yearmdashgraduated with student debt Tis includestraditional college loans as well as debt toamilies and credit-card debt983089

Icirc Te average debt load or a member o theclass o 983090983088983089983091 with debt is 983076983091983093983090983088983088983090

Icirc More than one-third o recent graduates983091983094983095983077 are working in jobs that donrsquot requirea degreemdashaccording to the study they areldquomal-employedrdquo CNN Money notes ldquoTe

mal-employed earn up to 983092983088983077 less per weekthan their peershellip Tat could make it harderor them to pay off their student loans moveinto their own apartments and even getmarriedrdquo983091

Icirc Another 983096983077 o recent grads have part-timejobs rather than ull-time jobsmdashmeaningthey are working and earning less withewer benefits ofen with no healthcoverage retirement plans and other perkso being employed ull time983092

Icirc All told over one-hal o recent collegegraduates 983093983091983094983077 are unemployed or

underemployed and ldquoMedian wages orthose with bachelorrsquos degrees are downrom 983090983088983088983088rdquo Te situation is worst in theMountain West where the Universityo Utah is located where up to 983094983088983077mdashroughly 983091 in 983093mdasho recent grads are un- orunderemployed Tis despite assurancesrom universities and others alike that acollege education would open the door tocareer opportunities and higher incomes983093

In short we are saddling an entiregeneration with an enormous amount o personal

debt beore they even enter the workorce andstart their careers Cumulative student debt in theUnited States now totals more than 983076983089 trillion983094 Tatrsquos more than either auto loans or credit-carddebt983095

When they enter the workorce they acethe bleakest prospects in generations odayrsquoscollege graduates are more likely to remainunemployed or an extended period o time andthose who do eventually find employment aremore likely to work in positions that donrsquot takeadvantage o their education andor pay them

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the University o Utah I had a course where theteacher allowed one page o notes to be broughtinto the exam Te notes were to consist oselections rom the book we were then reading

which we could then quote in our essay Iremember one particular exam on a book I hadnrsquotread I woke up the morning o the exam flippedthrough the book and ound a page that soundedlike it could be useul in the exam and typed it upand printed it out I aced the exam My blue book

was filled with praise rom the proessor on thestrength o my essay All on a book I never even

read A year later I had another course a gen edcourse on American history I studied or thoseexams in much the same way cracked open thetextbook or 983091983088 minutes the morning o the examthen aced every test While I like to think that Irsquom smart and adecent student Irsquom not that amazing Ratherthe coursework just wasnrsquot so rigorous that itrequired more effort And I spent over 983076983089983088983088983088or each o those classes983089983091 where my greatest

takeaway was the deficiency o Americarsquos systemo higher education Had I gone to the library andborrowed a bookmdashor reemdashand read it I likely

would have learned more Te researchers behind the book I mentionabove Richard Arum o New York Universityand Josipa Roksa o the University o Virginiablame these results in part on ldquoa culture atcolleges and universities that values researchover good teachingrdquo983089983092 My personal experience atthe U substantiates this as well Except it wasnrsquotjust research valued over good teachingmdashit waseverything but good teaching that was valued

more highly the research the medical centerthe business er research park and especiallyathletics most o all the ootball team o UrbanMeyer and Alex Smith that went undeeated mysophomore year We mere students were third-class citizens at our own university bottom-dwelling scum suckers because we were a drainonmdashrather than contributing tomdashthe universityrsquosrevenue Or so it elt

W983141 ar983141 r983141cr983141aing a ca983141 y983141mHigh debt low learning the repercussions

are great or individuals But what o theconsequences or our nation and our world othe ailure o our system o higher education toperorm its most basic unctions Tese effectscan be summarized by one word divide Wealth divide Te divide between therichest Americans and everyone else is thebiggest it has been in generations and is onlygetting bigger And the deficiencies in oursystem o higher education are contributingto this growing wealth gap Te bottom 983090983093983077o Americans those with net worths less than983076983096983093983088983088 not only hold a greater proportiono the nationrsquos cumulative student debt thanthe wealthiest 983090983093983077mdashthose with net worths o983076983091983089983089983088983088983088 or moremdashthey hold more student debtthan the top 983095983093983077 o Americans combined 983089983093 Asystem o higher education that burdens the most

those who need its help most urgently will ail tolive up to the very ideals it purports to instill in itsstudents Te growing burden o debt combined

with higher edrsquos ailure to provide a soundeducation to a significant portion o its studentsthreatens to contribute more to economicinequality in our nation ar more than education

will solve it Generation divide Millennials those bornbeginning around 983089983097983096983088 give or take a ew years(a generation that probably includes Dustin butlikely excludes Susan)mdashin other words those

who are currently in college or who graduated

rom college within about the past decade or who will begin college in the coming decademdashare the first generation in American historythat expects to be worse off than their parentsHobbled by the greatest student debt burdenin history the greatest national debt in historybleak economic prospects and mediocre collegeeducations itrsquos easy to see why Te ailuresin our system o higher education threaten toexacerbate the generation gap and it could wellcontinue to grow or uture generations Racial divide And or universitiesrsquoidealismmdashthe equality and opportunity rhetoric

o their proessors the political and socialactivism o their studentsmdashthere is one startlingact that stands in stark relie Tat same studythat ound that 983091983094983077 o students graduate college

without improving important skills such ascritical thinking complex reasoning and writingalso ound that the gap between white and blackstudents widens during the our years o college983089983094

Add to that the unraveling o affirmative actionprograms983089983095 and persistent achievement gapsbetween black and white students at other levelso education the ailures o our higher-education

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PHOTOS TAKEN 983089983088 983114UNE 9830909830889830891048627 BY DUSTIN

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983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

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27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

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T1048677 mail b1048677com1048677 a r1048677lic o h1048677 pa

10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

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Chryl983141rBuilding

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

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T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

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SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

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H E 983114 O U R N A L D U S I N

T983141 coll983141g983141 d983141b crii And itrsquos there that Irsquoll begin because there is ageneral consensus that student debt is a growingissue that is beginning to undermine the entirehigher-education model in the United States First a ew numbers

Icirc A ull 983095983088983077 o the class o 983090983088983089983091mdashmore thantwo-thirds o college graduates this yearmdashgraduated with student debt Tis includestraditional college loans as well as debt toamilies and credit-card debt983089

Icirc Te average debt load or a member o theclass o 983090983088983089983091 with debt is 983076983091983093983090983088983088983090

Icirc More than one-third o recent graduates983091983094983095983077 are working in jobs that donrsquot requirea degreemdashaccording to the study they areldquomal-employedrdquo CNN Money notes ldquoTe

mal-employed earn up to 983092983088983077 less per weekthan their peershellip Tat could make it harderor them to pay off their student loans moveinto their own apartments and even getmarriedrdquo983091

Icirc Another 983096983077 o recent grads have part-timejobs rather than ull-time jobsmdashmeaningthey are working and earning less withewer benefits ofen with no healthcoverage retirement plans and other perkso being employed ull time983092

Icirc All told over one-hal o recent collegegraduates 983093983091983094983077 are unemployed or

underemployed and ldquoMedian wages orthose with bachelorrsquos degrees are downrom 983090983088983088983088rdquo Te situation is worst in theMountain West where the Universityo Utah is located where up to 983094983088983077mdashroughly 983091 in 983093mdasho recent grads are un- orunderemployed Tis despite assurancesrom universities and others alike that acollege education would open the door tocareer opportunities and higher incomes983093

In short we are saddling an entiregeneration with an enormous amount o personal

debt beore they even enter the workorce andstart their careers Cumulative student debt in theUnited States now totals more than 983076983089 trillion983094 Tatrsquos more than either auto loans or credit-carddebt983095

When they enter the workorce they acethe bleakest prospects in generations odayrsquoscollege graduates are more likely to remainunemployed or an extended period o time andthose who do eventually find employment aremore likely to work in positions that donrsquot takeadvantage o their education andor pay them

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

the University o Utah I had a course where theteacher allowed one page o notes to be broughtinto the exam Te notes were to consist oselections rom the book we were then reading

which we could then quote in our essay Iremember one particular exam on a book I hadnrsquotread I woke up the morning o the exam flippedthrough the book and ound a page that soundedlike it could be useul in the exam and typed it upand printed it out I aced the exam My blue book

was filled with praise rom the proessor on thestrength o my essay All on a book I never even

read A year later I had another course a gen edcourse on American history I studied or thoseexams in much the same way cracked open thetextbook or 983091983088 minutes the morning o the examthen aced every test While I like to think that Irsquom smart and adecent student Irsquom not that amazing Ratherthe coursework just wasnrsquot so rigorous that itrequired more effort And I spent over 983076983089983088983088983088or each o those classes983089983091 where my greatest

takeaway was the deficiency o Americarsquos systemo higher education Had I gone to the library andborrowed a bookmdashor reemdashand read it I likely

would have learned more Te researchers behind the book I mentionabove Richard Arum o New York Universityand Josipa Roksa o the University o Virginiablame these results in part on ldquoa culture atcolleges and universities that values researchover good teachingrdquo983089983092 My personal experience atthe U substantiates this as well Except it wasnrsquotjust research valued over good teachingmdashit waseverything but good teaching that was valued

more highly the research the medical centerthe business er research park and especiallyathletics most o all the ootball team o UrbanMeyer and Alex Smith that went undeeated mysophomore year We mere students were third-class citizens at our own university bottom-dwelling scum suckers because we were a drainonmdashrather than contributing tomdashthe universityrsquosrevenue Or so it elt

W983141 ar983141 r983141cr983141aing a ca983141 y983141mHigh debt low learning the repercussions

are great or individuals But what o theconsequences or our nation and our world othe ailure o our system o higher education toperorm its most basic unctions Tese effectscan be summarized by one word divide Wealth divide Te divide between therichest Americans and everyone else is thebiggest it has been in generations and is onlygetting bigger And the deficiencies in oursystem o higher education are contributingto this growing wealth gap Te bottom 983090983093983077o Americans those with net worths less than983076983096983093983088983088 not only hold a greater proportiono the nationrsquos cumulative student debt thanthe wealthiest 983090983093983077mdashthose with net worths o983076983091983089983089983088983088983088 or moremdashthey hold more student debtthan the top 983095983093983077 o Americans combined 983089983093 Asystem o higher education that burdens the most

those who need its help most urgently will ail tolive up to the very ideals it purports to instill in itsstudents Te growing burden o debt combined

with higher edrsquos ailure to provide a soundeducation to a significant portion o its studentsthreatens to contribute more to economicinequality in our nation ar more than education

will solve it Generation divide Millennials those bornbeginning around 983089983097983096983088 give or take a ew years(a generation that probably includes Dustin butlikely excludes Susan)mdashin other words those

who are currently in college or who graduated

rom college within about the past decade or who will begin college in the coming decademdashare the first generation in American historythat expects to be worse off than their parentsHobbled by the greatest student debt burdenin history the greatest national debt in historybleak economic prospects and mediocre collegeeducations itrsquos easy to see why Te ailuresin our system o higher education threaten toexacerbate the generation gap and it could wellcontinue to grow or uture generations Racial divide And or universitiesrsquoidealismmdashthe equality and opportunity rhetoric

o their proessors the political and socialactivism o their studentsmdashthere is one startlingact that stands in stark relie Tat same studythat ound that 983091983094983077 o students graduate college

without improving important skills such ascritical thinking complex reasoning and writingalso ound that the gap between white and blackstudents widens during the our years o college983089983094

