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Frances Monson, wife of Mormon church leader, dies

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:14:02 MDT

Frances Monson, wife of Mormon church leader, dies

By peggy fletcher stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 10:14AM MDT

It was love at first sight — or at least first meeting — for the tall, loquacious Thomas S. Monson and the slender beauty, Frances Beverly Johnson. Soon, he was smitten, Monson later recalled, “I knew I’d found the right one.” Now, after nearly 65 years of marriage, Monson, the LDS Church’s 16th president, has lost the woman who walked in dignity beside him, providing quiet strength, support and encouragement as he performed his church duties. Frances Monson, who had been hospitalized for sev...

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Afghans tell of U.S. soldier’s killing rampage

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:00:47 MDT

Afghans tell of U.S. soldier’s killing rampage

By KATHY GANNON The Associated Press

Updated May 16, 2013 10:00PM MDT

Kandahar, Afghanistan • Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime before dawn on March 11, 2012. According to Masooma, an American soldier wearing a helmet equipped with a flashlight burst into her two-room mud home while everyone slept. He killed her husband, Dawood, punched her 7-year-old son and shoved a pistol ...

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Motherhood 101: Utah moms share the lessons they learned

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:57:29 MDT

Motherhood 101: Utah moms share the lessons they learned

By Brooke Adams The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 08:57AM MDT

You probably recall dozens of lessons your mother taught you, but what of the lessons motherhood taught her? Motherhood always contains moments of joy, occasionally complications and, too often, unexpected heartache. The lessons women take from the experience are multifaceted, unique and universal at the same time. To be a mom, however the opportunity presents itself, is to have your capacity for love and connection tested and shaped — forever. Here are the lessons some mothers shared: • E...

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St. Regis Deer Valley welcomes families of deployed airmen for Mother’s Day brunch

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:15:33 MDT

St. Regis Deer Valley welcomes families of deployed airmen for Mother’s Day brunch

By Brett Prettyman The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 07:15AM MDT

Deer Valley • Katelyn Humiston planned on surprising her mom with breakfast on Mother’s Day. So the 9-year-old was a bit disappointed to learn her family had other plans. All was forgiven Sunday when Katelyn realized there was a fancy brunch with crab involved. The Humistons joined several other Utah families — with husbands and fathers deployed across the world — for a special Mother’s Day brunch at the J&G Grill inside the upscale St. Regis Deer Valley hotel. “I had scrambled eggs, bacon and ...

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Utah woman’s violent death reunites her estranged children

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:43:15 MDT

Utah woman’s violent death reunites her estranged children

By Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 10:43PM MDT

The day they lowered Touch Choun’s casket into the earth, her son and oldest daughter stood side by side. They are two of four children — three girls and a boy — but they were the only ones to scatter dirt across their mother’s final resting place. The middle sister stayed home. No one knows where the youngest is. The funeral was the first time the siblings had seen each other in more than a decade. But as brother and sister bowed heads in unison to the slow prayer of Buddhist monks, the distanc...

Looking for the light

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:01:02 MDT

Looking for the light

By tamara bailie

Updated May 7, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Our daughters are 14, 12 and 10 years old. We are long past the point of simply being able to turn off the television and keep them from some realities about the world they live in. As their mom, I feel a tremendous responsibility to find words to give them, ways to help them process what even adults can’t easily process, something to focus on and believe in so they somehow grow up to be people who trust that there is more good than bad in the world. We talked about the bombings in Boston. Sever...