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Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured

I Needed to Mop Anyway

Hey Segullah Blog readers, it’s me, Heather H. Not the witty and ever-present Heather O., nor the poetically gifted Heather B. But me, the I-used-to-blog-about-once-a-month editorial staff member who has been scarce as of late due to a beautiful new baby. Do you remember me? Have you missed me?

Time Out

Disciplining a two-and-a-half-year old may be one of those challenges that binds us all together in the life to come. ME:    Cole, put it down. If you hit Margaret on the head with that again then you have to go to time out. Whack. MAGS:    Mooooom, he hit me again. ME:     Okay Cole, time [...]

Facing the Elements

We’ve had some cold days here in the city. What with global warming and all I guess have started to expect that cold weather and snow is going to be a rarity, even in December. But last week it got cold and the freezing temperatures snapped me into the reality of winter pretty darn quick.

Unexpected Thanks

At the end of last month I volunteered to do the final gratitude post in this month of Thanksgiving. At the time I knew that this day would be a couple of days after my trip home to Utah. I envisioned that I would be mostly unpacked from a fun-filled, love-filled holiday trip.  I’d be [...]

What We Might Be Missing

Something has been on my mind lately. After a long hiatus our relief society is starting a book club. Last time they launched a book club in this ward one of my visiting teachers volunteered to head it up. We had more than one conversation about her difficulty in choosing books for the group.

Pats on the back!

Team Segullah made an impressive showing at the virtual marathon this past weekend.

If At First You Don’t Succeed

So I have a pile of books by my bed, on my shelf, on the computer desk; okay, that’s three piles of books.  These are books I’ve started reading or am planning to read. Raise your hand if you have a pile or two of your own?  I know I’m not alone. So when Mara [...]

Why Would You . . .

Today as I write I’m fighting the urge to go get a bowl of chocolate chips and willing myself to stay here and finish this post so that I can get in some exercise before my two-year-old wakes up from his nap.  My four-month pregnant body craves what it doesn’t need and shirks what it [...]

From Within

Yesterday during Sunday school we read some of the parables in Matthew 25. The teacher asked for volunteers to read different parts of each story. I volunteered to be a servant in the parable of the talents and held out my hands to accept five Hershey’s kisses that represented talents from the Lord. In the [...]

The Worth of Writing

About a year ago I came on board as an editor for Segullah. The opportunity came as an answer to prayers, many prayers, as an outlet for a desire to contribute to something worthwhile, as a kick in the butt to myself to get writing again. In my journal I wrote an entry titled, Writing: [...]

Everybody ought to have a body . . .a body is the only way to go!

Last year I started to run for exercise. I’ve been an exerciser my whole life. As a young teenager I started doing aerobics videos with my mom and biking everywhere with my friends. During college I learned how to weight lift with my sister, enrolled in swimming, participated in an intramural aerobic/kickboxing class, and took [...]

Filled With His Love

My husband invited a couple we know and their two kids to come home to Utah with us for Christmas.  He didn’t ask me first.  As you can imagine, this caused some tension.   But that will have to be a story for another day.  I have forgiven him and he will never do it again!!! [...]

How to Succeed in Life Without . . .With Really Trying

My younger sister called yesterday. She is in the throws of first trimester pregnancy illness and was telling me about how she had forgotten what it was like until the moment the dreadful flu-like symptoms returned. “How did I forget? I was actually excited to be pregnant again.” This is her second time around and [...]

Sleep Awhile

I stayed up late writing an article discussion last night. I had been thinking about it for over a week, had mulled the ideas around in my head and though I got started late I was thinking, this is brilliant, an essay in the making. I used to do the same thing in college when [...]

The Time We Need

My good friend’s step-dad died on Sunday night.  He was in his early-60′s and healthy as far as we all knew.  But he just fell over and died.  My friend didn’t have any details when she told me, but she just kept saying, “I’m so sad.”  However, this sadness is coupled with relief that her [...]

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