Category: Kirton Kid
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WHEN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT REDIRECTS WATER
A landowner has the right to protect their property from altered water flow caused by another party’s actions.Especially when those actions redirect, concentrate, or accelerate runoff that historically flowed differently. WHEN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT REDIRECTS WATER: A COMMUNITY AND LAND LAW ISSUE AT RANCHO DEL ORO 85331 Rancho del Oro has always been an unincorporated, self-governed…
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Built, Not Broken: A Household Held by Love
I was raised in a house where expectations came early and hard. Before I was twelve, I was home alone. By nine, I was babysitting other people’s kids. I was cooking, delivering newspapers, managing things some grown adults still don’t have the courage to face. And by the time I turned seventeen, I wasn’t running…
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PUBLIC INVOICE: Lifetime of Service, Truth, and Standing Tall To: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints From: CK Kirton-Niner (Shimmer), Poster Child for Truth, Family, & Faith Date: [Today’s Date] An Open Letter to My Faith Family For as long as I’ve known my name, I have known who I am: a child…
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dear john
To My King Daddy, John William Kirton Sr. The most romantic gesture I have ever received was not grand, but singular—a single red rose, every Valentine’s Day, handed to me by you, my Father, my hero, my truck driver with calloused hands and a soft heart. Even when the world was loud and uncertain, you…
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Dreaming With My Sister Kollette: A Message Across Generations
Today, I wake with Kollette on my mind and in my spirit. Through the power of the Melchizedek Priesthood, through the eternal bond that connects the children of our Eternal Father, I honor my sister—the third born of our mother, while I am the fifth, and we have a sixth, our littlest sister, plus one…
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Living Like Christ: A Does This Help® Reflection
I’ve never been one to sit around waiting for the world to change for me. I don’t ask for a handout unless I truly need a helping hand. To me, living like Christ means choosing to act, to serve, to lift others up—not just waiting for miracles, but being willing to be the miracle in…
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My Sins Are His Reasons
What if the thing you’ve been judged for is the very reason you’re loved most? “Christ didn’t die to give people a reason to judge me—He died because I needed Him, flaws and all.” What If You’re Getting It All Backwards? Some people worry about what’s in your mug or what’s on your dinner plate.…
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Loving Our Neighbor—Even When It’s Hard
Sacrament Meeting Talk: “Loving Our Neighbor—Even When It’s Hard” Good morning, brothers and sisters. Today I want to talk about what it really means to love our neighbor—especially when it’s difficult. Over the last four years, since our neighbors to the north moved in from Chicago, what started as small misunderstandings has grown and escalated…
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Manifesto for the Defense of Patent-Protected Boundary and Liberty
To Whom It May Concern, There are those today who speak loudly about “making America great again,” yet they seem to have forgotten that true greatness begins not in slogans, but in respect — respect for one’s neighbor, respect for the land, and above all, respect for boundaries. Boundaries are not merely lines on a…
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Hello Creekers
Title: Faith, Roots, and Respect: A Call to Conscious Living in the Shadow of Sacred Ground In today’s fractured world, where people often speak louder than they act, it has become increasingly vital to ask not just what we believe, but how we live what we claim to believe. This is not a cry for…