A Cat and a Dog
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE I was invited to a charter school to speak to the students about writing. I had a fun day sharing stories. It was my first experience speaking...
View ArticleExponential Growth—Or Not
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE We had been studying exponential growth in my math class. We had talked about how interest grows in investments. One of the concepts we talked...
View ArticleBy Reputation
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE I was a senior in high school, and it was just two weeks before Valentine’s Day when Lisa called me. We were cousins, close in age, and were...
View ArticleLetter from the Coast: What Would You Wish For
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE What would I ask for, if I had the power or the gift to have a dozen wishes granted to me? When beauty contest winners are asked this, they...
View ArticleThe Hidden Honeymoon
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE My son married a beautiful, sweet young lady this week. It was a wonderful time, and we enjoyed meeting his bride’s wonderful family. When my...
View ArticleA Major Misfire
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE I sat down to read my email on the first day of winter semester. “Professor Howard,” one of them read. “My name is Shanae, and I am in your...
View ArticleContradictions
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE I walked into a local community library and saw a sign. It said, “If you are illiterate, call . . .” I couldn’t help wondering, “If a person...
View ArticleSolving the Real Problem
Kevin came up to my desk after class. “Professor Howard, may I talk to you?” “Sure,” I answered. “What would you like to talk about?” “I want to wait until everyone else is gone?” he whispered. I...
View ArticleNo One Will Notice
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE When my wife, Donna, came home, I could tell she was upset. When I asked her what was wrong, she broke down and cried. “I slid on some ice and...
View ArticleIt Can’t Be That Hard
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Sandy was a young mother with two preschool boys who were born eighteen months apart. They were like mini tornados. Each day it was all she...
View ArticleA Modern Healing At The Pool Of Bethesda
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Cover image via LDS.org. Steve is one of the kindest people I have ever met. His life has been one of service and goodness. He is quick to...
View ArticleDon’t Take Away A Calf’s Dinner
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE I answered the phone and heard Laura’s voice. “Hi, Daris. Hey, my cousin, Amanda, is here from the city, and she would really like to do...
View ArticleA Plan of Discord
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View ArticleHiking Packs, Unevenly Distributed
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Our scoutmaster called the meeting to attention for about the fifth time. “Are you all clear on the itinerary? We have to be out of here early...
View ArticleWhat Do You Have In Your Pack?
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following is the second half of the story published last week entitled, Hiking Packs Unevenly Distributed. Our scoutmaster had dropped us...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Go Home
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Eva was a big lady. I don’t mean she was fat. She wasn’t. She was big and strong from lots of years of hard work on the farm alongside her...
View ArticleComputer Repair
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE My phone rang, and when I answered, it was Andy. “Hey, Daris,” he said, “can you come help me? My printer isn’t working.” It was the early days...
View ArticleNo Good Deed
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Maria looked out the back of the truck as they traveled along through the darkness. She looked at the German soldier resolutely holding his gun...
View ArticleYou Can’t Have Too Many Rolls
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE My wife, Donna, had a women’s conference, and I was going to be watching the children. We had been busy with springtime, trying to get the...
View ArticleVote of Confidence
Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Cover image via LDS.org. We attend a little country church in our rural community. I have been involved in many community events and have...
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