* either the Blazer or Merrie Miss version.

I actually just need the 13 article of faith “emblems”. I just have a partial collection of the Article of Faith “emblems” and would love to have the full set.

If you have a set of emblems you wouldn’t mind parting with, email me at our_other_account “at” hotmail.com

Anyway, I’m totally on board with you and cringing on the “par-a-DICE-i-cal” icicle/popstick pronunciation.

Interesting (94). I was taught to pronounce it “pear-ah-die-SAY-i-cal.” Were you taught to pronounce it that way, or “pear-ah-DIE-see-ah-cal”?

I remember acquiring a new level of obnoxiousness when I learned how to pronounce paradisiacal. I still feel a slightly condescending cringe whenever I hear it pronounced “par-a-DICE-i-cal.” (Interesting: upon using the Google spell checker just now, it flagged paradisiacal and suggested paradisaical, a variant I had not been aware of. I’m sticking with the one I learned first.)

My wife has a memento blanket from her childhood that is pretty amazing. Her father worked at the distribution center and came home one day with boxes of targeteer flags that were being dumped because the program had been phased out. In a testament to frugality, her mother stitched the flags together and made blankets for each of the children. The circular emblems washed off after use, but the slightly faded red satin squares are recognizable.

And sometimes when we are shaken by some change in programs in the church, we see that time and the church continue to move forward, maybe for the better. And while some things are fun and nice at the time, they may not be essential in the larger scheme of things.

I think people got the point, but some of the older ladies in the ward were still surprised to see the old Gleaner’s bandalo and loved sharing their memories. We can knock the kitschiness of things like that, but we can’t discount the long-lasting effect these tokens can have on a developing young person.