It has been awhile since I sent out my column updates, so this newsletter will have links to several columns.

My most recent column is about marriage, since we have a son getting married this month. You can read it at:

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/beacon/080506marriage.html

This one is about being wise enough to accept correction and learn from critics.

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/beacon/080422loveth.html

These next ones were from my series on Personal Records Management:

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/beacon/080408hurt.html

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/beacon/080325die.html

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/beacon/080205account.html

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/beacon/080126grave.html

Here is a link to a website where you can order a book that helps with the organizational tasks, called Answers. I hope someday they go digital with this but for now it is only available as a notebook. It is a wonderful system for organizing your important papers. I bought mine twenty-five years ago, and I still use it, with a few adaptations and fine tuning of my own.

http://www.answersbook.com/


For you animal lovers, this column is a eulogy for my cat, Smokey.

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/beacon/080311four.html

Life is plenty busy right now. I'm working as always on getting bookings for the rental house. There are always tasks to do as a wedding approaches. Last week just as I was making wonderful progress on polishing my latest manuscript--a book called Heaven Help Us!--my laptop computer died. It was one of those frustrating weeks where I had the Midas Touch in reverse. As a random act of kindness, I will spare you further details.

I have two presentations on the horizon. I am doing an Enrichment Meeting in my ward in Kona on the subject of "Celebrating Sisterhood" on May 7th. On May 21st I am speaking to a ward in Springville on the subject of "A Sense of Humor as a Survival Skill." I am having the humor presentation taped, so if there is anyone who would like a copy, let me know. If there is enough interest, I will get some extra copies made and let you know how much they will be.

The day after the wedding, the remaining family members in town are going to go play In Moab over the long weekend. This sounds like a wonderful tradition--the post-wedding family funfest.

As always, I love to hear from any of you who have time or inclination to write.

Cheerio!

Susan