Beneath the Wraps

            In addition to making cards Richard has taken up another hobby: repairing watches.   He buys broken watches at yard sales, estate sales and second hand stores.   Often they just need a new battery but sometimes they require a backing or strap.   He fixes them up to running and donates them to a homeless shelter.          On Thursday the shelter handed him two large bags of broken watches.   Jai and I have joined his cause and made the watches a family project.   We have sorted the watches into piles of “ probably just needs a new battery ” to “ no straps ” “ straps only ” “ backings ” “ without backings ” and so forth.   I have decided to wear a new watch each day – just to make certain that it is working.   Problem is I find that I haven ’ t looked at it often enough.          I had set a green watch aside as one I might ...

         I am not the type of person who seeks recognition for performing an act of service or feel the need to blow my own horn and yet so many of the “ Light of the World ” suggestions want us to use social media to post our accomplishment or share suggestions.  This day for example   As though social media is not already flooded with donate to this cause – donate to that cause.   So and so is raising money for this charity or that – and now light of the world wants me to add to that:           “ Look what I did! ”   I can share a link I suppose. But I ’ m not going to.   I am not alone.   My RS president is not too thrilled with the idea of posting our every move when it sounds like we are blowing our own horns which I ’ m sure is not the intent of the church.   It ’ s probably more of a missionary tool and because of COVID may be limited to activities that we have done in...