To read the first part of our interview with Marsha, see here. What are some of the reactions you’ve had to giving out the Book of Mormon? I’ve had a lot of people say things like, “Oh, what a coincidence, I’m going on a plane tonight and I needed something to read, and now I […]
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Marcia Zimsky is a woman of many interests and skills. She has worked in journalism and as a deaf interpreter, is a quilter, a self-taught (and excellent) wildlife photographer, and a grammarian extraordinaire. She was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1986, and she and her husband John
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“What did you do when you raised your kids? What is your secret formula?” At a friend’s brunch, I was cornered by two moms. I was shocked to hear these questions. I respected these testimony-filled, talented women. They both were weathering the storm of having their oldest child swim through the shark tank of high
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After a hurricane makes landfall in Florida, countless hurricane survivors tell the media, “It’s the price we pay to live in paradise.” However, I might object to this definition of the word “paradise.” When our family made the choice to follow my husband’s career wherever it took us, I never dreamed that this landlocked-born girl
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We now have an operating temple here in Richmond, Virginia! It is still amazing to me to say that. We moved here from California 21 years ago. For that entire time, we have been in the Washington, D.C. temple district. Twenty-one years of fighting D.C. traffic, twenty-one years of all-day stake bus trips, twenty-one years
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I recently attended our semi-annual stake conference; all three sessions! We had a visiting General Authority—a rarity in these days, at least in our neck of the woods. All three meetings were great: the General Authority was funny, personable, and gracious; the stake presidency and members chosen to speak were well-prepared, thoughtful, and inspiring. I
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Why choose a name like Speak Excellent Things? When considering what to name our website and community, I had only one idea. It’s a concept, a belief, a feeling I’d been mulling over for several years, and I really believe it fits. It provides us with an image of a woman eminently worthy of emulation,
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