Blessings. What are they? Well, that’s an easy question to answer. All I need to do is check my list. Good . . . whoops, I mean, GREAT health Money Nice house Super job Beautiful car Outstanding talents Good looks Kids and grandkids all doing fantastic My marriage couldn’t be better BYU basketball team wins (Just…
What is a physical disability? I have more than a significant hearing loss, but I think my wife Joyce has the physical disability—she hears everything. I admit, however, that my hearing challenge can be a bit taxing for those who are trying to communicate with me. I’m sorry about that, but my so-called physical disability has…
For me, charity defines Christmas, and I like Christmas. A lot! All of my Christmases have been memorable (my choice), and some have been exceptional. Like the Christmas of 1978 in Tustin, California. I was serving as a counselor in the bishopric at the time—my fifth go-around for that call. I’d heard the two most…
Our letter from President Hinckley in 2007 called Joyce and me to serve in the Romania București mission. A very unusual coincidence, I thought at the time. My uncle, Garth Hanson, more a brother to me than an uncle, served as the mission president of that mission with his wife Sheila just two years before. President Hinckley’s letter…