Susan Dayley's Blog, page 52

Red Bricks and Poetry

A long ago friend of mine recently gave me a book that contained one of his essays: The Best of Mormonism 2009. Highly worth reading if you can find it. In his story he wrote of experiences that reverberated with some of my own. Maybe because we grew up in the same Idaho 'city,' maybe because I remembered going to church in the late light of a winter day and returning in darkness, but mostly it was the memories of an old brick schoolhouse. He attended Washington Elementary, I attended one abo...

If a big fish swallows you, don't panic.

I saw a program the other day which discussed the need that children have for real life heroes, such as their own parents. In thinking about it, I concluded that adults also need heroes. That is one of the things I like about Jonah. He is not a basically flawed, lacking-in-principles character that because of some noble act becomes a hero; rather he is basically a good man who tries everyday to do the right thing. That is why when he makes a wrong choice (such as fleeing to Tarshish rather th...