Contents: A New Year's resolution -- A 1998 Christmas card from Reed Bradford -- The power of example -- A let down -- How much am I bid for a president? -- A lesson in apples -- Fanny Lou -- Be my Valentine -- Oh, to be a banker -- A rare moment -- A letter to Joseph Smith -- What price failure -- The inexperience of youth -- Brother, are you saved? -- "Extra! extra! read all about it" -- A "weedy" thought for today -- Church in the "good old days" -- More than a teacher -- On looking back -- Poetry with a rhyme and a twist -- A handy reminder -- My favorite time of the day -- My favorite color -- If I had my life to live over -- "What does it take to be a hero? -- A small boy learns about germs -- A river run -- Temple Hill -- Out of the mouth of babes -- A thought for Father's Day -- A lesson learned from watermelon rinds -- Born of God -- "Alone" -- A new president -- Ruth Lewis Peterson turns eighty -- "If ye have the faith" -- "Sherbie" -- "Life with Barbara" -- "Take me out to the ball park" -- The stock market -- "Trick or treat" -- "Seventy six" -- The worth of a soul -- Saved by the scriptures -- My friend, Izzy -- I remember -- Unforgettable -- Fear or faith? -- Development workers : the difference you are making -- Adddress to graduates, Brigham Young University -- November 1989 "Smoke Signal" -- A Christmas tradition.