“All Things Must Fail”

I try hard to minimize the amount of medication I take, but I have a pretty major sleep disorder, and drugs have been a heavensend in managing it. When my sleep meds stopped working last winter, life got really hard. My health problems (undiagnosed chronic issues) predictably worsen when my sleep isn’t good. I felt [...]

Hey, all you writers and bloggers out there, read this!

If you would like to submit a guest post for Blog Segullah, we would love to hear from you! Right now we’re eager to hear your stories for our ongoing “Up Close” series. In July, our Sunday blog posts will focus on “Inactivity and faith struggles of loved ones.” We’re also looking for posts on [...]

“You live in Utah now, put on some clothes”

A couple of weeks ago, the day finally arrived when our belongings would be delivered to our new house in Utah. The truck was scheduled to arrive at the house between 9:00-9:30, so I got up before the sun, tossed on my running shorts, and headed out the door. By the time I got back [...]

Taking The Long Way Home

Amanda is a thirty-something stay at home mom who enjoys creating with the written word, fabric, cashmerino yarn, and produce from her garden. Most of her time however is spent picking up after adorable children, wiping noses and searching for the always missing Sunday shoe. While born and raised in Utah, she now hails proudly [...]

You’re Invited: Segullah Studio Night

Where: Shelah’s house (Salt Lake) When: Thursday July 9, 7pm Why: Come meet, mingle, chat, and create with Segullah friends. Leslie Graff will be there to help you try your hand at painting. What to bring: You can bring your own supplies or else we will have everything you need to do an acrylic painting on [...]

That’s Nervy

My youngest is pre-school age, and in the fall, I’m likely to have some time to myself for the first time in 13 years. I’ve been considering some ways I might pick up some freelance of part-time/at home work, just to make some extra pocket money. Teach piano lessons? Start a neighborhood pre-school? Do some [...]

Find It!

I’ve been in the kitchen making cinnamon rolls this morning. In fact I got so excited about baking this morning that I temporarily forgot that I had signed up for a Segullah post today. My good friend had a baby last week, so in the grand tradition of Mormon women everywhere I am going to [...]

Putting Away Childish Things

Last Thursday, I buried my mother. My dad offered the family prayer while I stood by her coffin, patting her shoulder and running my fingers through her hair. She clearly wasn’t in her broken body anymore, but it was sacred to me, and I loved touching her hands and face and running my fingers over [...]

A Mother’s Gift

Today’s Up Close: Adoption comes Kimber Dawn Brouse who lives in southwest Florida with her husband and three children. She homeschools and spends as much time as possible teaching her children to ride horses because it’s so much more fun than math. The whole family are avid readers, and it’s not uncommon to find one or [...]

Can I Get A Witness?

I hear voices, not regular voices per se, but a gospel choir. They sing to me in my head. They wear blue satin robes with white collars and are quite soulful. At various times throughout the day I hear… “Can I get a witness, wit-ness Can I get a witness, wit-ness” They are clapping and [...]

The Ones Who Got Away (and I’m so glad they did)

Watching my nineteen-year-old daughter begin to navigate the college dating world (deep breaths) has reminded me how often I fall short as a mother, because I just realized this week that I have yet to impart all of my hard-won wisdom about dating and courtship and marriage (she’s my oldest, so I’m a little clueless [...]

Remembering Dad

Six years old, I stood behind my mother, staring up at the tall, dark-haired stranger framed by our front door. “You don’t know who I am,” he began. “Well of course I do,” Mom replied warmly. “You look just like him. He isn’t here now, but please, come in.” It was Greg, my father’s grown [...]

My Father’s Daughter

I remember when I first discovered my dad’s love of poetry. I was struggling with my homework, voicing my frustration with audible groans and sighs. “What are you working on?” he asked. “Analyzing poems for English,” I grumbled. “Which one?” “‘Thanatopsis’,” I said, convinced that the title alone would elicit sympathy.

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

Never mind that it’s been raining here for the last 20 days straight, I’m being deluged with the small and tormenting vicissitudes of life, and I’m getting ready to give up and let myself drown at the bottom of the laundry pile.

Highly Favored

Today’s guest post comes from Michelle F. Michelle is a full-time mother of two little boys and a part-time voice teacher. She has an English degree with a theater minor from BYU and lives in Provo, Utah. She sings like an angel and served a mission in Bulgaria, where her mother was born. It happened [...]

