This morning was really interesting.

dir segullah,
i know i told you that i would postthis morning but, thing is . . .
(let me switch the baby to the other shoulder)
(typing one handed ishard exclamation point)
i tried posting late last night
(or was it early morning question mark)
and i fell asleep with the laptop staring back at me.
then i tried to post [...]

Here was the revelation: Courtney, you will give birth at home.

It looked like an egg dissected down the middle. But instead of a slimy and shapeless center, the yolk was beating.
Hump. Hump. Hump.
“Fast and healthy!” said Katie as she moved the ultrasound baton over Lucy’s belly.
My baby had a male appendage, and Lucy’s had a heartbeat. All was well at the doctor’s office that [...]

Everyone has a blog these days. Or at least one out of three people (according to no polls or official stats that I know of) blog. It is the new self-promoting scrapbook in this modern world. It is an open-invitation journal, slightly edited for general public consumption and mostly intended to portray a certain personality. [...]

Last June I wrote a post Celebrating the Celibate about a family friend, Christian, who is a celibate, active member of our church. My post was written shortly after an article about Christian’s lifestyle was featured in Utah County’s Daily Herald. For Segullah, Christian wrote an account of his story behind the article, and what [...]

Yesterday was my worst day yet. I was nauseated all day long and there was never a relief except falling asleep. When I found out that I was pregnant, I promised myself that I would continue to walk an hour a day no matter how bad I felt. After walking a couple paces yesterday down [...]

In case you haven’t heard (where have you been?) I am with child, or pregnant.

“I’ve never made this chili before, so I am not expecting to win.” said May the morning of the ward youth’s Chili Cook-off Contest.
I knew better.
“You’ll win just the same.” I retorted.
But I was determined to make a good showing myself, so I did some serious research which required my serious face.

When first I was called to serve I had but two goals in mind:
1.) Get baptisms.
2.) Don’t gain weight.

Last Saturday night my husband and I were having dinner with a couple from our ward, Davey and May. Though we were all enjoying the present company, we equally lamented having to go to church the next day. If we could just go to the first meeting, take the sacrament and get on home to [...]

They warned us that Grandma K didn’t look good. Her rapid decline in health had caused major weight loss, a weak voice and very little energy. They told us this on the way to her house. They worried that we’d be in shock.
They were right.

Last night as I sat around a table eating gelato with my young women, I asked one of them if they had read Eclipse Stephanie Meyer’s latest book in her Twlight series.
“No! I’ve been everywhere and it is all sold out and I am FREAKING OUT!” said Andrea.

I am in a shroud of mystery these days.
It’s either mystery or my stupidity ( I prefer the former) but what do you make of these?

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all they heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater [...]