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May is a spring month — sometimes as fickle as April, but sweet with hope and promise. Does May hold a birthday for you, a wedding anniversary or the birth of a child? Is May the month when, after years of longing and planning, you first saw London, Paris or the Caribbean?

Cyclone Ian and Lessons from the People of Tonga

I suspect that all the advance warning in the world cannot prepare someone for the experience of being in the path of a viciously destructive Category 5 cyclone.

Sponsored: A New Hope for Preventing and Treating Symptoms of Chronic Illness

By John B. Hewlett

This article is sponsored by John Hewlett.

Famous Latter-day Saints

Alex Boye and Jenny Oaks Baker: Wayfaring Stranger

Latter-day Saint Life

Why Wilford Woodruff Survived 17+ Life-Threatening Accidents (from Suffocation to Nearly Freezing to Death)

By Truman G. Madsen

Wilford Woodruff had so many accidents he came to believe he was a "marked man." The Prophet Joseph Smith once said, "Remember, brethren, that time and chance happen to all men." There are in this world real accidents. A full-scale determinist would say they are inevitable, but sometimes we can correctly say, No, it's just the way things happen.

Famous Latter-day Saints

Watch: Claire Ryann Interviews Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine + More in Adorable Video for "The Voice"

By Danielle B. Wagner

Recently, NBC's The Voice created an adorable video where Claire Ryann Crosby interviewed judges Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine, Alicia Keys, and Blake Shelton. During the adorable video, Claire asks a few hard-hitting questions about Shelton's mullet and ladybug tattoos, but she also gives suggestions on how Levine and Shelton can get along better and say nice things to each other.

Latter-day Saint Life

A Temple Christmas Story That Will Melt Your Heart

By Jean Holbrook Mathews

Jean Mathews and her husband, John, served a mission in the Manila Philippines Temple, where this story took place.

From the Church

5 Memorable Stories from First Presidency Christmas Devotionals

We are blessed to be in a Church with such wonderful story tellers! What tender reminders of the joy of this season from our beloved prophets and Church leaders.

Lesson Helps

FHE: A Christ-Centered Easter

By Emily Belle Freeman

This week’s Come, Follow Me lesson focuses on Easter. Below is a family home evening plan that can be used along with the suggestions in the Come, Follow Me manual to help families focus on the message of Christ’s resurrection. Also, don't miss a great week of Easter videos from our friends Emily Freeman and David Butler! The videos will be posted on LDS Living every day leading up to Easter. You can find them here.

From the Church

First Presidency Calls 8 New Mission Presidents to Serve in Hong Kong, France + More

From Hong Kong to France and Indonesia to Colombia, learn more about the mission presidents and their wives called by the First Presidency. They will begin their service in July.