Coming to Know Emma by Katherine Nelson

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Emma’s Dream

In the final days of Emma’s life her son Alexander recorded that she had a remarkable dream. In Gracia N. Jone’s article, “My Great-Great Grandmother, Emma Hale Smith” she wrote: “A granddaughter, Emma Belle Smith Kennedy, remembers Emma: “Her eyes were brown and sad. She would smile with her lips but to me, as small…

My Testimony for Emma

Today is Emma Hale Smith’s 207th birthday! I really appreciate everyone who has participated in her birthday celebration this week. It has been a really wonderful experience. I mentioned before that I’d like to give Emma a birthday present this year and that as I pondered on what she’d appreciate most I felt like she…

The Nauvoo Willow Tree

As I was getting ready for Emma Smith’s birthday celebration I stumbled onto the story of Kimberly Jo Smith, a great- great granddaughter of Joseph an Emma Smith, and her conversion to the LDS church. I was so incredibly touched by what she wrote, especially when she wrote of seeing the portraits of Joseph and…