Add to that the unraveling o affirmative actionprograms983089983095 and persistent achievement gapsbetween black and white students at other levelso education the ailures o our higher-education

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983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

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27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

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10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

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STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

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SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

S983141983141ming rah983141r han b983141ing

H E 983114 O U R N A L D U S I N

T983141 coll983141g983141 d983141b crii And itrsquos there that Irsquoll begin because there is ageneral consensus that student debt is a growingissue that is beginning to undermine the entirehigher-education model in the United States First a ew numbers

Icirc A ull 983095983088983077 o the class o 983090983088983089983091mdashmore thantwo-thirds o college graduates this yearmdashgraduated with student debt Tis includestraditional college loans as well as debt toamilies and credit-card debt983089

Icirc Te average debt load or a member o theclass o 983090983088983089983091 with debt is 983076983091983093983090983088983088983090

Icirc More than one-third o recent graduates983091983094983095983077 are working in jobs that donrsquot requirea degreemdashaccording to the study they areldquomal-employedrdquo CNN Money notes ldquoTe

mal-employed earn up to 983092983088983077 less per weekthan their peershellip Tat could make it harderor them to pay off their student loans moveinto their own apartments and even getmarriedrdquo983091

Icirc Another 983096983077 o recent grads have part-timejobs rather than ull-time jobsmdashmeaningthey are working and earning less withewer benefits ofen with no healthcoverage retirement plans and other perkso being employed ull time983092

Icirc All told over one-hal o recent collegegraduates 983093983091983094983077 are unemployed or

underemployed and ldquoMedian wages orthose with bachelorrsquos degrees are downrom 983090983088983088983088rdquo Te situation is worst in theMountain West where the Universityo Utah is located where up to 983094983088983077mdashroughly 983091 in 983093mdasho recent grads are un- orunderemployed Tis despite assurancesrom universities and others alike that acollege education would open the door tocareer opportunities and higher incomes983093

In short we are saddling an entiregeneration with an enormous amount o personal

debt beore they even enter the workorce andstart their careers Cumulative student debt in theUnited States now totals more than 983076983089 trillion983094 Tatrsquos more than either auto loans or credit-carddebt983095

When they enter the workorce they acethe bleakest prospects in generations odayrsquoscollege graduates are more likely to remainunemployed or an extended period o time andthose who do eventually find employment aremore likely to work in positions that donrsquot takeadvantage o their education andor pay them

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

the University o Utah I had a course where theteacher allowed one page o notes to be broughtinto the exam Te notes were to consist oselections rom the book we were then reading

which we could then quote in our essay Iremember one particular exam on a book I hadnrsquotread I woke up the morning o the exam flippedthrough the book and ound a page that soundedlike it could be useul in the exam and typed it upand printed it out I aced the exam My blue book

was filled with praise rom the proessor on thestrength o my essay All on a book I never even

read A year later I had another course a gen edcourse on American history I studied or thoseexams in much the same way cracked open thetextbook or 983091983088 minutes the morning o the examthen aced every test While I like to think that Irsquom smart and adecent student Irsquom not that amazing Ratherthe coursework just wasnrsquot so rigorous that itrequired more effort And I spent over 983076983089983088983088983088or each o those classes983089983091 where my greatest

takeaway was the deficiency o Americarsquos systemo higher education Had I gone to the library andborrowed a bookmdashor reemdashand read it I likely

would have learned more Te researchers behind the book I mentionabove Richard Arum o New York Universityand Josipa Roksa o the University o Virginiablame these results in part on ldquoa culture atcolleges and universities that values researchover good teachingrdquo983089983092 My personal experience atthe U substantiates this as well Except it wasnrsquotjust research valued over good teachingmdashit waseverything but good teaching that was valued

more highly the research the medical centerthe business er research park and especiallyathletics most o all the ootball team o UrbanMeyer and Alex Smith that went undeeated mysophomore year We mere students were third-class citizens at our own university bottom-dwelling scum suckers because we were a drainonmdashrather than contributing tomdashthe universityrsquosrevenue Or so it elt

W983141 ar983141 r983141cr983141aing a ca983141 y983141mHigh debt low learning the repercussions

are great or individuals But what o theconsequences or our nation and our world othe ailure o our system o higher education toperorm its most basic unctions Tese effectscan be summarized by one word divide Wealth divide Te divide between therichest Americans and everyone else is thebiggest it has been in generations and is onlygetting bigger And the deficiencies in oursystem o higher education are contributingto this growing wealth gap Te bottom 983090983093983077o Americans those with net worths less than983076983096983093983088983088 not only hold a greater proportiono the nationrsquos cumulative student debt thanthe wealthiest 983090983093983077mdashthose with net worths o983076983091983089983089983088983088983088 or moremdashthey hold more student debtthan the top 983095983093983077 o Americans combined 983089983093 Asystem o higher education that burdens the most

those who need its help most urgently will ail tolive up to the very ideals it purports to instill in itsstudents Te growing burden o debt combined

with higher edrsquos ailure to provide a soundeducation to a significant portion o its studentsthreatens to contribute more to economicinequality in our nation ar more than education

will solve it Generation divide Millennials those bornbeginning around 983089983097983096983088 give or take a ew years(a generation that probably includes Dustin butlikely excludes Susan)mdashin other words those

who are currently in college or who graduated

rom college within about the past decade or who will begin college in the coming decademdashare the first generation in American historythat expects to be worse off than their parentsHobbled by the greatest student debt burdenin history the greatest national debt in historybleak economic prospects and mediocre collegeeducations itrsquos easy to see why Te ailuresin our system o higher education threaten toexacerbate the generation gap and it could wellcontinue to grow or uture generations Racial divide And or universitiesrsquoidealismmdashthe equality and opportunity rhetoric

o their proessors the political and socialactivism o their studentsmdashthere is one startlingact that stands in stark relie Tat same studythat ound that 983091983094983077 o students graduate college

without improving important skills such ascritical thinking complex reasoning and writingalso ound that the gap between white and blackstudents widens during the our years o college983089983094

Add to that the unraveling o affirmative actionprograms983089983095 and persistent achievement gapsbetween black and white students at other levelso education the ailures o our higher-education

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983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

advanc983141 wih ruling again h983141 983141d983141ral D983141983141n983141 oMarriag983141 Ac and Caliorniarsquo Propoiion 983096Icirc

27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

In mor1048677 d1048677ail hellip

DOMA d1048677clar1048677d unconiuional

T1048677 mail b1048677com1048677 a r1048677lic o h1048677 pa

10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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Elli Iland

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

9830921048624 Wall Sr983141983141T1048677 rump Building

Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

Suan wro1048677 hi during h1048677r 1048677nior yo high chool T1048677aignm1048677n wa o air1048677 r1048677minic1048677n oand Pr983141judic983141

T1048677 par abou h1048677i 983089983088983088983077 ru1048677

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Boon10486251048629 April 104862610486241048625983091wo bomb 1048677xplod1048677a h1048677 finih lin1048677 oh1048677 Boon Marahonkilling hr10486771048677 injuringmor1048677 han 983090983094983088 andr1048677inroducing Am1048677ricao 1048677rrorim a hom1048677

1048677rrorim rik1048677again in Am1048677rica

By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

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SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

the University o Utah I had a course where theteacher allowed one page o notes to be broughtinto the exam Te notes were to consist oselections rom the book we were then reading

which we could then quote in our essay Iremember one particular exam on a book I hadnrsquotread I woke up the morning o the exam flippedthrough the book and ound a page that soundedlike it could be useul in the exam and typed it upand printed it out I aced the exam My blue book

was filled with praise rom the proessor on thestrength o my essay All on a book I never even

read A year later I had another course a gen edcourse on American history I studied or thoseexams in much the same way cracked open thetextbook or 983091983088 minutes the morning o the examthen aced every test While I like to think that Irsquom smart and adecent student Irsquom not that amazing Ratherthe coursework just wasnrsquot so rigorous that itrequired more effort And I spent over 983076983089983088983088983088or each o those classes983089983091 where my greatest

takeaway was the deficiency o Americarsquos systemo higher education Had I gone to the library andborrowed a bookmdashor reemdashand read it I likely

would have learned more Te researchers behind the book I mentionabove Richard Arum o New York Universityand Josipa Roksa o the University o Virginiablame these results in part on ldquoa culture atcolleges and universities that values researchover good teachingrdquo983089983092 My personal experience atthe U substantiates this as well Except it wasnrsquotjust research valued over good teachingmdashit waseverything but good teaching that was valued

more highly the research the medical centerthe business er research park and especiallyathletics most o all the ootball team o UrbanMeyer and Alex Smith that went undeeated mysophomore year We mere students were third-class citizens at our own university bottom-dwelling scum suckers because we were a drainonmdashrather than contributing tomdashthe universityrsquosrevenue Or so it elt

W983141 ar983141 r983141cr983141aing a ca983141 y983141mHigh debt low learning the repercussions

are great or individuals But what o theconsequences or our nation and our world othe ailure o our system o higher education toperorm its most basic unctions Tese effectscan be summarized by one word divide Wealth divide Te divide between therichest Americans and everyone else is thebiggest it has been in generations and is onlygetting bigger And the deficiencies in oursystem o higher education are contributingto this growing wealth gap Te bottom 983090983093983077o Americans those with net worths less than983076983096983093983088983088 not only hold a greater proportiono the nationrsquos cumulative student debt thanthe wealthiest 983090983093983077mdashthose with net worths o983076983091983089983089983088983088983088 or moremdashthey hold more student debtthan the top 983095983093983077 o Americans combined 983089983093 Asystem o higher education that burdens the most

those who need its help most urgently will ail tolive up to the very ideals it purports to instill in itsstudents Te growing burden o debt combined

with higher edrsquos ailure to provide a soundeducation to a significant portion o its studentsthreatens to contribute more to economicinequality in our nation ar more than education

will solve it Generation divide Millennials those bornbeginning around 983089983097983096983088 give or take a ew years(a generation that probably includes Dustin butlikely excludes Susan)mdashin other words those

who are currently in college or who graduated

rom college within about the past decade or who will begin college in the coming decademdashare the first generation in American historythat expects to be worse off than their parentsHobbled by the greatest student debt burdenin history the greatest national debt in historybleak economic prospects and mediocre collegeeducations itrsquos easy to see why Te ailuresin our system o higher education threaten toexacerbate the generation gap and it could wellcontinue to grow or uture generations Racial divide And or universitiesrsquoidealismmdashthe equality and opportunity rhetoric

o their proessors the political and socialactivism o their studentsmdashthere is one startlingact that stands in stark relie Tat same studythat ound that 983091983094983077 o students graduate college

without improving important skills such ascritical thinking complex reasoning and writingalso ound that the gap between white and blackstudents widens during the our years o college983089983094

Add to that the unraveling o affirmative actionprograms983089983095 and persistent achievement gapsbetween black and white students at other levelso education the ailures o our higher-education

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983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

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27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

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10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

