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Hope You Like The Flowers
"What I need you to understand," he said softly, large tears welling in his soft eyes, "...is that cost is no object here. The illness my Sweetheart has is terminal, and if I have to spend every last...
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The Saint Behind The Camera
For twenty four years, my life as well as that of my family and countless others has been blessed by the subtle goings about of a true Saint. I'm supremely confident that I can speak for all who know...
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Crazy In Love With Her
She's a year or two past perfect, ...and still she stays behind to help me along life's winding road. I wish I could have been around to see her magical journey to who she was when I met her, but then...
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To My Princess Diana
After a heart breaking miscarriage, doctors warned Marianne and I of the risks associated with not waiting before trying to become pregnant again. We considered his counsel, deliberating as...
View ArticleNot So Fictional Fiction "Exposed?"
"How does it feel to be exposed to the world?" The unexpected but completely legitimate question was posed to me by a Signature Books executive after he learned of my recent book release. "I...
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"Teenie, Tiny, Toe"
Second only to God and Jesus Christ,my greatest devotion in this life is to my family. As a husband I have been blessed to love and be loved by a spectacular woman who has given me seven wonderful...
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"In less than A Blink"
It's Father's Day, and as such I want to send out proper respect and best wishes to all of you fathers who, like my Dad, have given so much to bless the lives of your sons and daughters, ...and often...
View Article"No More Meaningful Reward"
"Are you kidding me?" has to be my most entertaining response from a reader yet. Readers of Search For Yesterday, already topping a thousand in less than three months since it's release have been...
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"Going Home"
Having looked forward to spending Independence Day in my home town of Richfield Utah for several months, when last Monday Morning arrived, my eyes popped open well before the alarm set for...
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Deserving Of Being Proclaimed"
Far too seldom does Humanity acknowledge the individual building blocks from which it is made, and to which it owes survival. When we stray away from our simplistic and protected early lifestyle as we...
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Up Or Down?
Faith, Hope, and Charity right? Aren't we taught that these are the three most essential and important virtues in life? Their mortal enemy "Fear" would have something to say about that, sucking if...
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The Stuff That Fills The Senses
Thunder clappedahead, amid building breakers, natures not so subtle hint that caution might be in order as we made our way upward along the mountain trail. From perfect calm and cloudless skys less...
View ArticleNot So Fictional Fiction "A Little Help From My Friends"
Yesterday, while at a book signing event hosted by my friends at the Purple Cow bookstore, I had the privilege of spending a couple of hours speaking to, and fielding questions from a small group of...
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Stuff
"Hey Daddy," our four year old Danielle just called from the top of the stairs, "...I think I look hungry!""Hungry?" I asked, as she peered down at me from between the spindles on the banister. "Yes, I...
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Goodbye Sweet JoLyn
My heart is broken, and spirit tender this Sabbath morning, Marianne has soft music playing nearby and the sun is just beginning to cast sprays of light into our front room, ...a perfect setting for...
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"Keepin it real"
More than just a few times I have reached the end of a fluent and powerful writing session only to find as I reviewed my material, that it just didn't fit. I've gone on in other posts about the...
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"The Promise"
As I left the Granger City Park parking lot after my 8 year old Andrew's football game yesterday, traffic quickly grew congested and it became clear we would be a while getting through it. On our...
View ArticleGoing Crazy
"There's no place like home...There's no place like home...There's no place like home!" Help me I've been sucked up in a funnel cloud and can't get out! Have you ever been so consumed when busy...
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The Hole
Again I find myself apologizing to you my friends, for having been silent for so long. It's hard to express the way I've been feeling, so I haven't tried for fear of depressing you to tears. If this...
View ArticleThere Isn't A Better View
The sweet smell of pine floated on the crisp air yesterday in the towns of Layton and Kaysville Utah, and will likely persist for the coming week. Not since our experience waiting through...
View Article"Half Alive?"
"So are you 49 or 50 this year?" came the question last week at a holiday get together. In an ill attempt at humor, I answered, "I'll be half dead on the 28th." "Half dead, ...or half alive?" came my...
View Article"If Cows Could Bark" ...A short parable by Quinn O Heder
On a small farm surrounded by fenced pastures filled with grazing cattle, a lazy hound dog kept watch from his kennel beside a small chicken run, while not far away worked a steady handed farmer...
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Saints & Angels
We throw around the term "Saint" a lot, as well as speculate whether or not Angels still visit from time to time. When speaking about Saints, most people outside of the LDS faith, who claim only a...
View ArticleSample Preview of Search For Yesterday's Sequel
DEACON WELLS Part I“The Undenied”A Novel By Quinn Heder PrologueCole Lambert waited on trembling knees, watching the soot colored Ozark dust list stubbornly in the stale midday air. Somewhere...
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Last Thursday, while grabbing a few items at Costco, I approached a pleasant author lady, holding a book signing event there. Being a struggling author myself, and having the added motivation of my...
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