Complete layout of all issues now available
Every article, photo, illustration, and item—just as it appeared in the print version of Dialann. Now available on Dialann.org. Continue reading Complete layout of all issues now available
South Mecklenburg High School Class of 2000 Commencement
Nearly 13 years after we graduated, a gift of sorts to fellow members of the South Mecklenburg High School Class of 2000: a digitized version of the video of our commencement. Now the complete, unedited video is available for all of us to share—and the entire world to see. Continue reading South Mecklenburg High School Class of 2000 Commencement
Four more years
Tuesday, 6 November 2012 | President Barack Obama, a Democrat, wins reelection while Republican numbers shrink in both houses of Congress. Continue reading Four more years
The meaning of family
I’ve learned a lot of words since I was born. “Family” is one of the most important. Continue reading The meaning of family
From All the World
We had a cultural night at church on Saturday, 2 February 2013, and the missionaries asked me to prepare this slide-show presentation to accompany the song they used to open the activity. Continue reading From All the World
True to the faith
I returned home from my service as a full-time missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ten years ago today. Here I reflect on what those two years of my life mean to me—and remember that my real mission has only just begun. Continue reading True to the faith
Do we realize what we have?
My experience in the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission was not only a time to teach but also a time to learn—to learn for myself the truth of this work and the blessing I have to be a part of it. Continue reading Do we realize what we have?
A note from the editors
Dear Dialann.org visitors:
While Dialann.org is new, we have produced Dialann—our family’s journal-in-the-form-of-a-magazine, on which the site is based—since January 2011. Over the next several weeks, we will be posting many of the articles that have appeared in past issues of our magazine to this site. As you visit our site, you may notice articles and links that are missing, and you may see that various issues of the magazine or features of the site are incomplete. If you sign up to receive email notifications of new articles posted (see the bottom of the sidebar to the right), please note that, as we complete this process of publishing past material online, you will likely receive notifications about articles that are as much as two years old.
Thank you for your understanding as we launch this new project. We’re glad to have you along for the ride.
—Susan, Dustin, and Fiona Continue reading A note from the editors
Fiona turns two
And, as usual, we go to the beach. But this time it was on the Google Wallet Express. Continue reading Fiona turns two
‘The worth of souls is great in the sight of God’
All of us will be touched by bullying at some point in our lives. As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are his hands in lifting up those affected by it. Continue reading ‘The worth of souls is great in the sight of God’
Dustin’s stuffed animals
Earlier this year, Dustin, age 30, made the difficult decision that it was time to send his stuffed animals to a new home. So, one evening early this fall, he, Susan, and Fiona carried them to Goodwill on West 8th Street in Manhattan and donated them. But before bidding them farewell, Dustin had a little photo shoot with them so he could always remember them. This is one of those photos. Continue reading Dustin’s stuffed animals
Of junk & memories
By Dustin | If moving to New York a little over a year ago—our first move as a family—taught us anything, it’s that we have a lot of stuff. Too much stuff. So much stuff that I would be embarrassed to accept anyone’s help on our next move if I didn’t take some time to sort through it, organize it, and toss out the stuff I … Continue reading Of junk & memories
American prophet
Who was Joseph Smith, really? This is the basic question Richard Lyman Bushman attempts to answer in Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, a “cultural biography” of the first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The answer Mr. Bushman—a member of the Church* and an emeritus professor of history at Columbia University here in New York—gives is, in many respects, rather simple. … Continue reading American prophet
My first days at school
One day in the summertime, Mama and Daddy started talking to me about school. They said I would be going to a place with some other kids, and I would get to play and sing and take a nap there, and then at the end of the day I would come home again. It sounded kind of cool. Continue reading My first days at school
Our annual holiday letter, 2012
NEW YORK • DECEMBER 2012 Dear family and friends, TWENTY TWELVE began on a dour note for Dustin. It wasn’t because he turned 30 nine days into the new year, but rather because he realized that he now looks like he’s 30. Fortunately, February proved to be a lot brighter. This year was a leap year, which meant that we got to celebrate our real … Continue reading Our annual holiday letter, 2012
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