July 1–7 ❘ Lamoni

Jul 1

Lamoni

Grandmother taught me eloquence:
how to speak even in silence
when fear constricts heart and throat.

Grandfather taught me cunning:
how to trim and stitch opportunity
from unexpected circumstance.

Father taught me balance:
how to keep my feet when friends shift
beneath like gravel on mountain path.

Mother taught me love:
how it feels to be forgiven
for callow wrongs.

Ammon taught me how nurtured hurt
distorts truth like a dark mist,
blinding me to another Father

who teaches mercy—
how to honor good traditions
and let the rest melt away like frost
at touch of dawn’s outspread fingers.

July 8–14 ❘ Burial