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LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

the University o Utah I had a course where theteacher allowed one page o notes to be broughtinto the exam Te notes were to consist oselections rom the book we were then reading

which we could then quote in our essay Iremember one particular exam on a book I hadnrsquotread I woke up the morning o the exam flippedthrough the book and ound a page that soundedlike it could be useul in the exam and typed it upand printed it out I aced the exam My blue book

was filled with praise rom the proessor on thestrength o my essay All on a book I never even

read A year later I had another course a gen edcourse on American history I studied or thoseexams in much the same way cracked open thetextbook or 983091983088 minutes the morning o the examthen aced every test While I like to think that Irsquom smart and adecent student Irsquom not that amazing Ratherthe coursework just wasnrsquot so rigorous that itrequired more effort And I spent over 983076983089983088983088983088or each o those classes983089983091 where my greatest

takeaway was the deficiency o Americarsquos systemo higher education Had I gone to the library andborrowed a bookmdashor reemdashand read it I likely

would have learned more Te researchers behind the book I mentionabove Richard Arum o New York Universityand Josipa Roksa o the University o Virginiablame these results in part on ldquoa culture atcolleges and universities that values researchover good teachingrdquo983089983092 My personal experience atthe U substantiates this as well Except it wasnrsquotjust research valued over good teachingmdashit waseverything but good teaching that was valued

more highly the research the medical centerthe business er research park and especiallyathletics most o all the ootball team o UrbanMeyer and Alex Smith that went undeeated mysophomore year We mere students were third-class citizens at our own university bottom-dwelling scum suckers because we were a drainonmdashrather than contributing tomdashthe universityrsquosrevenue Or so it elt

W983141 ar983141 r983141cr983141aing a ca983141 y983141mHigh debt low learning the repercussions

are great or individuals But what o theconsequences or our nation and our world othe ailure o our system o higher education toperorm its most basic unctions Tese effectscan be summarized by one word divide Wealth divide Te divide between therichest Americans and everyone else is thebiggest it has been in generations and is onlygetting bigger And the deficiencies in oursystem o higher education are contributingto this growing wealth gap Te bottom 983090983093983077o Americans those with net worths less than983076983096983093983088983088 not only hold a greater proportiono the nationrsquos cumulative student debt thanthe wealthiest 983090983093983077mdashthose with net worths o983076983091983089983089983088983088983088 or moremdashthey hold more student debtthan the top 983095983093983077 o Americans combined 983089983093 Asystem o higher education that burdens the most

those who need its help most urgently will ail tolive up to the very ideals it purports to instill in itsstudents Te growing burden o debt combined

with higher edrsquos ailure to provide a soundeducation to a significant portion o its studentsthreatens to contribute more to economicinequality in our nation ar more than education

will solve it Generation divide Millennials those bornbeginning around 983089983097983096983088 give or take a ew years(a generation that probably includes Dustin butlikely excludes Susan)mdashin other words those

who are currently in college or who graduated

rom college within about the past decade or who will begin college in the coming decademdashare the first generation in American historythat expects to be worse off than their parentsHobbled by the greatest student debt burdenin history the greatest national debt in historybleak economic prospects and mediocre collegeeducations itrsquos easy to see why Te ailuresin our system o higher education threaten toexacerbate the generation gap and it could wellcontinue to grow or uture generations Racial divide And or universitiesrsquoidealismmdashthe equality and opportunity rhetoric

o their proessors the political and socialactivism o their studentsmdashthere is one startlingact that stands in stark relie Tat same studythat ound that 983091983094983077 o students graduate college

without improving important skills such ascritical thinking complex reasoning and writingalso ound that the gap between white and blackstudents widens during the our years o college983089983094

Add to that the unraveling o affirmative actionprograms983089983095 and persistent achievement gapsbetween black and white students at other levelso education the ailures o our higher-education

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Fiona ov983141rlook h983141 pool ah983141 YMCA in 983114amaica Qu983141983141n

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PHOTOS TAKEN 983089983088 983114UNE 9830909830889830891048627 BY DUSTIN

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MILESTONES

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birthdays

world 983141v983141nts

983114anuaryndash983114un1048677 983090983088983089983091

983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

advanc983141 wih ruling again h983141 983141d983141ral D983141983141n983141 oMarriag983141 Ac and Caliorniarsquo Propoiion 983096Icirc

27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

In mor1048677 d1048677ail hellip

DOMA d1048677clar1048677d unconiuional

T1048677 mail b1048677com1048677 a r1048677lic o h1048677 pa

10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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1 4

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

Ind983141p983141nd983141nc983141 Day 983092 983114uly 104862610486241048625983091

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Elli Iland

983114983141r983141y Ciy N983141w 983114983141r983141y

Empir983141 Buil

Hudson River

Finally h983141r983141 Duin and on Lib1048677ryIland in ron o h1048677 Sau1048677o Lib1048677ry af1048677r viiing h1048677au1048677rsquo crown

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H1048677igh in 10486771048677 rom ground l1048677v1048677l o h1048677 ip o h1048677 orch (983097983091983089 m10486771048677r)T1048677 au1048677 i1048677l i 983089983089983089983093 10486771048677 (9830911048628 m10486771048677r) rom h10486771048677l o orch

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

9830921048624 Wall Sr983141983141T1048677 rump Building

Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

983091983093983092Numb1048677r o 1048677p (giv1048677 or ak1048677) rom h1048677 ground o h1048677 crown Whil1048677 an 1048677l1048677vaor i availabl1048677 oak1048677 viior o h1048677 op o h1048677 p1048677d1048677al h1048677 la 9830899830931048628 1048677p inid1048677 h1048677 au1048677 i1048677l mu b1048677 walk1048677d

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

Suan wro1048677 hi during h1048677r 1048677nior yo high chool T1048677aignm1048677n wa o air1048677 r1048677minic1048677n oand Pr983141judic983141

T1048677 par abou h1048677i 983089983088983088983077 ru1048677

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

Boon10486251048629 April 104862610486241048625983091wo bomb 1048677xplod1048677a h1048677 finih lin1048677 oh1048677 Boon Marahonkilling hr10486771048677 injuringmor1048677 han 983090983094983088 andr1048677inroducing Am1048677ricao 1048677rrorim a hom1048677

1048677rrorim rik1048677again in Am1048677rica

By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

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T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

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Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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SuMouW983141TFrSaSuMo

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birthdays

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983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

advanc983141 wih ruling again h983141 983141d983141ral D983141983141n983141 oMarriag983141 Ac and Caliorniarsquo Propoiion 983096Icirc

27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

In mor1048677 d1048677ail hellip

DOMA d1048677clar1048677d unconiuional

T1048677 mail b1048677com1048677 a r1048677lic o h1048677 pa

10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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I983137983149 983151983150983141 983151983142 983156983144983151983155983141 983152983141983151983152983148983141 983159983144983151 983144983137983158983141 983137bucket listmdasha list o things I want to do orsee at least oncemdasheven i my list isnrsquot written

down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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Elli Iland

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Hudson River

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H1048677igh in 10486771048677 rom ground l1048677v1048677l o h1048677 ip o h1048677 orch (983097983091983089 m10486771048677r)T1048677 au1048677 i1048677l i 983089983089983089983093 10486771048677 (9830911048628 m10486771048677r) rom h10486771048677l o orch

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

9830921048624 Wall Sr983141983141T1048677 rump Building

Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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ordquo

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A crazy w10486771048677kin Am1048677rica

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

In our world wh1048677r1048677p1048677opl1048677 ar1048677 conu1048677dhow ar1048677 Lat1048677r-daySain par1048677n o goabou raiing h1048677irchildr1048677n Foruna1048677lyh1048677 Lord ha giv1048677nu dir1048677cion hroughh1048677 cripur1048677 andproph1048677 and apol1048677

and i all b1048677gin wihhaving h1048677 courag1048677 ohar1048677 our 1048677imoni1048677wih our childr1048677n

r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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Fiona ov983141rlook h983141 pool ah983141 YMCA in 983114amaica Qu983141983141n

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and wim all h1048677 way down h1048677 pool

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PHOTOS TAKEN 983089983088 983114UNE 9830909830889830891048627 BY DUSTIN

Ti i h983141 fir aricl983141 o who983141 wriing Fiona dir983141cly conribu983141dHighligh983141d porion o 983141x ar983141 mor983141 or l983141 dir983141c quoaion rom Fiona

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MILESTONES

SuMouW983141TFrSaSuMo

uW983141TFrSaSuMouW983141TFrSaSuMouW983141TFrSa

SuMouW983141TFrSaSuMo

holidays

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trav983141l

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birthdays

world 983141v983141nts

983114anuaryndash983114un1048677 983090983088983089983091

983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

advanc983141 wih ruling again h983141 983141d983141ral D983141983141n983141 oMarriag983141 Ac and Caliorniarsquo Propoiion 983096Icirc

27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

In mor1048677 d1048677ail hellip

DOMA d1048677clar1048677d unconiuional

T1048677 mail b1048677com1048677 a r1048677lic o h1048677 pa

10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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I983137983149 983151983150983141 983151983142 983156983144983151983155983141 983152983141983151983152983148983141 983159983144983151 983144983137983158983141 983137bucket listmdasha list o things I want to do orsee at least oncemdasheven i my list isnrsquot written

down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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Elli Iland

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

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Chryl983141rBuilding

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STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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2 0

done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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ordquo

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A crazy w10486771048677kin Am1048677rica

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

In our world wh1048677r1048677p1048677opl1048677 ar1048677 conu1048677dhow ar1048677 Lat1048677r-daySain par1048677n o goabou raiing h1048677irchildr1048677n Foruna1048677lyh1048677 Lord ha giv1048677nu dir1048677cion hroughh1048677 cripur1048677 andproph1048677 and apol1048677

and i all b1048677gin wihhaving h1048677 courag1048677 ohar1048677 our 1048677imoni1048677wih our childr1048677n

r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

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subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

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from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

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SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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PHOTOS TAKEN 983089983088 983114UNE 9830909830889830891048627 BY DUSTIN

Ti i h983141 fir aricl983141 o who983141 wriing Fiona dir983141cly conribu983141dHighligh983141d porion o 983141x ar983141 mor983141 or l983141 dir983141c quoaion rom Fiona

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MILESTONES

SuMouW983141TFrSaSuMo

uW983141TFrSaSuMouW983141TFrSaSuMouW983141TFrSa

SuMouW983141TFrSaSuMo

holidays

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trav983141l

983141v983141nts in th983141 Church

birthdays

world 983141v983141nts

983114anuaryndash983114un1048677 983090983088983089983091

983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

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27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

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10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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A VIS

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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New York Harbor

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STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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MILESTONES

SuMouW983141TFrSaSuMo

uW983141TFrSaSuMouW983141TFrSaSuMouW983141TFrSa

SuMouW983141TFrSaSuMo

holidays

983141v983141nts in our liv983141s

trav983141l

983141v983141nts in th983141 Church

birthdays

world 983141v983141nts

983114anuaryndash983114un1048677 983090983088983089983091

983114anuary9 Dustin (983091983089)10 Te London Underground the worldrsquos oldest subway

celebrates 983089983093983088 years (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)19 President Obama has Washington DC license plates

with the phrase 983156983137983160983137983156983145983151983150 983159983145983156983144983151983157983156 983154983141983152983154983141983155983141983150983156983137983156983145983151983150put on the presidential limo in support o Districtresidentsrsquo efforts to gain ull voting representation inCongress (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983094983089983096ndash983090983088)

