Yesterday I was witness to some amazing things: Hope in action. Strength of home and family. An outpouring of love and faith. The energy and force for good that can be created when two communities–real and virtual–come together in one heart and mind. Helping hands, embracing arms and loving hearts. More and more thoughts and [...]

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In late July of 1989 my husband and I moved into a basement apartment in a nice neighborhood in the foothills of Provo. I was already nine months pregnant, but not nigh unto delivery. We moved from a married student ward into a family ward and it was like we were completely invisible. The ward [...]

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Today’s question comes from Tonya, who is, I know, not the only one with mixed feelings about Relief Society–the meeting, not the program. Thanks Tonya!
Yesterday at a family dinner my sister asked me if I [...]

One of the things I love most about reading other people’s stories is getting a little inside their heads. It’s kind of easy to do this with someone who thinks just like you. But to me it’s even more interesting to get into someone’s head who has a completely different experience than mine. It kind [...]

I love teenagers. You never know what to expect. And that certainly keeps life interesting.
The following conversation took place a few weeks ago between my oldest son Luke (yes his real name–because he’s over 18), my second son, Z~ (17) and my daughter L~(13):
Z~: Girls are like an oven. Boys are like a microwave.
L~: Yeah [...]

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Today’s question for Ask Nine Women comes from Wendy, who writes the following:
I need to hear some experiences or insight into the difference between the Gift of the Holy Ghost that LDS are given and the influence of the Holy Ghost.
I know what [...]

My tween daughter Susie Q (not her real name) has a hard time breaking away from whatever she is doing to come when she is called. Although her excuses vary, there was a time when, no matter what I asked of her, her reply was always this:
“One sec.”
You may imagine that grew a bit tiresome [...]

Have you read the latest issue of Segullah yet? If you haven’t, you’re missing out. Lori Nawn’s beautiful essay, “Cream of Wheat” caught my eye because I grew up absolutely loathing Cream of Wheat. I realize now we must have been eating (or, in my case, gagging on) the instant kind.
But I absolutely love [...]

Lately it seems that every time I turn around someone is saying something not very nice about the place I have lived now for the past 17 years. A place I love, though I am fully aware of its flaws. The place I am choosing to raise my family and which has given my kids [...]

I don’t know about where you live, but where I live this week it was the first week of summer vacation but it’s been cold and rainy all week. Don’t get me wrong, I love a rainy day. But I’m ready for some summer sun and some summer fun. Maybe if we chat about summer [...]

Today’s post was inspired by one of Justine’s thought-provoking posts and the interesting comments that ensued. (Not to mention just a little egging on by Deborah and Sue.) I especially loved Justine’s fabulous rant about “Moby Dick.” It’s going to make my Comment Hall of Fame.
I have a confession to make. I graduated with [...]

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Recently I read a couple of hysterical posts about things our parents fed us when we were children. You can read them here and here.
The food flashbacks triggered by both posts reminded me of many a time I sat alone at the dinner [...]

Last week I went to the grocery store and while I was casually meandering past the aisle of rice and beans I got quite a shock.
The rice row was completely empty.

Last month we launched a new feature at Segullah. It’s called Ask Nine Women and it is a reader-generated discussion post. You can read more it here.
Today’s question:
My first thoughts about the recent raid on the FLDS compound in Texas were, “It’s about time someone did something about that!” But then I read this from [...]

Don’t you just love how General Conference can be so personal?
Here are a few of my favorite moments:
I loved being able to stand as part of the Relief Society and raise my hand to sustain our new prophet.
Saturday morning session:
Elder’s Wirthlin’s talk about loving, accepting, belonging and coming back (and wasn’t it Elder Wirthlin [...]