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The answer, I believe, is a resounding “NO!”

The Elders Rowley, Preston, England Early last Sunday morning I found myself sitting before our stake’s high council. Noticeably the only one dressed in a skirt, I was there to witness the reporting of two recently returned missionaries. One was my own son, just back from the England Manchester Mission; the other was a stranger [...]

a good giver of gifts

You read Melissa’s goodbye post? I did that yesterday– drove down to BYU with my oldest son and cried through the whole process of moving him into Heritage Halls, filling his kitchen shelves and coming home to a dinner table where his seat sat empty. And today I’m weary and overwhelmed with the work I [...]

Good-Bye

Two days ago I sat in Primary and watched as my youngest child—my baby—received her Faith in God Award and stood at the front of the room, smiling, braces flashing, as the other Primary children sang, “If you’ll miss her and you know it, wave good-bye. If you’ll miss her and you know it, wave [...]

Many Faces

A few days ago I went to J. Kirk Richards’ open house. The show featured forty miniature, unfinished portraits of Christ. I went by myself, which enabled me to look at each face as long as I wanted. The diversity astounded me, especially given the limited constraints of space and subject. The images were all [...]

Sad

Our little pet rabbit died today. It’s been a tough afternoon, and all of the post ideas I had floating around in my mind seem flat and unimportant. Ironic, because to most people the death of a pet sounds flat and unimportant. But here in the four walls of our universe, it’s our own small [...]

Magic Beans

Yesterday I went out to our little garden to pick beans for dinner. Our beans this year grow over trellises in a lush, exuberant way, in a way they have never grown before, leaves upon leaves, with vines spilling over and reaching for something else to hold on to. Every time I think I have [...]

A Mother in Professor’s Clothing

This morning I had mandatory training meetings for new faculty associates at ASU. I’m teaching one class for them this fall after a five-year break from teaching. Last night I made the necessary preparations for a smooth morning: I packed the kids’ school lunches and my snacks, set out everybody’s clothes, packed the baby’s bag [...]

The Privilege of Being a Mormon Woman

This post is mistitled. It should read The Privilege of Being a Middle Class (American-Mormon) Married Woman. I admit that up front. We marry. We have a baby. We breastfeed them and change diapers. We potty train them and squish play dough. Then we walk them to school, and drive them to lessons. We usually [...]

When your guilty pleasures aren’t all that guilty…

I was talking the other day with a group of girlfriends, all moms of school-age children, and one of them asked us each to name the guilty pleasure we wanted most at that moment. A few mentioned pedicures and massages, a chance to read a book uninterrupted, nights away at a hotel by themselves, or [...]

Our mothers knew it

Today’s guest post is from my darling eighteen year-old son, Ben. He offered to write a post last Spring, and with the craziness of girls’ camp in my life this week, it seemed like the perfect time to cash in the favor. I’ve left it largely unedited; I love reading the fresh, raw opinions of [...]

Travel Tips–help!

Summer is drawing to a close and it seems like most everyone has taken their summer trips. We’re just getting started, though. We will be taking our six kids on a plane tomorrow to head to the Motherland (a.k.a. Utah). What I’ve learned about plane travel is to wear shoes that slip off and on [...]

Here comes the bride…and cake and flowers

I always love to come to my parents’ house in the summer and look through the stack of wedding announcements that sit in the basket by the desk. Envelopes in cream, white, and ivory, laced with tissue- paper squares, and ribbon embellishments. Sprinkled in are photos of smiling couples—bearing resemblance to those kids I used [...]

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