Sister Spotlight: Helen Dixon

Here is some info for everyone to get to know Helen Dixon a little bit better...

Helen was born in Provo and has lived in Provo, Orem, Logan, Ogden, Los Alamos NM, San Diego, Germany, and Austria---and for 2 mos. in Laie, Hawaii.

Helen has 5 siblings---4 brothers and 1 sister---34 nieces and nephews, and 31 grand-nieces and -nephews. She lives with her dad, her mother passed away 2 1/2 years ago. Her father was a Physics professor at BYU.

Helen has MANY, MANY favorite books , but she has a particular fondness for Willa Cather's My Antonia.

She says that this week her favorite scripture is Proverbs 25:28, "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls."

Helen's favorite vacation was one she took a number of years back. She went to Europe several times. She visited most of the countries of Europe---even some in Eastern Europe---and have also been to Israel. She loved every moment of my travels.

She says her most favorite food is anything Italian.

Helen plays the piano. She says she is not so great on the violin, but likes to try. She loves to read, and although she doesn't always love to write, she is told that it is one of her talents. Right now she is a taking a creative-writing class, which she adores. Helen likes to sew, and wishes she had more time and money to piece quilts (she's done a couple). Helen also likes to cook, but not do the dishes afterward (who does?). When the weather's nice, she likes to walk. Helen loves to learn new things, but is getting antsy to get out of school. Traveling is one of her passions, and she can't wait to get a job so that she'll have money to go to some new places---or back to Europe. Oh, and Helen likes teaching, learning foreign languages, and going to art museums, plays, and concerts.

Helen is attending UVU, where she is upgrading her English minor to a major so that she can either go back to being a school teacher (No Child Left Behind requires that you now have to have a major in a subject to be hired) or go back to being an editor. She has a bachelor's and master's degrees from BYU in Humanities, which is first love.

Helen also went on a mission to Germany and has taught English, German, Humanities, and history. She loves the gospel and the scriptures.