Segullah

Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured

Dating, and other impossibilities

Do you date? I’ve been trying to get out for a date with my husband for two months. We’ve got children that are old enough to babysit, we’ve got working cars, we’ve got a few buck’s stashed away in my purse for dinner, WHY CAN’T WE GO!?

You Selfish, Egotistical Racist!

An article in the NYTimes has me scratching my head, and I need some help.

No Hearts

I’ve got to be honest. I hate Valentine’s Day.

It’s great to be eight

I don’t have anything funny or witty or profound or intellectual to write about today. It’s my daughter’s baptism in a few hours. The third child from our home to be baptized. I’m running around planning the entire event that goes along with a baptism, wondering when I’m going to get to think about the [...]

Friends

I’ve never been any good at making friends. I remember after moving to northern Michigan in 1975, my mother prodded me out of the house to “go find someone to play with!” I walked up and down the street, knocking on doors, asking the question, “Do you have any kids here? Do they want any [...]

It’s Snow Problem…

Am I the only person on this good earth that loves snow? All around me, even in my own house, I’m bombarded with complaints of cold, whines about shoveling, grumbles about snowstorms.

“Experiment Upon My Words”

I’ve always been a skeptic — critically thinking, cynical perhaps, un-trusting at the rotten core. I think it might be my parents fault, but I’m trying to blame everything on them, so I’m not sure if it’ll all stick.

Tears

I went to the temple Wednesday. Oh boy did I need it. I sat in the temple after the session and cried and cried and cried. Why? I have no idea. Was it because I had lost my recommend and hadn’t been in a couple of months? Was it because I was PMS-y? Too much [...]

Resolved

I’m not going to kid you. Losing weight is NOT a resolution this year. And neither is less chocolate, more vegetables, less butter, more hymns. None of it. My New Year’s Resolution this year is one I can absolutely and decidedly FULFILL.

The Case for Shopping

There’s a particular kind of happy anticipation that comes when you know your loved one is going to open up a gift on Christmas morning that will put them over the moon. It obviously doesn’t need to be an expensive or elaborate gift, but this year we somehow managed to actually divine what each child [...]

Alone

When the doctor told me that something was wrong, I don’t think I believed him. I smiled and asked questions, nodding at appropriate moments. I’m sure the doctor thought I must have fallen off my rocker. It wasn’t until I got home that I let myself contemplate his words. “Something is wrong. We need to [...]

My Pastoral Life

I saw an ad while watching the Peanuts Christmas Special on TV with the kids. It was for an air freshener that smelled like gingerbread. It was a simple enough ad, but the overall message of the ad suggested that you could just use the air freshener to fool people into thinking you’d been baking. [...]

The Value of X

We sat at the kitchen table, trying to figure out the value of x. “I think…Well, if I recall…Umm, if we cross…What about trying…Oh honestly, son, I just don’t remember”. He sat there for a few minutes, trying to decipher the 14 symbol long equation, then started writing furiously. “I figured it out, mom, thanks [...]

Dusting, and Other Horrors

I am a child of the 70′s. I am a child of the post-60′s feminist battles. Women worked, women climbed the ladder, women accomplished things. I think because of that, I really hate vacuuming. I think I need to repent.

Be Still My Soul

Remember Amulon? He’s the guy that spends time persecuting Alma and his people. It’s been a rough time for Alma’s folks, and they’re only allowed to pray in their souls, not out loud, or it’s death for the lot of them.

« go back — keep looking »

  • be our friend.



  • Contact Us

    Journal subscriptions: journal.subscriptions at segullah dot org
    Technical issues:
    webmaster at segullah dot org
    Other inquiries:
    info at segullah dot org

  • More Kinds of Segullah

  • How Do You Say Segullah?

    se-goo-law rhymes
    Oo-la-lah, Segullah
    write and draw, Segullah
    coup d'etat, Segullah
    Blanche DuBois, Segullah
    shock and awe, Segullah
    Lah-dee-dah, Segullah
    looky, ma! Segullah!

  • Get published.

    The clock is ticking! Gear up to enter Segullah's annual personal essay, poetry, and fiction contests. Guidelines here. Deadline is December 31.

  • Admin