The appeal of Halloween is easy to see.  It revolves around one of the most magical themes of childhood: free candy.  I had a slavish, almost pathological devotion to sweets growing up.  It drove me insane, INSANE, to watch my sister parcel out her Halloween candy stash.  She would eat one piece per day to [...]

Are you a literary diamond in the rough?  Do you have deep, meaningful thoughts, but nowhere to share them?  Were you an English major, creative writing enthusiast, closet poetess, or wannabe novelist in your past life (i.e. before children)?  Do you want to connect with other LDS women in a framework of shared beliefs and [...]

Ros stopped by for a photo between taking her Math 130 test and going to her mammogram appointment— fun fun fun!
Rosalyn Richardson is tired of being called a saint.  She would much rather go back to life before her husband Todd drove to the store to pick up milk, was struck by a drunk driver [...]

This is a guest post from Lee Ann, who got tired of being “frazzled mom” for Halloween every year. This week, she is Professor McGonagall, and she has the hat to prove it!
I’ve spent my married life deflecting televisions.
When we got married 18 years ago, my husband was starting his last year of college and [...]

This is a guest post from Autumn, who is a stay at home mom of two kids. She likes opera, The Office, dark chocolate, and a clean house. This summer Autumn took a dive into the world of blogs and vlogs.  The results can be found at http://momschool.tv.
On our first swimming day of the summer, [...]

We had an amazing Relief Society lesson yesterday. We talked about Elder Bednar’s talk, “Ask in Faith”.

Remember Amulon? He’s the guy that spends time persecuting Alma and his people. It’s been a rough time for Alma’s folks, and they’re only allowed to pray in their souls, not out loud, or it’s death for the lot of them.

Ah, we Segullah girls always have something up our sleeves and this is a good one. Available for purchase, right now, right here is Enjoy It!

“This collection of 137 witty/sassy/sexy/crazy blog posts will convince even the crustiest of souls that Courtney Jane Kendrick delights in daily life. Even when she can’t ovulate, and Target is [...]

The global economy is in the toilet. A close relative of mine is looking at being laid off just before the holidays. My friends whose husbands are contractors were turning work away just six months ago. Now their work–and thus their livelihoods–have slowed to a trickle. I’m sure this Segullah reader isn’t the only one [...]

This scripture has always bothered me.  It brings to my mind the image of a parent disciplining his child and saying, “This is for your own good!  Someday you’ll thank me for this!”  I thought of Joseph, alone, cold, starving in jail, missing his wife and his children, pleading to the Lord for the welfare [...]

Emily lives in the South with her husband and two children. She writes under a pseudonym because she loves to vent but is deathly afraid of offending people. Someday she will write the great American novel and hopefully have the guts to use her own name.
I’ve got book club drama and no clue how to [...]

Yesterday, I left my husband in charge of the kids, and went to church early for choir practice. When choir was over, I sat down in a pew, saving it for my family. At 9:00, when the meeting started, I was still sitting solo in the pew. 9:15 came and went, and [...]

 
Top row, left to right: Kylie Turley, Justine Dorton, Sharlee Glenn, Johnna Cornett, Melissa Young, Courtney Kendrick, Michelle Linford, Kathryn Soper
Bottom row, left to right: Angela Hallstrom, Melonie Cannon, Brooke Benton, Emily Milner, Darlene Young
 
ABC-4 and KSL were there. Check out our KSL clip! We sold over 100 copies of the book to benefit Stephanie and Christian Nielson.  [...]

All sales of The Mother in Me made before midnight tonight on Deseret Book’s website will count towards our fundraiser for Stephanie Nielson.
Please join with us to celebrate motherhood and help Stephanie and her family!

Monday, life at our house changed forever. It happened suddenly, although I imagine I should have seen it coming for months. Things around here have been a big mess ever since. But it’s a big mess in a good way. I think.

A few years back, when my three kids were nine, seven and four, I hit one of those turning points. A demarcation. I lived in Minnesota at the time, in a school district where summers were looooong, and I remember sitting at my computer one hot July day, looking out the window at [...]

