Food is my addiction

How Lucky Are You by Lena Mattice Throughout my life I have come across so many people that have said words to me similar to: Why does it seem like some people have it easy in life? Why is life so hard for some and not for others? Why is it when I try to do what Heavenly Father wants me to do,                why does everything always seem to go wrong? Why does this person or that person always seem to get what they want out of life                when I always seem to struggle? Why does that person fit in with the crowd and that person does not? What makes a person popular and another person not? These are questions that have come to my mind many times over the years and now finally I feel I have a few answers. I grew up in a family of 13 children. Although growing up I did not have the joy of knowing what it was like to have a family that was large.  I came along at the very end of the fami...

A Different Kind of Mission By Lena Mattice When my son was a junior in high school, he told me he wanted to play college football. I smiled and told him, “Okay—but it’s going to take a lot of work.” I asked, “And,What about serving a mission?” We talked about different scenarios, wondering if a college might let him serve and then return to play. But we had no idea where to even begin in getting colleges to notice him. His coach mentioned a football camp three hours away. So we drove, and he participated. A few coaches took interest and said they’d be watching his senior year. But that senior year was right after COVID. Schedules were unpredictable, and opportunities were uncertain. We still didn’t know who to talk to or how to get his name out there. Then, during Homecoming week, the team we were scheduled to play had to cancel due to a COVID outbreak. His coach jumped on Twitter, trying to find a replacement team. He found one—but they were two divisions above ours. We needed a gam...