20ndash21 Barack Obama inaugurated or his second term aspresident o the United States

27 Te price o a first-class stamp rises to 983092983094 cents

F983141bruary1 983089983088th anniversary o the space shuttle Columbia disaster

Columbia disintegrated upon reentry in the earthrsquosatmosphere killing all seven crew members on boardRick Husband commander William C McCool pilotMichael P Anderson payload commander David MBrown mission specialist 983089 Kalpana Chawla missionspecialist 983090 Laurel Clark mission specialist 983092 and IlanRamon payload specialist 983089

2 Grand Central erminal New York Cityrsquos grandtransportation hub celebrates its 983089983088983088th anniversary

4 Te Royal Canadian Mint ceases distribution o one-centpieces also called pennies (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983096)6 USPS announc983141 plan o 983141nd Saurday d983141liv983141ryIcirc7 Mississippi finally officially ratifies the 983089983091th Amendment

to the United States Constitution which abolishedslavery (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)

8ndash9 Blizzard (sort o ) called Nemo15 Meteor over Russia (see D983145983137983148983137983150983150 983089983088983097)17ndash19 Family to Springfield Massachusetts Brattleboro

Vermont and Concord New Hampshire22 o accommodate the influx o new missionaries

ollowing the announcement that ages or missionaryservices were being lowered to 983089983096 or men and 983089983097 or

women Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saintsannounced the creation o 983093983096 new missions includingthe Utah Salt Lake City East Mission the fifh in the SaltLake Valley Te new missions bring the total number omissions worldwide to 983092983088983093

28 Pope Benedict XVI resigns saying his ailing health iskeeping him rom ully carrying out his duties He quietlyannounced his decision in Latin on 983089983089 February

March1 Te Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints

announces new editions o its scriptures with minor

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

advanc983141 wih ruling again h983141 983141d983141ral D983141983141n983141 oMarriag983141 Ac and Caliorniarsquo Propoiion 983096Icirc

27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

In mor1048677 d1048677ail hellip

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T1048677 mail b1048677com1048677 a r1048677lic o h1048677 pa

10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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I983137983149 983151983150983141 983151983142 983156983144983151983155983141 983152983141983151983152983148983141 983159983144983151 983144983137983158983141 983137bucket listmdasha list o things I want to do orsee at least oncemdasheven i my list isnrsquot written

down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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Elli Iland

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

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Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

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STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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ordquo

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A crazy w10486771048677kin Am1048677rica

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

In our world wh1048677r1048677p1048677opl1048677 ar1048677 conu1048677dhow ar1048677 Lat1048677r-daySain par1048677n o goabou raiing h1048677irchildr1048677n Foruna1048677lyh1048677 Lord ha giv1048677nu dir1048677cion hroughh1048677 cripur1048677 andproph1048677 and apol1048677

and i all b1048677gin wihhaving h1048677 courag1048677 ohar1048677 our 1048677imoni1048677wih our childr1048677n

r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

NOES983089 ldquoFollow h1048677 Proph1048677rdquo Ch

Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

983094 Wri1048677rrsquo no1048677 Sinc1048677 givinI hav1048677 mad1048677 an acual calT1048677r1048677 ar1048677 9830949830949830881048628 v1048677r1048677 ino Mormon A a ra1048677 o p1048677r day i will ak1048677 983089983089983088983089 di which i hr10486771048677 y1048677ar anBu i ur1048677 10486771048677l lik1048677 irsquo gou long1048677r

983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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changes to the 983089983097983095983097 Latter-day Saint edition o the HolyBible and the 983089983097983096983089 edition o the Book o MormonDoctrine and Covenants and Pearl o Great Price

13 Jorge Mario Bergoglio archbishop o Buenos Airesbecomes Pope Francis the 983090983094983094th pontiff o the RomanCatholic Church

22 Meteor spotted over Northeastern United Statesincluding New York City but we didnrsquot see it Sad

26ndash30 Susan and Fiona to Bethesda Maryland

April6ndash7 983089983096983091rd Annual General Conerence President Tomas S

Monson announces temples in Cedar City Utah and Riode Janeiro Brazil Jean A Stevens the first counselorin the Primary General Presidency became the first

woman to offer an invocation or benediction at generalconerence when she offered the closing prayer at theSaturday morning session

8 Lady Margaret Tatcher Britainrsquos first emale primeminister dies at age 983096983095

30 Willem-Alexander becomes king o Te Netherlands ashis mother Queen Beatrix abdicates Beatrix announced

her decision to leave the throne in avor o her son on983090983096 January 983090983088983089983091 Willem-Alexander is the countryrsquos firstking in 983089983090983091 years (Dustin studied in Te Netherlandsrom 983089 September 983090983088983088983093 to 983089983090 January 983090983088983088983094)

May2 As the last sections o its spire are hoisted into place

One World rade Center already New York Cityrsquos tallestbuilding becomes the tallest building in the WesternHemisphere and ourth tallest in the world topping outat a symbolic 983089983095983095983094 eet (983093983092983089983091 meters)

2 Maryland becomes the 983089983096th state (plus the District oColumbia) to abolish the death penalty

17 Frances Monson wie o President Tomas S Monsonpasses away at age 98309698309317 wo Metro-North trains collide afer one derails just

east o the Fairfield Metro station on the railroadrsquos NewHaven Line in Connecticut More than 983095983088 passengers

were injured several critically but there were noatalities

20 Meck Dec Day30 Susanrsquos pregnancy is confirmed by the doctor30 A rain 983141rvic983141 o h983141 Rockaway i r983141or983141dIcirc31 Te largest tornado ever recorded occurs near El Reno

Oklahoma It was 983090983094 miles (983092983090 kilometers) wide witha maximum recorded wind speed o 983090983097983093 miles per hour

(983092983095983093 kilometers per hour)

983114un9831418 Fiona gets her first bike helmet Dustin receives his first-ever jury summons He is to

report or duty at Kings County Supreme Court at 983096983091983088on 983090 July

26 Susanrsquos last day o school26 T983141 l983141galizaion o gay marriag983141 in h983141 Uni983141d Sa983141

advanc983141 wih ruling again h983141 983141d983141ral D983141983141n983141 oMarriag983141 Ac and Caliorniarsquo Propoiion 983096Icirc

27 Fionarsquos last day o her first year o school

1048630 F983141bruary | Te United States Postal Serviceannounces plans to end Saturday delivery o lettersincluding bills cards and similar items effective 983089983088

August 983090983088983089983091 It would still deliver packages on SatuTe move would save the Postal Service an estimatebillion annually However on 983089983088 April under pressurom Congress and the public it rescinded the deciand said that Saturday delivery would continue throat least 983091983088 September 983090983088983089983091 As o this writing no urannouncement has been made

In mor1048677 d1048677ail hellip

DOMA d1048677clar1048677d unconiuional

T1048677 mail b1048677com1048677 a r1048677lic o h1048677 pa

10486261048630 983114un983141 | In a pair o 983093ndash983092 decisions the Supreme Cruled that the ederal Deense o Marriage Act (DOis unconstitutional and that the proponents o CaliProposition 983096 didnrsquot have standing to deend it in coTe DOMA ruling means that the ederal governmemust extend to same-sex couples legally married inthe states where gay marriage is legal the same righ

and benefits it extends to heterosexual couples WitProposition 983096 the court remanded the case to the locourt with the instruction to dismiss it meaning samsex marriage is once again legal in Caliornia as wellConnecticut the District o Columbia Delaware IoMassachusetts Maryland Maine Minnesota NewHampshire New York Rhode Island Vermont and

Washington

9830911048624 May | A train service to the Rockaways Queensis restored making the New York City Subway syste

whole once again However though the new Southstation on the 983089 train remains closed the old South

station is serving as a temporary replacement whilerebuilding o the new South Ferry station which waonly our years old continues (which could cost 983076983094million and take several years) Other ldquoFix amp Fortiyrdquo efforts throughout the syremain ongoing Te Metropolitan ransportation

Authority recently announced that the R train betwBrooklyn and Manhattan would be shut down or 983089983092months straight beginning in August while repairs amade to the Montague ube which carries R trainsthe East River Te MA also announced that the Gbetween Brooklyn and Queensmdashspecifically Green

Avenue 983090983089st Street and the Court Square G plator

will be closed or 983089983090 consecutive weekends beginnin983094 July while repairs are made to the Greenpoint ub which carries G trains under Newtown Creek)

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

Ind983141p983141nd983141nc983141 Day 983092 983114uly 104862610486241048625983091

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Elli Iland

983114983141r983141y Ciy N983141w 983114983141r983141y

Empir983141 Buil

Hudson River

Finally h983141r983141 Duin and on Lib1048677ryIland in ron o h1048677 Sau1048677o Lib1048677ry af1048677r viiing h1048677au1048677rsquo crown

T983141 vi983141w N1048677w York Harbor and h1048677 Manhatan kylin1048677 rom h1048677parap1048677 a h1048677 op o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry rsquo p1048677d1048677al

983089983096983096983094T1048677 y1048677ar h1048677au1048677 op1048677n1048677d 983091983088983093983093

H1048677igh in 10486771048677 rom ground l1048677v1048677l o h1048677 ip o h1048677 orch (983097983091983089 m10486771048677r)T1048677 au1048677 i1048677l i 983089983089983089983093 10486771048677 (9830911048628 m10486771048677r) rom h10486771048677l o orch

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

9830921048624 Wall Sr983141983141T1048677 rump Building

Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

983091983093983092Numb1048677r o 1048677p (giv1048677 or ak1048677) rom h1048677 ground o h1048677 crown Whil1048677 an 1048677l1048677vaor i availabl1048677 oak1048677 viior o h1048677 op o h1048677 p1048677d1048677al h1048677 la 9830899830931048628 1048677p inid1048677 h1048677 au1048677 i1048677l mu b1048677 walk1048677d

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

Suan wro1048677 hi during h1048677r 1048677nior yo high chool T1048677aignm1048677n wa o air1048677 r1048677minic1048677n oand Pr983141judic983141

T1048677 par abou h1048677i 983089983088983088983077 ru1048677

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

Boon10486251048629 April 104862610486241048625983091wo bomb 1048677xplod1048677a h1048677 finih lin1048677 oh1048677 Boon Marahonkilling hr10486771048677 injuringmor1048677 han 983090983094983088 andr1048677inroducing Am1048677ricao 1048677rrorim a hom1048677

1048677rrorim rik1048677again in Am1048677rica

By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

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T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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1 4

I983137983149 983151983150983141 983151983142 983156983144983151983155983141 983152983141983151983152983148983141 983159983144983151 983144983137983158983141 983137bucket listmdasha list o things I want to do orsee at least oncemdasheven i my list isnrsquot written

down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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Elli Iland

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Hudson River

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

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Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

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Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

Li1048677n o audio o hi alk a dialannorgTi 1048677x v1048677rion ha b10486771048677n 1048677di1048677d or an audi1048677nc1048677r1048677ading991252rah1048677r han li1048677ning o991252hi alk

i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

NOES983089 ldquoFollow h1048677 Proph1048677rdquo Ch

Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

983094 Wri1048677rrsquo no1048677 Sinc1048677 givinI hav1048677 mad1048677 an acual calT1048677r1048677 ar1048677 9830949830949830881048628 v1048677r1048677 ino Mormon A a ra1048677 o p1048677r day i will ak1048677 983089983089983088983089 di which i hr10486771048677 y1048677ar anBu i ur1048677 10486771048677l lik1048677 irsquo gou long1048677r

