1982

August 1982

  • Contents

  • Contents

  • Feedback

  • Creativity

    Neal A. Maxwell

  • Winners: The 1982 New Era Contest

  • Calm Is the Night

    Holly Woolley and Kevin B. Snow

  • Roller-O

    Heidi Jo Bradford

  • An Instrument in Thy Hands

    Sharlee G. Mullins

  • Selected Photography, Art, and Poetry

    • Brother Pak

      Harold S. Walker

    • The Teenager

      Annette Woodruff

    • Jungle Life

      Marin Forbis

    • Shoes

      Richard Saunders

    • Smiles

      Wendy S. Taylor

    • Too Young

      Annette Woodruff

    • Differences

      Annette Woodruff

    • Real Life

      Ellen Fagg

    • No

      Tana Eldredge

    • Colors

      Cheri Goff

    • Haiku

      Jolee Kay Lloyd

    • A Touch

      Gayle P. Lee

    • Do You Remember?

      Wendy S. Taylor

    • Balloons

      Marin Forbis

    • A Simple Question:

      Ellen Fagg

    • Mother

      Stacey L. Olsen

    • Spring Rain

      Stacey L. Olsen

    • Winter Warmth

      Rebecca L. Prengel

    • Bittersweet

      Lance Larsen

    • Farewell

      Annette Woodruff

  • You Can “B” What You Want to “B”

    Kim Rives

  • Much Ado about Something

    Janet Thomas

  • Noteworthy: Lois Watkins, Musician

    Kathleen Lubeck

  • Running On

    Reed McColm

  • New Helps for Searching the Scriptures

    Edward J. Brandt

  • I Knew It Was True

    José Masse

Too Young
August 1982


“Too Young,” New Era, Aug. 1982, 26

Too Young

by Annette Woodruff

They say Mary was young.

I don’t think of her as the mature Madonna

The artists show,

But a young girl

With the light of that star shining in her eyes.

And Joseph Smith

Was just another poor farm boy—

He probably felt awkward in their fancy churches,

But he prayed, too.

Maybe

Too young to be important

Is just a state of mind.

Photo by Julia Harris