So that was called a malware iframe insertion attack

If you visiting our site during certain hours this week, you may have been warned by your browser that our site was not safe to visit. When you get a warning like that, I’d advise you to believe it. Don’t override a malware warning and visit the site anyway. Even those of you on a [...]

Therapy Dogs

I know that I’ve put up a lot of posts about my son and his disabilities, and I appreciate the indulgence of all our readers as I work through my struggles. This post however, is more of a writing exercise than an analysis of my current situation. Brittney Carman gave an excellent writing workshop at [...]

Beach Baby

(So, I wanted to write something profound and thought-provoking, a topic that would get me, say, 159 comments. Or something fun and light and witty. But we’re in the tenth week of summer vacation and I lost my brain somewhere in week three. All I can think about is the beach, since we haven’t been [...]

Sing it Sister–But Not That

When I was growing up Sacrament meeting usually meant a host of things: great talks from brilliant people, gum if we behaved ourselves during the sacrament, trying to convince your parents to let you sit with your best friend’s family, and elaborate musical numbers which ranged from fantastic to awful. The tales of the judge [...]

a different sort of happily-ever-after

“I don’t’ think there has ever been a premarital couple who is closer than Beau and I are. We’re one of the rare lucky ones whose union far exceeds the sum of it’s parts…one plus one equals a billion. I have a feeling the best thing I’m going to have in this life is my [...]

Succeeding

I was at my 20th High School reunion last week. It was strange and wonderful and a little creepy all at once. I walked away with renewed relationships and with a heavy dose of disappointment in myself.

Dating, Courtship, Marriage, WORK

Attention all Segullah readers: The deadline (August 15th) is quickly approaching for our 5th anniversary issue on Dating, Courtship and Marriage. We hope to make this an extended issue examining every aspect of bliss and heartbreak, but we need your contributions. Writing tips can be found here and submission information is here. Be sure to [...]

Smooth(ie) Operator

I’ve entered the meal prep funk phase of my life. There are periods of time when I feel unmotivated to plan, shop or prepare for meals. These, like the seasons, eventually pass and I find myself inspired by others’ fresh ideas and motivated by the excitement my family generates when they realize good food is [...]

Better With Age

Earlier this spring, I was driving a road outside my usual travel routine when I saw a stunning lilac hedge–a towering line so heavy with color and scent that I felt buried in glory. Years ago, we planted a new lilac bush in our yard. It had only a few flower clusters the first year. [...]

The Visiting Teaching Hierarchy

I do my best visiting teaching when I visit someone who is within five years of my own age. Or someone who’s younger than me. But right now I visit two wonderful women who are twenty and thirty years older than me, and I feel like–I know–that I’m not that great at meeting their needs. [...]

Burying our Weapons of War

The newest installment in July’s “Up Close” series on Inactivity and Faith struggles is Kim, a mother of four daughters and seven granddaughters. To balance things out her husband has been involved in Boy Scouts for 20 of their 36 years of marriage…so they have many wonderful young men in their lives. Now that all [...]

Together and Apart

The newest post in our “Up Close” series comes from FoxyJ, who lives in Utah County with her husband and two children. She loves reading, cooking, and riding her bike (except on hills). She blogs at Yellow Wallpaper and her husband blogs at The Fob Cave. Growing up, I never liked the idea that opposites [...]

Woolly Mommoth

Emily A. does not live in the Boise area with her husband and their two boys, ages 5 and 4. She does not enjoy writing or blogging in any way. She is glad that she does not have time to do it more. She hates going out to eat, but prefers to spend hours slaving [...]

Young Love

Tomorrow my husband and I celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary, a milestone that makes me feel both proud (still goin’ strong!) and old. We celebrated an anniversary last year that made me feel even older, though: in November of 2008, we’d been “together” for 20 years, which freaked me out a little because, in my [...]

There, there little luxury…

I’m writing this post on my laptop. It’s actually a Dell notebook, one of those cool half pint sized laptops. My husband bought this for me for our 10th anniversary. I didn’t tell him at the time, but I thought it was extravagant. We’re simple folk–what do I need a fancy shmancy laptop for? THEN, [...]

Niblet ahoy!

Butter up the corn, loyal readers: Wednesday, July 15 is the final day of voting for the bloggernacle’s Niblet Awards. Big thanks to Ray and Doc for nominating Blog Segullah in the second category, “Best Group Blog”–and even bigger thanks to those of you whose votes have made our blog a top contender! But that [...]

Peace, Love and Road Trips

“Punch buggy blue! No punchbacks, no bb shots.” “Punch buggy cerulean!” “Mom, he stole mine!” “Mom, she punched me!” “You didn’t say no punchbacks.” If you’ve been a passenger in my minivan sometime in the last six months, it probably comes as no surprise that I recently outlawed the punch buggy game. Last fall, on [...]

Baby Sister

I was fourteen when my youngest sister, Charlotte, was born. Because my mother birthed her at home, I saw her when she was just seconds old and watched my father cut her cord, bundle her in a blanket, and hand her to my mother. When she cried her first soft cry, I fell in love [...]

To sleep, perchance to dream

I’ve been hired to play the newly installed carillon bells at our church building. I participated in a focus group and received a million dollars as a gratuity. I am running up some stairs to get to a class and run into an estranged family member. I take my lawn clippings to the green waste [...]

Have you Heard?

You may or may not have seen the recent CES Fireside given by Elder Bednar, but the church has made a concerted point of bringing it to our attention. The General Relief Society Presidency has asked R.S. Presidencies to teach this address in their meetings, and I’ve seen other press rambling around about it’s message. [...]

A Life Like Mine: World Living 101

My captive children munched on popcorn, and sloppily slurped juice from their thermoses in the backseat of the minivan as we made our way across the George Washington Bridge on our trek south to Virginia. My four-year-old glanced up briefly to cheer the Manhattan skyline (a landmark in the journey) as Bhangra music chimed through [...]

Fireworks, and a sense of wonder…

As far as holidays go, the Fourth of July has always been a pretty low-key one for our family. My DH has often had to work, and if I remember correctly, the BIG fireworks where we lived were rained out three of the last four years. This year, the planets aligned: we had great weather, [...]

Worldwide Roll Call

While our American readers attend parades, eat ice cream and light fireworks today, let’s have everyone outside of the U.S.A. raise their hand. Yes, you. That means you! And if any of you U.S. of Aers are skipping the pancake breakfast, feel free to join in the discussion too. We are indeed a worldwide church, [...]

Scout Mom

Our guest post today comes from Maggie Judi, who is a 30 year old mother of four children, and the wife of one army dentist. When she’s not wiping tears, answering four questions simultaneously, and folding Mt. McKinley sized piles of laundry, Maggie loves to hike, run, read, and of course, write. She very much [...]

Because this is what I’m really thinking about this morning:

Do you think we’ll sleep in heaven? I heard somewhere that we’ll eat in heaven, but that we won’t sleep. We’ll enjoy our same relationships, but there will be few words between us. And sometimes I just can’t wrap my mind around this (because I’m tired and want to sleep). How do you contemplate the [...]