983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

983156983144983141

AUE 983151983142LIBERY

A VIS

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down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

Ind983141p983141nd983141nc983141 Day 983092 983114uly 104862610486241048625983091

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Elli Iland

983114983141r983141y Ciy N983141w 983114983141r983141y

Empir983141 Buil

Hudson River

Finally h983141r983141 Duin and on Lib1048677ryIland in ron o h1048677 Sau1048677o Lib1048677ry af1048677r viiing h1048677au1048677rsquo crown

T983141 vi983141w N1048677w York Harbor and h1048677 Manhatan kylin1048677 rom h1048677parap1048677 a h1048677 op o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry rsquo p1048677d1048677al

983089983096983096983094T1048677 y1048677ar h1048677au1048677 op1048677n1048677d 983091983088983093983093

H1048677igh in 10486771048677 rom ground l1048677v1048677l o h1048677 ip o h1048677 orch (983097983091983089 m10486771048677r)T1048677 au1048677 i1048677l i 983089983089983089983093 10486771048677 (9830911048628 m10486771048677r) rom h10486771048677l o orch

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

9830921048624 Wall Sr983141983141T1048677 rump Building

Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

983091983093983092Numb1048677r o 1048677p (giv1048677 or ak1048677) rom h1048677 ground o h1048677 crown Whil1048677 an 1048677l1048677vaor i availabl1048677 oak1048677 viior o h1048677 op o h1048677 p1048677d1048677al h1048677 la 9830899830931048628 1048677p inid1048677 h1048677 au1048677 i1048677l mu b1048677 walk1048677d

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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A crazy w10486771048677kin Am1048677rica

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

In our world wh1048677r1048677p1048677opl1048677 ar1048677 conu1048677dhow ar1048677 Lat1048677r-daySain par1048677n o goabou raiing h1048677irchildr1048677n Foruna1048677lyh1048677 Lord ha giv1048677nu dir1048677cion hroughh1048677 cripur1048677 andproph1048677 and apol1048677

and i all b1048677gin wihhaving h1048677 courag1048677 ohar1048677 our 1048677imoni1048677wih our childr1048677n

r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

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family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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1 4

I983137983149 983151983150983141 983151983142 983156983144983151983155983141 983152983141983151983152983148983141 983159983144983151 983144983137983158983141 983137bucket listmdasha list o things I want to do orsee at least oncemdasheven i my list isnrsquot written

down anywhere and is only roughly defined Butthere are some things that are definitely on thatlist Visiting the capitol o ever y US state andriding every rail system in the United States andCanada are two that come to mind Regardless o how my bucket list is definedvisiting the Statue o Liberty and going all the

way to the crown was certainly on it And thismonthmdashon Independence Day no lessmdashI wasable to cross it off Last October when Hurricane Sandymade a direct hit on New York City and thesurrounding region the Statue o Libertyitsel escaped virtually unscathed but LibertyIsland did not Te dock where erries romManhattan and New Jersey dropped off visitors

was destroyed as was much o the islandrsquoselectrical system and other inrastructure Teisland and the statue were closed to visitors andtemporary lights and generators were brought into illuminate the monument at night Hurricane Sandy made landall on 983090983097October 983090983088983089983090 one daymdashyes just one daymdashafer

the Statue o Liberty reopened to the publicollowing a yearlong renovation and restorationproject that began on 983090983097 October the previous

year one day afer the statuersquos 983089983090983093th anniversary Tis was the latest chapter in the tumultuousrecent history o allowing visitors access tothe crown Te statue and the island wereimmediately closed ollowing the terroristattacks o September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 Te islandreopened to the public by the end o 983090983088983088983089 andthe pedestal reopened in August 983090983088983088983092 butthe statue remained off-limits throughout theBush administration due to saety concerns(the difficulty o evacuating in an emergency

which rankly is understandable) Te Obamaadministration reopened it as a ldquospecial gifrdquo to

America on 983092 July 983090983088983088983097 with a daily limit on thenumber o people allowed to access the crown When the opportunity to be among thefirst to visit the Statue o Liberty and go to itscrown ollowing Hurricane Sandy popped up on983096 MaymdashI just happened to notice a post in myFacebook News Feed that morningmdashI jumpedat it It was pretty much the best 983076983092983088 Irsquove everspent And it was quite possibly the best Fourtho July ever 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

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Hudson River

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

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Chryl983141rBuilding

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STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

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983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

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LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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New York Harbor

East

World Financial C983141n983141r

On983141 World rad983141 C983141n983141rUnd1048677r conrucion

Sa983141n Iland F983141rr983141rminal

Bat983141ry Park

9830921048624 Wall Sr983141983141T1048677 rump Building

Chryl983141rBuilding

T983141 crown Suan and Duin inid1048677 h1048677

h1048677ad o h1048677 Sau1048677 o Lib1048677ry

983091983093983092Numb1048677r o 1048677p (giv1048677 or ak1048677) rom h1048677 ground o h1048677 crown Whil1048677 an 1048677l1048677vaor i availabl1048677 oak1048677 viior o h1048677 op o h1048677 p1048677d1048677al h1048677 la 9830899830931048628 1048677p inid1048677 h1048677 au1048677 i1048677l mu b1048677 walk1048677d

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

Suan wro1048677 hi during h1048677r 1048677nior yo high chool T1048677aignm1048677n wa o air1048677 r1048677minic1048677n oand Pr983141judic983141

T1048677 par abou h1048677i 983089983088983088983077 ru1048677

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

Boon10486251048629 April 104862610486241048625983091wo bomb 1048677xplod1048677a h1048677 finih lin1048677 oh1048677 Boon Marahonkilling hr10486771048677 injuringmor1048677 han 983090983094983088 andr1048677inroducing Am1048677ricao 1048677rrorim a hom1048677

1048677rrorim rik1048677again in Am1048677rica

By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

In our world wh1048677r1048677p1048677opl1048677 ar1048677 conu1048677dhow ar1048677 Lat1048677r-daySain par1048677n o goabou raiing h1048677irchildr1048677n Foruna1048677lyh1048677 Lord ha giv1048677nu dir1048677cion hroughh1048677 cripur1048677 andproph1048677 and apol1048677

and i all b1048677gin wihhaving h1048677 courag1048677 ohar1048677 our 1048677imoni1048677wih our childr1048677n

r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

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983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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ordquo

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A crazy w10486771048677kin Am1048677rica

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

In our world wh1048677r1048677p1048677opl1048677 ar1048677 conu1048677dhow ar1048677 Lat1048677r-daySain par1048677n o goabou raiing h1048677irchildr1048677n Foruna1048677lyh1048677 Lord ha giv1048677nu dir1048677cion hroughh1048677 cripur1048677 andproph1048677 and apol1048677

and i all b1048677gin wihhaving h1048677 courag1048677 ohar1048677 our 1048677imoni1048677wih our childr1048677n

r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

NOES983089 ldquoFollow h1048677 Proph1048677rdquo Ch

Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

983094 Wri1048677rrsquo no1048677 Sinc1048677 givinI hav1048677 mad1048677 an acual calT1048677r1048677 ar1048677 9830949830949830881048628 v1048677r1048677 ino Mormon A a ra1048677 o p1048677r day i will ak1048677 983089983089983088983089 di which i hr10486771048677 y1048677ar anBu i ur1048677 10486771048677l lik1048677 irsquo gou long1048677r

983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

Li1048677n o audio o hi alk a dialannorgTi 1048677x v1048677rion ha b10486771048677n 1048677di1048677d or an audi1048677nc1048677r1048677ading991252rah1048677r han li1048677ning o991252hi alk

i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

NOES983089 ldquoFollow h1048677 Proph1048677rdquo Ch

Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

983094 Wri1048677rrsquo no1048677 Sinc1048677 givinI hav1048677 mad1048677 an acual calT1048677r1048677 ar1048677 9830949830949830881048628 v1048677r1048677 ino Mormon A a ra1048677 o p1048677r day i will ak1048677 983089983089983088983089 di which i hr10486771048677 y1048677ar anBu i ur1048677 10486771048677l lik1048677 irsquo gou long1048677r

983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

STORIES

FOLISHNESSFLLY

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

Suan wro1048677 hi during h1048677r 1048677nior yo high chool T1048677aignm1048677n wa o air1048677 r1048677minic1048677n oand Pr983141judic983141

T1048677 par abou h1048677i 983089983088983088983077 ru1048677

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

Boon10486251048629 April 104862610486241048625983091wo bomb 1048677xplod1048677a h1048677 finih lin1048677 oh1048677 Boon Marahonkilling hr10486771048677 injuringmor1048677 han 983090983094983088 andr1048677inroducing Am1048677ricao 1048677rrorim a hom1048677

1048677rrorim rik1048677again in Am1048677rica

By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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ordquo

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A crazy w10486771048677kin Am1048677rica

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

In our world wh1048677r1048677p1048677opl1048677 ar1048677 conu1048677dhow ar1048677 Lat1048677r-daySain par1048677n o goabou raiing h1048677irchildr1048677n Foruna1048677lyh1048677 Lord ha giv1048677nu dir1048677cion hroughh1048677 cripur1048677 andproph1048677 and apol1048677

and i all b1048677gin wihhaving h1048677 courag1048677 ohar1048677 our 1048677imoni1048677wih our childr1048677n

r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

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983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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ONE DAY IN HE LIFEOF HE HIBDON FAMILY

By SUSAN

983151983159 983156983144983137983156 983156983144983141 H983145983138983140983151983150 983147983145983156983139983144983141983150 983144983137983140 983138983141983141983150completed or more than a month and a hal MrsHibdon decided it was time to unpack the boxesin the basement and move back into the kitchenTe rest o the amily was rather conused at herstatement that ldquothere are important things inthose boxesrdquo since they had survived withoutthem or several months Te younger Hibdonsrsquoidea o a necessity was something that was useulor instance a cake pan or rolling pin o theirknowledge all such necessities had already beenrestored to their permanent residences in the

kitchen however there were still a ew emptyshelves so they were orced to admit that theremight be a ew items missing Afer breakast Mrs Hibdon asked herdaughter Susan to carry the remaining boxesupstairs When this was done she pointed outa sink ull o soapy water and asked ldquoNow will

you please start on the wallsrdquo Te blank look onSusanrsquos ace must have indicated her mystificationat this request so Mrs Hibdon clarified it withldquoYou can tell how dusty they arerdquo ldquoYou want me to wash the wallsrdquo ldquoYes thatrsquos rightrdquo

ldquoDidnrsquot I do that last weekrdquo ldquoO course but you canrsquot expect things tostay clean or any length o timerdquo Susan had been in this situation beoreand knew it was useless to argue ldquoResistance isutilerdquo she muttered as she went to work Five minutes later Mrs Hibdon steppeddown rom her chair (where she had beenvacuuming the shelves which her youngestdaughter Ellen had cleaned just two weeksearlier) and inspected Susanrsquos work ldquoWait a minute yoursquore not telling me this is

Ti i a ru983141 ory Moly

T983141 waffl983141 in this story look983141dnothing lik983141 this

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 983090983088983088983095 BY CHRISTINA CHIN983085PARKER CC BY 983090983088COMMONSWIKIMEDIAORGWIKIFILEWAFFLES_WITH_STRAWBERRIES983114PG