Surely you know by now that we are throwing a party for you this Saturday?
Provo, UT, University Mall, Deseret Book 2-4 p.m.
We have food, raffles, readings and a NieNie fundraiser just for you. But it won’t be much fun if you’re not there!
As posted last week, all royalties from sales of The Mother in Me that [...]

My dad was a convert to the church. He joined when he was 19 and the next year served a mission to Chile. He married my mother in the temple and was always very devout while I was growing up. Scripture study and prayer every night, PPI’s on a regular basis, that sort of thing.
We [...]

Have you noticed the beautiful new banner that appeared as soon as our summer issue came online? I keep wondering what the girl in the painting is reading; is it a large-print copy of the scriptures, or the newest issue of Domino?
The genius behind that beautiful painting is Sharon Furner, a Maryland artist whose work [...]

This is a guest post from Autumn, who is a stay at home mom of two kids. They’re wonderful…and normal (which says a lot about her average success rate in applying her own advice.) She likes opera, The Office, dark chocolate, and a clean house. This summer Autumn took a dive into the world of [...]

Next week, my son Isaac will turn four. A week later, we’ll celebrate a first anniversary. The first anniversary of when Isaac got sick. He woke up that morning perfectly healthy, and by late afternoon, he couldn’t walk. When I took him into the doctor the next afternoon (thinking the whole time that he probably [...]

Well, friends, we’re throwing a party to celebrate the release of The Mother in Me!
Saturday, October 18 at the Orem University Mall Deseret Book location, we’ll be partying like mad from 2-4 p.m..
We’ve mentioned the party before, but we want to announce the best part.

I’m not afraid to admit it. Sunday mornings are frankly painful at my house. We are on the dreaded 1-4 church schedule which means that we spend about 7 solid hours getting ready for church, still panic during the last twenty minutes and inevitably find at least one child shoeless after we’ve settled into a [...]

I know I’ve talked about running before, but tomorrow I run in the Hartford, Connecticut Marathon, so I’ve had running on my mind . . . a lot. For 16 weeks now a couple of friends and I have been training. Running four times a week, building up our mileage, training to increase our [...]

We were overwhelmed by the quality of entries to our 2007 Heather Campbell Personal Essay Contest. That is why we decided to dedicate our Summer issue entirely to contest entries. In addition to the ones selected as winners, we wanted to publish other essays that could easily have won the contest, had the field [...]

Congratulations to the talented, hard-working, patient winners of our Heather Campbell Personal Essay Contest:
Co-Winning Essayists:
Emily Summerhays, for Wednesday, a poignant exploration of the significance found in dishcloths and other daily objects.
Julie Ransom, for Keeping Attendance, a clever, endearing tale of attending church with a broken leg, and how God keeps track of us.
Honorable Mention:
Courtney [...]

I’ve always held this theory about our church. That sometimes when we try so hard and nobly to stay positive, we often let a very tender and shared moment pass—the opportunity to grow closer to one another through our stories. We know that behind each face that smiles on the outside are usually quiet hearts [...]

This is the third and final installment of “Looking both ways” by our Geo, who blogs On Bright Street. You can find I and II here and here respectively. Thanks again dear Geo!
“Are you a lifelong learner? An autodidact? Then, friend, let me introduce you to a smashing new self-guided curriculum, guaranteed to transport you, [...]

I’m going to make a confession. When the General Conference Challenge was first issued, I couldn’t think of any specific questions to bring to General Conference. I wondered if it’s because during the last six months, perhaps almost more than any other time in my life, I have been in a sort of ongoing process [...]

I won’t say the question, but I will say that it was answered by Elder Uchtdorf saying that courageous decisions require hope. Make them.
Edited to Add: Elder Bednar’s discussion about creating my spiritually before I create it temporally was a pretty powerful answer to the question: “How do I survive my days with all [...]

Please join us for a super-spectacular, tear-stained, chocolate-filled The Mother in Me book signing and Segullah PAAAAAAAAARTY!
When: Saturday, October 18th, 2-4 p.m.
Where: Orem, UT, University Mall, Deseret Book
Honored invitee: YOU!
Come late, leave early, wear your prom dress or your old sweats, bring your crying babies or leave them home and spend the whole time talking [...]