West Side Story

A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with the Magna Times, my “hometown” newspaper. And by “hometown,” I mean “town of my youth.” And I don’t mean “town of my youth,” really, either, because I grew up in West Valley City, not Magna. I did go to high school in Magna, though, proudly [...]

Some New Thing

For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing. –Acts 17:21 There is something beguiling about newness. The crispness of a new dollar bill, the smell of new clothes, the unfurling of a new leaf, the morning of a [...]

Things as They Really Are

If you have not yet read or listened to this talk by Elder Bednar, I highly recommend it. He locates the question of internet usage and screen time within the framework of the Plan of Salvation. This is one of my favorite ways to teach, as I talked about in this post a while ago. [...]

Call Waiting

Today’s Up Close: Adoption feature comes to us from Tamlynn Clyde. She lives in California with her husband and two children. She has a BA in visual art but is better at copying than originality. She sabotages most of her free time by taking on too many projects. She blogs at Jack of All Trades, [...]

Games

I’ve been reading up a storm around here. Since it’s a rainy Saturday morning here, let’s play a game. From the books I’ve been reading the last little bit, I went on a bit of an excursion. Which books do the following quotations come from? I’ll post all the answers tonight before I go to [...]

Help?

With four children to parent while serving in an inner-city Spanish branch, Jenny Pocock (alias jendoop) hardly has time for gardening, reading, blogging, painting, and ignoring housework. She’s always up for something new, as proven by moving with her family from Utah, to Indiana, to Colorado, to Pennsylvania. In this spirit of adventure she’s earning [...]

“… but if ye are prepared…”

To give a little context for the story I am about to tell, I would like to set the stage with some background information, as well as one statement of absolute fact. Fact first. I hate lessons on preparedness. I hate Family Home Evening or Enrichment activities that involve putting together survival kits of any [...]

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A Baby

Today’s Up Close on this months’ topic, Adoption, comes to us from Jeannette. She is a mother to boy/girl twins and has been happily married for 10 years to her best friend. She loves to read, play sports, spend time outside, play games with her family and spend time online. She lives in the Northwest. [...]

Sage of the Subway

On the way home from my weekly OB appointment during the ninth month of my last pregnancy I stepped onto a very crowded train. It was rush hour, which meant I had spent far longer than planned waiting at the Dr.’s office just so I could get weighed, have my blood pressure taken, asked if [...]

Interview with Featured Artist Leslie Graff

One of my favorite parts of coming out with a new issue of Segullah is interviewing our featured artist for the blog. In the past, I’ve gotten a glimpse into the lives of some amazing strangers whose work I’d admired before I got to know the women who created them. This time around, things are [...]

Strawberry Moments Forever

I must confess that I’m not crazy about chocolate. I am a fresh berry addict. I endure the pepper steak with mango chutney at the Tree Room, just so I can order the most divine dessert in the gastronomic galaxy: sweet and juicy strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries floating in a sea of crème anglaise. Why [...]

A Request and a Dedication

Today’s guest post comes courtesy of Allyson Condie. Allyson taught high school English in Utah and upstate New York. Currently, she is employed by her three little boys who assist her in her secondary career as a writer by taking occasional naps and drawing on manuscripts with red crayon. She is the author of young [...]

Many are Called

A few months ago a chunk of each of the two wards in my town were combined to make a sparkling new baby of a ward. It’s an interesting thing being in a ward that’s starting from scratch; it’s not unlike the experience of being picked for kickball teams at recess in elementary school. At [...]

Reinventing The Wheel

My dryer broke yesterday—out of nowhere. I plopped two wet tablecloths and loads of sodden dishtowels into its pockmarked basin, clicked the knob to extra dry, pushed the button, and… nothing. I checked the plug, the outlet, the robot looking tube snaking out its back, clicked the circuit breaker back and forth, did it again, [...]

Complications of Conception and Choice

With my 18 month old firmly transitioned to his new bed, I packed away the crib last weekend. I put the screws in a Ziploc bag and handed the pieces of railing to my husband up it the attic. I jammed the lids on the over-full Rubbermaid bins loaded with onesies, blankets, and tiny clothes [...]

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