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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ordquo

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A crazy w10486771048677kin Am1048677rica

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

In our world wh1048677r1048677p1048677opl1048677 ar1048677 conu1048677dhow ar1048677 Lat1048677r-daySain par1048677n o goabou raiing h1048677irchildr1048677n Foruna1048677lyh1048677 Lord ha giv1048677nu dir1048677cion hroughh1048677 cripur1048677 andproph1048677 and apol1048677

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r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

NOES983089 ldquoFollow h1048677 Proph1048677rdquo Ch

Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

983094 Wri1048677rrsquo no1048677 Sinc1048677 givinI hav1048677 mad1048677 an acual calT1048677r1048677 ar1048677 9830949830949830881048628 v1048677r1048677 ino Mormon A a ra1048677 o p1048677r day i will ak1048677 983089983089983088983089 di which i hr10486771048677 y1048677ar anBu i ur1048677 10486771048677l lik1048677 irsquo gou long1048677r

983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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done are yourdquo ldquoUmmhellip Well no I never said a word butnow that you mention itmdashrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos all this dust Tis is not a goodjob You have to go over it three times Once upand down then rinse the sponge then acrossand rinse it again then one last time to get off

whatever you didnrsquot get the first timerdquo ldquoI went over it twicerdquo ldquoWell therersquos still dust on here Do it againrdquo Susanrsquos first impulse was to comment thatldquoyou canrsquot expect things to stay clean or anylength o timerdquo but then she remembered the

window washing episode o last summer With asuppressed sigh she went to work Hal an hour later Mrs Hibdon checked the

walls and Susan was relieved to see that they mether satisaction She was about to leave the room

when Mrs Hibdon bent over and peered up tosee the bottom o the cabinets ldquoWait a minute did you do this part Youhave to do the cabinets they get dust on them

too you knowrdquo ldquoMmmmhmmmmnnnnnnnggrdquo Susantried to smother a groan o astonishmentSeventeen years had not been enough to accepther motherrsquos delusions and every day brought

with it a surprise that in retrospect seemed tofit in perectly with Mrs Hibdonrsquos patterns oderangement During the next ew minutes while Susan

was intent on her dust removal Mrs Hibdonset out to put all those important items (whoseidentity was as yet unknown) in the newlyspotless cabinets Te Hibdon children had long

since learned to block out all but the one mostpressing oolishness o their motherrsquos so Susantried not to observe her activities too closelyTis was o course impossible when Mr Hibdonentered the room and said in shock ldquoMary whatare you doingrdquo Mrs Hibdon replied in equal shock ldquoIrsquomputting this stuff away What does it look like Irsquomdoingrdquo Mr Hibdon recovered quickly rom hisinitial state o stupeaction and was now tryingto calmly sort through the boxes on the floor toestablish just what ldquothis stuffrdquo might be Susan

turned and surveying the scene attemptedto contain a wild giggle Picking up an oldcoffeepot Mr Hibdon inquired ldquowhen were

you thinking we might use this Tey donrsquot evenmake filters to fit this thing any morerdquo ldquoO course they do Tey make everything

you could ever want to buy we just donrsquot know where to find them Why would we keep thataround i it was useless Besides wersquove had it or

years We canrsquot throw it awayrdquo ldquoYes dear And what about thisrdquo ldquoWhat about itrdquo

ldquoWhy donrsquot we throw it awayrdquo ldquoTrow it away We canrsquot throw that awayLook at it itrsquos beautiulrdquo ldquoOh yoursquore right What is itrdquo Tere were several seconds o oppressivesilence while the three pondered the object inMr Hibdonrsquos hands ldquoI think itrsquos a shortbreadmoldrdquo offered Susan ldquoHey yeah I think yoursquore right See wecanrsquot throw that away itrsquos part o our Scottishheritagerdquo Mrs Hibdon said With a laugh (cleverly disguised as a cough)Mr Hibdon said ldquoMary it would take tworecipes o shortbread to fill this thing and you

would only get six pieces out o itrdquo Mrs Hibdon trying to sidestep reality saidfirmly ldquoDavid we are not throwing that away

We will need it someday and then where will weberdquo ldquoIn an uncluttered kitchenrdquo attemptedSusan Mr Hibdon laughed until he saw his wietrying not to do the same ldquoOkay why donrsquot we

put all o this in the garagerdquo(Te amily garage was filled withurniture that Mrs Hibdon said she was going torefinish but never actually did Tus came aboutthe term ldquogarage-ingrdquo which the young Hibdonsdefined as ldquothe disappearance o any purposeulhousehold itemrdquo) ldquoGood idea Susanrdquo ldquoNo we canrsquot put it out thererdquo ldquoWHY NOrdquo exclaimed Mr Hibdon whohad already picked up one o the boxes and wason his way out the door ldquoBecause itrsquos cold out thererdquo declared Mrs

Hibdon ldquoI mean i we ever want any o that wersquoll have to stand in the cold and sort througheverythingrdquo ldquoWhat are you talking about Wersquove alreadyestablished that WE ARE NEVER GOINGO USE ANY OF HISrdquo cried Susan inexasperation ldquoBesides therersquos no room in the garagerdquo ldquoOh thatrsquos right Te garage is ull becausethatrsquos where we put the things that are practicallike doors and chairsrdquo Susan recalled ldquoRightrdquo At that moment something caught Susanrsquos

eye ldquoA waffle iron How did that get in that boxrdquo ldquoOh that goes in the cupboard with thespice rack Will you put it awayrdquo ldquoWhatrsquos this waffle doing in itrdquo Mrs Hibdon poked it and said ldquoHmm

when was the last time we had wafflesrdquo Susanrsquos curiosity got the better o her andshe inquired ldquoIs it in the crusty stage o staleor has it gone through the complete cycle so itrsquosspongy againrdquo All o the Hibdons knew aboutthe staleness cycle known as the ldquoArchwayGinger Snap Effectrdquo so named because Mr

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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T1048677 par abou h1048677i 983089983088983088983077 ru1048677

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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A crazy w10486771048677kin Am1048677rica

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

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r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

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SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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Hibdon bought a bag o Archway Ginger Snapsabout every six months He always insisted thathe loved them but or some reason only aboutour o the cookies were actually eaten Everytwo weeks one o the children took out a cookieto run tests on it and it was ound that staleness

was not a continuum (as is generally assumedby the public) but a cycle that runs rom a hardcrusty state (when most people throw whatever it

is away) to a pseudo-normal squishy state ldquoBoy is this thing old David will you throwthis awayrdquo requested his wie tossing it to himldquoWait a minute Susan you canrsquot put that thererdquo ldquoWhy not Tis is the cabinet with the spicerackrdquo ldquoI know but that has to go on the shel withthe crock pot and the ondue pot so therersquos roomon the top shel or these ashtraysrdquo With great effort Susan resisted the urge toslap some sense into her mother since she knewit would never work anyway She was suddenlyaced with three absolutely ridiculous acts One

that somehow she was supposed to cram a waffleiron onto a shel that was already crowded with acrock pot and a ondue pot two that they evenowned a ondue pot and three that she wasmaking room or ashtrays ldquoAshtrays What do we need ashtrays orrdquo ldquoHey Back in the sixties we used to knowpeople who smokedrdquo ldquoRight Te key words here are lsquoback in thesixtiesrsquo when Johnson was president people

wore bellbottoms you made tuna casserole andsmoking was the hip groovy thing to do Notice

RIGH HE KEY WORDS HERE ARE lsquoBACK IN

HE SIXIESrsquo WHEN 983114OHNSON WAS PRESIDEN

PEOPLE WORE BELLBOOMS YOU MADE

UNA CASSEROLE AND SMOKING WAS HE

HIP GROOVY HING O DO NOICE HA

ALL F THSE THINGS ARE BAD IDEAS

SUSAN

that all o those things are bad ideasrdquo ldquoWell it might be a bad idea but people stilldo smokerdquo ldquoTatrsquos beside the point Te only way we

will ever use those ashtrays is i we meet someone who smokes and we live in Utah so thatrsquos prettymuch hopeless in itsel Not only that but we willhave to actually like them enough to invite themto our house and urthermore we have to like

them enough to let them smoke in our houseNone o those things will ever happen We donrsquotlike anyone enough to invite them to our houserdquo ldquoNot true We donrsquot dislike anyone enoughto invite them to our houserdquo chuckled MrHibdon as he threw a mystery object into thetrash on top o the waffle ldquoHey wait a minute What are you doingrdquo ldquoSorry my hand slipped Hi Martin hiEllen how are yourdquo he greeted his son and

youngest daughter who had just walked in thedoor ldquoFine Whatrsquos going onrdquo asked Ellen

trashing a bent spoon ldquoHey What are you doingrdquo ldquoOh nothing nothing at allrdquo she repliedretrieving it Martin who had been standing in thedoorway and looking around with a quizzicalexpression on his ace turned and lef the room

without a word ldquoWell you guys can all make un o me but Iknow Irsquom right Yoursquoll all be sorry someday when

you donrsquot have that shortbread moldrdquo ldquoYes dearrdquo d

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T1048677 par abou h1048677i 983089983088983088983077 ru1048677

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

In h983141 day af983141r h983141bombing a how o lov983141rom N983141w York o Boonproj983141c983141d ono h983141 acad983141o h983141 Brooklyn Acad983141myo Muic

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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A crazy w10486771048677kin Am1048677rica

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

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r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

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movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

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d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

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subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

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i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

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of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

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Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

Boon10486251048629 April 104862610486241048625983091wo bomb 1048677xplod1048677a h1048677 finih lin1048677 oh1048677 Boon Marahonkilling hr10486771048677 injuringmor1048677 han 983090983094983088 andr1048677inroducing Am1048677ricao 1048677rrorim a hom1048677

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By DUSIN

OUR TIMES

983141983154983154983151983154983145983155983149 S983145983150983139983141 983156983144983141 983137983156983156983137983139983147983155 983151983142September 983089983089 983090983088983088983089 wersquod watched ithappen around the world Bombs that tore

apart commuter trains in Madrid on 983089983089 March983090983088983088983092 killing 983092983089 and injuring over 983090983088983088983088 Fify-two killed and 983092983088983088 injured in the 983095983095 suicidebombings on the Underground and a bus inavistock Square in London in 983090983088983088983093 Wersquod watched it almost happen here Anattempted bombing on a Northwest Airlinesflight rom Amsterdam as it was landing in

Detroit on Christmas Day 983090983088983088983097 A smoking cardiscovered in imes Square on 983089 May 983090983088983089983088mdashaailed car bombing in the heart o Manhattan We knew it would happen again somedayHere in America And on a beautiul spring afernoon inBoston that day came At 983089983092983092983097 on Monday 983089983093

April 983090983088983089983091 as runners were crossing the finishline o the Boston Marathon an explosionoccurred just yards away People started runningTirteen seconds later and 983090983089983088 yards (983089983097983088 m)away another explosion tore through the crowdsome o whom were running rom the first blast

As with the September 983089983089 attacks it wasunclear at first what had occurred Whileldquoterrorismrdquo crossed ever yonersquos mindmdashsuch is the

world we now unortunately live inmdasheveryonealso held on to a hope that maybe just maybe it

wasnrsquot an attack Maybe it was just an accidenta malunction o inrastructure Facebook andother social media were flooded with suchsentiments We soon figured out that indeed terrorismit was But no one could predict the crazy weekthat lay ahead or our nation

I983150983158983141983155983156983145983143983137983156983151983154983155 983155983151983151983150 983145983140983141983150983156983145983142983145983141983140 983156983144983141suspectsmdashtwo o them brothers born inChechnya but whose amily had immigratedto the United States as reugees in 983090983088983088983090mdashand amassive manhunt got underway Beore we knewtheir names and their stories however theymanaged to kill a police officer and take a manhostage in a carjacking on 983089983096 April Te police officer Sean A Collier o theMassachusetts Institute o echnologyrsquos policedepartment was shot and killed or his gun as thesuspects sought to urther arm themselves Tey

could not however take the gun because o theholsterrsquos retention system Officer Collier was 983090983095

years old Te pair then carjacked a man named Dannyin Bostonrsquos Allston-Brighton neighborhood Teyheld the driver a Chinese national hostage andorced him to withdraw 983076983096983088983088 rom an AMmdashthemaximum the machine would allow Te carrsquosowner escaped while the suspects stopped at agas station he ran across the street to another gasstation and asked the clerk to call 983097983089983089 His phone

remained in the vehicle allowing the police totrack it Later interrogation revealed that thebrothers had ldquodecided spontaneouslyrdquo to go toNew York and may have been planning to bombimes Square and they needed a car to do it Shortly afer midnight in nearby Watertownin the early morning hours o 983089983097 April a virtualbattle between the suspects and police occurredan estimated 983090983088983088ndash983091983088983088 rounds o ammunition

were fired and at least one urther bomb andseveral crude grenades were thrown Eventuallythe older brother ran out o ammunition and

was tackled and apprehended by police Te

younger brother drove the stolen car toward thepolice and ran over his brother killing him Tesurviving brother sped off in the stolen car butabandoned it a short time later and fled on oot Watertown residents received calls romlaw enorcement instructing them to remainindoors and shelter in place A 983090983088-block searcharea was cordoned off as police went door todoor looking or the terrorist Watertown andseveral adjacent cities were locked down whilepolice hunted or the suspect and the nation

watched Te Massachusetts Bay ransportation Authority halted all transit service in the Boston

region Amtrak service to and rom Boston was suspended Logan International Airportremained open under tight security Universitiesschools business and other acilities remainedclosed One o Americarsquos largest urban regions

was brought to a standstill as were the lives o itsmillions o residents while police hunted or asingle suspect Tat evening outside the search area a

Watertown resident stepped outside and noticedthat the cover on his boat in his backyard wasloose He looked into the boat and saw a body

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

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WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

Li1048677n o audio o hi alk a dialannorgTi 1048677x v1048677rion ha b10486771048677n 1048677di1048677d or an audi1048677nc1048677r1048677ading991252rah1048677r han li1048677ning o991252hi alk

i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

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983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

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O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

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T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

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SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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lying in a pool o blood He called the police Tat evening we went to the home o acouple in our branch who had invited us ordinner While they got dinner ready Susan and I

watched television coverage o police zeroing inon the suspect in a boat in a backyard Authoritiessurrounded the boat and verified the suspectrsquosmovement using a thermal imaging device on aMassachusetts State Police helicopter When thesuspect started poking at the tarp on the boat

police began launching a large volley o gunfire atthe boat stopping only afer the superintendenton the scene called or a ceasefire Police movedin and apprehended the suspect who wasunarmed Celebrations spontaneously erupted inBostonrsquos streets Residents were ree rom theterror that had gripped them or an entire weekBostonrsquos nightmare had come to an end

983144983141 983155983157983155983152983141983139983156rsquo983155 983139983137983152983156983157983154983141 983159983137983155 983150983151983156 983156983144983141 983141983150983140 983151983142the story or the victims o the Boston Marathonbombing Te bombing had claimed three lives

Icirc Kryle Marie Campbell was a restaurantmanager rom Medord Massachusetts She

was 983090983097 Icirc Luuml Lingzi (吕令子 in Chinese) was a

Chinese national and Boston Universitygraduate student rom Shenyang LiaoningShe was 983090983091

Icirc Marin William Richard was rom theDorchester neighborhood o Boston He

was 983096

According to the Boston Public HealthCommission 983090983094983092 people were treated at 983090983095 localhospitals At least 983089983094 people lost limbs at thescene or by amputation in a hospital and 983091 lostmore than one limb But stories o heroism and charityabounded Some o the runners crossing thefinish line continued running to medical acilitiesto donate blood or the victims Hotels nearthe bombing site were orced to close leaving

hundreds o visitors without shelter residentso Boston and nearby communities opened uptheir homes to provide accommodation Across

America and around the world people in wayssmall and big showed their solidarity withBoston uniting behind the slogan Boston StrongMuni buses in San Francisco flashed the sloganon their destination signs Here in New Yorkthe wall o the Brooklyn Academy o Music wasilluminated with ldquoNY Brdquo Te Yankees playedldquoSweet Carolinerdquomdasha song closely associated withtheir archrival Boston Red Soxmdashat a home gamein Yankee Stadium ollowing a moment o silence

or the victims as did organizers o marathons inHamburg Germany and Stockholm Sweden Once again our nation and much o the

world were united in the ace o terrorism Onceagain all is quiet now and the suspect sits in jailawaiting trial But we sit and wait and watchhopeul that it will never happen again on ourshores but virtually certain that it willmdashwantingto ask i but orced to ask when where and bywhom And never quite understanding why d

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PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 APRIL 9830909830889830891048627 BY MOBILIZERS FORTHENINETYNINE CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSMOBILIZERSFORTHE983097983097983096983094983093983092983092983093983088983091983096983095

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

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r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

Li1048677n o audio o hi alk a dialannorgTi 1048677x v1048677rion ha b10486771048677n 1048677di1048677d or an audi1048677nc1048677r1048677ading991252rah1048677r han li1048677ning o991252hi alk

i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

NOES983089 ldquoFollow h1048677 Proph1048677rdquo Ch

Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

983094 Wri1048677rrsquo no1048677 Sinc1048677 givinI hav1048677 mad1048677 an acual calT1048677r1048677 ar1048677 9830949830949830881048628 v1048677r1048677 ino Mormon A a ra1048677 o p1048677r day i will ak1048677 983089983089983088983089 di which i hr10486771048677 y1048677ar anBu i ur1048677 10486771048677l lik1048677 irsquo gou long1048677r

983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

By DUSIN

In our world wh1048677r1048677p1048677opl1048677 ar1048677 conu1048677dhow ar1048677 Lat1048677r-daySain par1048677n o goabou raiing h1048677irchildr1048677n Foruna1048677lyh1048677 Lord ha giv1048677nu dir1048677cion hroughh1048677 cripur1048677 andproph1048677 and apol1048677

and i all b1048677gin wihhaving h1048677 courag1048677 ohar1048677 our 1048677imoni1048677wih our childr1048677n

r1048677nd par1048677ningor Lat1048677r-day Sain

WE BELIEVE

IN CHRIST

S983151983149983141 983156983145983149983141 983137983143983151 S983157983155983137983150 983137983150983140 I 983138983137983138983161983155983137983156 983142983151983154a amily in our branch As their childrengo to sleep they have CDs playing in their

rooms o songs in the Childrenrsquos Songbook orsimilar music Our daughter Fiona thought this

was a good idea and ever since then she toohas had us turn on a CD in her room while shegoes to sleep She too listens to songs rom theChildrenrsquos Songbook which are the songs sungby children in Primary One o these songs hasa couplet that makes Susan and me smile every

time we hear it

Now we have a world where people areconused

I you donrsquot believe it go and watch thenews983089

I you do watch the news or i you open anewspaper or magazine or listen to the radio

you will see that people argue and debateconstantly about all sorts o different issuespolitics ashion the economy what you shouldeat how you should exercise And certainly one

o the things people argue a lot about is the best way to be a parent I did some brie researchonline to see how people talk about some othese parenting trends Here are some trends youmight have heard about recently in the news

Icirc We have ldquotiger momsrdquo Icirc But then we also have ldquomartyr momsrdquo I

guess those are people who sacrifice a lotor their childrenmdashwhich would probablydescribe a lot o people

Icirc Clueless dads which is the way that mediaand culture typically portray dads when it

comes to taking care o their kids Icirc We have ldquoWalmart momsrdquo According to

what I read those are apparently mothers who are more concerned about amilyfinances than national finances I know thatI am

Ten there are different types o parenting

Icirc You have ldquohelicopter parentingrdquo Icirc Ten you also have ldquoslow parentingrdquo

which apparently is like the ldquoslow-oodrdquo

A alk Duin gav1048677 in h1048677acram1048677n m10486771048677ing o h1048677Buhwick 983089 Branch onMoh1048677rrsquo Day 983089983090 May 983090983088983089983091

movement Icirc And then the thing thatrsquos been in the news

a lot latelymdashI guess because o an article inTe New York imes about itmdashldquodiaperlessparentingrdquo which Irsquom guessing is helicopterparenting and slow parenting combinedtogether

People ask these questions When are youtoo old to have kids When are you too young tohave kids

Te big thing every ew months peopledebate over which countryrsquos (or continentrsquos)parents raise their kids the best Are they in Asia

Are they in France Are they in Sweden And finally therersquos been a lot o chatterabout books mostly geared toward womenTere is a book recently that has instructed

women to ldquolean inrdquo Or another book that Iound How to Look Hot in a Minivan (Yes that

was an actual book title) Again we do live in a world where peopleare conused Tere are so many trends out thereBut or us as members o Te Church o Jesus

Christ o Latter-day Saints what trend are we toollow in raising our own children I think a verygood explanation o that ldquotrendrdquo was given by theLord Jesus Christ himsel through the Prophet

Joseph Smith

And again inasmuch as parents havechildren in Zion or in any o her stakes

which are organized that teach them notto understand the doctrine o repentanceaith in Christ the Son o the living God ando baptism and the gif o the Holy Ghostby the laying on o the hands when eight

years old the sin be upon the heads o theparents983090

So think about that instruction that theLord has given to parents who are members othis Church Tink about the elements o thatinstruction You have first ldquoaith in Christ theSon o the living Godrdquo second ldquothe doctrine orepentancerdquo third baptism and ourth the gifo the Holy Ghostrdquo Te missionaries can tell youthat those are the first principles and ordinanceso the gospel983091 So in short the ldquotrendrdquo that we

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

Li1048677n o audio o hi alk a dialannorgTi 1048677x v1048677rion ha b10486771048677n 1048677di1048677d or an audi1048677nc1048677r1048677ading991252rah1048677r han li1048677ning o991252hi alk

i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

NOES983089 ldquoFollow h1048677 Proph1048677rdquo Ch

Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

983094 Wri1048677rrsquo no1048677 Sinc1048677 givinI hav1048677 mad1048677 an acual calT1048677r1048677 ar1048677 9830949830949830881048628 v1048677r1048677 ino Mormon A a ra1048677 o p1048677r day i will ak1048677 983089983089983088983089 di which i hr10486771048677 y1048677ar anBu i ur1048677 10486771048677l lik1048677 irsquo gou long1048677r

983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldialann-issue-11-july-2013 3232

Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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Duin hold Fionaor h983141 fir im983141

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983093 983114ULY 983090983088983089983088 BY SUSAN

8132019 Dialann | Issue 11 July 2013

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

8132019 Dialann | Issue 11 July 2013

httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldialann-issue-11-july-2013 2932

the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

Li1048677n o audio o hi alk a dialannorgTi 1048677x v1048677rion ha b10486771048677n 1048677di1048677d or an audi1048677nc1048677r1048677ading991252rah1048677r han li1048677ning o991252hi alk

i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

NOES983089 ldquoFollow h1048677 Proph1048677rdquo Ch

Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

983094 Wri1048677rrsquo no1048677 Sinc1048677 givinI hav1048677 mad1048677 an acual calT1048677r1048677 ar1048677 9830949830949830881048628 v1048677r1048677 ino Mormon A a ra1048677 o p1048677r day i will ak1048677 983089983089983088983089 di which i hr10486771048677 y1048677ar anBu i ur1048677 10486771048677l lik1048677 irsquo gou long1048677r

983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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2 6

Som983141im983141s w983141 ac as if an hon983141s

d983141claraion of doub is a high983141r

manif983141saion of moral courag983141 han is an

hon983141s d983141claraion of faih I is no hellip B983141as candid abou your qu983141sions as you

n983141983141d o b983141 lif983141 is full of h983141m on on983141

subj983141c or anoh983141r Bu if you and your

family wan o b983141 h983141al983141d donrsquo l983141 hos983141

qu983141sions sand in h983141 way of faih working

is miracl983141

ELDER 983114EFFREY R HOLLANDOF HE QUORUM OF HE WELVE

as parents in this Church are to ollow is to teachour children the gospel o Jesus Christ And thatrsquos

what it all comes down to But where and how do we start I thinkMoroni gives very good instruction on where

we are supposed to begin I ound this prettyinteresting Irsquove never noticed this verse beore

Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teachmdashrepentance and baptism untothose who are accountable and capable ocommitting sin yea teach parents that theymust repent and be baptized and humblethemselves as their little children and theyshall all be saved with their little children983092

We begin teaching our children the gospelo Jesus Christ by internalizing it ourselvesby obeying the commandments and the firstprinciples and ordinances o the gospel Tatrsquos

where we start I want to take a moment to talk about what

has worked in our amily in terms o teaching ourown daughter the gospel o Jesus Christ I thinkthese things will sound pretty amiliar to you

Icirc We really try to pray daily as a amily bothin the morning and the evening

Icirc We try to say blessings at mealtimesmdashatevery mealtime

Icirc As a amily we try to have daily scripture

study Now Fiona is not yet three yearsold983093 But we still read the Book o Mormon

with her We read with her six verses a day Ihavenrsquot calculated how long itrsquos going to take

us to get through the Book o Mormon butitrsquos probably somewhere over hal a decadeBut we do it983094

Icirc We hold family home evening We try todo it on Mondays as wersquove been instructedby Church leaders But you know what Itdoesnrsquot always work out on Monday Anditrsquos pretty amazing how ofen things comeup on Monday eveningsmdashthings which takeme or Susan away rom home and make itimpossible to have amily home evening onMonday So we just try to have it one day a

week whatever day o the week works And

again Fionarsquos not even three years old A loto times itrsquos as short as five or ten minutesBut we try to have it

Tatrsquos where it all starts Itrsquos the things that ourChurch leaders have instructed us to do or a verylong time I want to take a moment and tell you that

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

Li1048677n o audio o hi alk a dialannorgTi 1048677x v1048677rion ha b10486771048677n 1048677di1048677d or an audi1048677nc1048677r1048677ading991252rah1048677r han li1048677ning o991252hi alk

i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

NOES983089 ldquoFollow h1048677 Proph1048677rdquo Ch

Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

983094 Wri1048677rrsquo no1048677 Sinc1048677 givinI hav1048677 mad1048677 an acual calT1048677r1048677 ar1048677 9830949830949830881048628 v1048677r1048677 ino Mormon A a ra1048677 o p1048677r day i will ak1048677 983089983089983088983089 di which i hr10486771048677 y1048677ar anBu i ur1048677 10486771048677l lik1048677 irsquo gou long1048677r

983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

8132019 Dialann | Issue 11 July 2013

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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the Holy Ghost testiy to us that this Church istrue and that Jesus Christ is our Savior I we havehad the Holy Ghost testiy to us that these thingsare true then we need to share that testimony

with our children I still remember vividly the very first timeI ever shared that testimony with Fiona Hereis a photo o me holding Fiona or the very firsttime Tis is at almost 983090983088983088 in the morning on983089983093 July 983090983088983089983088 She had been born at 983089983092983088 thatmorningmdashalready keeping us up in the middleo the night Susan had held her and then Fionahad been bathed Ten it was my turn to holdher or the very first time Te first thing I did

was I introduced mysel as her ather Ten I toldher that her mother and I had been married bythe priesthood authority in the temple and thatbecause we had been married in the temple bythe right authority she had been born into aneternal amily I promised her that we would doeverything we could to make sure she was oursorever

Doing everything we can simply meansupholding the covenants that we made at baptismand that we renewed today by partaking o thesacrament As I mentioned in a talk that I gave a ewmonths ago here when we are baptized there area ew things we covenant to do Tose covenants

we make can be summarized very simply wecovenant to provide or each otherrsquos spiritualand temporal needs as members o the Churchand we covenant to teach each other the gospelo Jesus Christ And when you think about it

when it comes down to it thatrsquos the same thing

expected o us as parents in this Church weare to take care o our childrenrsquos spiritual andtemporal needs and teach them the gospel o

Jesus Christ By doing so all o us can uphold ourbaptismal covenants to ollow our Savior and hiscommandments In closing I leave my testimony with youthat I know that God is real I know that JesusChrist is his Son and that he is our Savior Iknow that this is Jesus Christrsquos Church upon theearth As we ollow the scriptures and the livingprophets and apostles that we have today we willbe able to raise children who are strong and who

are able to lead happy and productive lives I rsquomvery grateul or those in my lie who have donethe same or me In the name o Jesus Christamen d

Li1048677n o audio o hi alk a dialannorgTi 1048677x v1048677rion ha b10486771048677n 1048677di1048677d or an audi1048677nc1048677r1048677ading991252rah1048677r han li1048677ning o991252hi alk

i you arenrsquot doing that in your own amily itrsquosnot too late It does not mean that yoursquore a badparent It just means you should start and try

your hardest to do it I promise you that as youdo these things the blessings o the Lord willcome into your lives and you and your children

will be blessed I promise you that What happens when parents donrsquot do that I think back to my own mission I served inthe Utah Salt Lake City South Mission We hadover 983091983088983088983088983088983088 members o the Church withinmy mission boundaries Tat means I was in thehomes o a lot o members o the Church Mosto them were very good strong members o theChurch I was very impressed by so many peopleI met But every once in a while we met parents

whose children had allen away rom the ChurchNow that happens sometimes All o us have tochoose whether or not to ollow the gospel o

Jesus Christ and the commandments that he hasgiven Sometimes our children despite our bestefforts will choose a different path And i that

happens all we can do is love them and we haveto love them And thatrsquos it But there were some people whose childrenhad allen away rom the Church who would

whisper to me ldquoWell when it came to religion we sort o just let them choose their own pathrdquoI really wondered about that because I reallyeel strongly about our own individual ability tochoose Irsquom grateul that Irsquove had the ability tochoose in my own lie and that I can choose thepath that I want to ollow Now this is the paththat Irsquove chosen to ollowmdashto stay close to theChurch But what about my own daughter Can I

just let her do whatever she wants to do In this context Elder Jeffrey R Holland othe Quorum o the welve said something in thislast general conerence983095 that really stuck out tome that I think contrasts with the conusion yousee in the world particularly when it comes toaith and religion He said

Sometimes we act as i an honest declarationo doubt is a higher maniestation o moralcourage than is an honest declaration oaith It is not hellip Be as candid about yourquestions as you need to be lie is ull o

them on one subject or another But i youand your amily want to be healed donrsquotlet those questions stand in the way o aith

working its miracle983096

What that says to me is that parents need tohave the courage to share their testimonies withtheir children Most o us in this room have elt

NOES983089 ldquoFollow h1048677 Proph1048677rdquo Ch

Songbook pag1048677 983089983089983088983090 Docrin1048677 and Cov1048677nan 983091 S10486771048677 h1048677 Fourh Aricl1048677 o1048628 Moroni 983096983089983088983093 Fiona had no y1048677 urn1048677d

h1048677 da1048677 o hi alk

983094 Wri1048677rrsquo no1048677 Sinc1048677 givinI hav1048677 mad1048677 an acual calT1048677r1048677 ar1048677 9830949830949830881048628 v1048677r1048677 ino Mormon A a ra1048677 o p1048677r day i will ak1048677 983089983089983088983089 di which i hr10486771048677 y1048677ar anBu i ur1048677 10486771048677l lik1048677 irsquo gou long1048677r

983095 T1048677 983089983096983091rd Annual G1048677n1048677rCon1048677r1048677nc1048677 in April 983090983088983089983091

983096 ldquoLord I B1048677li1048677v1048677rdquo Sunday 1048677ion 10486771048677 Ensign May pag1048677 9830971048628

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

8132019 Dialann | Issue 11 July 2013

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8132019 Dialann | Issue 11 July 2013

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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983114 U L Y 2 0 1 3

LAST LOOK

A p983141cial d983141liv983141ryA 1048677w monh af1048677r Fiona wa born w1048677 r1048677c1048677iv1048677dan 1048677nv1048677lop1048677 in h1048677 mail addr10486771048677d o h1048677r T1048677r1048677urn addr1048677 wa ju down 983089983094h Sr10486771048677 romwh1048677r1048677 w1048677 liv1048677d in Wahingon DC Bu i wa av1048677ry amou addr1048677 983089983094983088983088 P1048677nnylvania Av1048677nu1048677NW991252h1048677 Whi1048677 Hou1048677 Inid1048677 wa a hi cardrom h1048677 pr1048677id1048677n and hi wi1048677 w1048677lcoming ourp1048677cial d1048677liv1048677ry o h1048677 world 991252983140983157983155983156983145983150

O C O B E R 983090 983088 983089 983088

PHOTO TAKEN 983089983094 OCOBER 983090983088983089983088 BY ANGELA N CC BY 983090983088FLICKRCOMPHOTOSAON983093983088983096983094983094983090983096983095983091983089

8132019 Dialann | Issue 11 July 2013

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8132019 Dialann | Issue 11 July 2013

httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldialann-issue-11-july-2013 3232

Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12

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Susan and Dusinrsquos visi o h983141 Sau983141 of

Lib983141ry991252and all h983141 way o h983141r crown991252

was a buck983141-lis mom983141n som983141hing

Dusin had wai983141d his whol983141 lif983141 o do

T983141 sau983141rsquos r983141op983141ning on h983141 Fourh

of 983114uly h983141 day of Susan and Dusinrsquos

visi was a significan mom983141n in h983141

N983141w York r983141gionrsquos ongoing r983141cov983141ry

from Hurrican983141 Sandy which sruck in

Ocob983141r 983090983088983089983090

SEE ldquoA VISI O HESAUE OF LIBERYrdquo PAGE 12