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You may have this dance.

Dance with Them: 30 Stumbling Mothers Share Glimpses of Grace Edited by Kathryn Lynard Soper Segullah Books, 2010; 230 pages BUY NOW AT AMAZON.COM ~Preview the editor’s introduction ~See the table of contents ~Meet the contributors ~Read a review

Meta physics

I’m going to make this short: Don’t give yourself a hard time about having a hard time when you’re having a hard time. All of us have hard times. And hard times are hard for at least two reasons: the hard thing that’s happening is hard in and of itself, plus it’s also hard to [...]

What you want for Mothers’ Day: Sneak Preview

OUR NEW BOOK! Dance With Them: 30 Stumbling Mothers Share Glimpses of Grace Edited by Kathryn Lynard Soper Segullah Books, 230 pages Watch for ordering information next week. In the meantime, enjoy the blurb and get excited about this awesome anthology! When it comes to mothering school-age children—biological kids, step kids, or even the kids next door, [...]

We Want YOU!

…to come to the first-ever Segullah community event! We’re hosting a day-long WRITING RETREAT in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 26, and it’s going to be fabulous. We love hanging out with you online, and we’re looking forward to meeting you in person to share great conversation, food, art, and writing. Check out the [...]

Dispensation: An Enthusiastic Review

Dispensation: Latter-Day Fiction Edited by Angela Hallstrom Introduction by Margaret Blair Young Zarahemla Books, 2010 A confession: before I read Angela Hallstrom’s debut novel in 2008, I didn’t care much about LDS fiction. To me, that genre meant Jack Weyland and Gerald Lund and Anita Stansfield–overtly inspirational stories of mediocre literary quality that barely skim [...]

Depression Roundtable, Part V: Parenting Children with Depression

Welcome to Part IV of Segullah’s UP CLOSE series about depression. Parts I, II, III and IV can be found here, here, here and here. If you haven’t already read the series overview, please do so before proceeding. In our fifth and final post in this depression roundtable series, we turn the discussion to the challenge of [...]

Depression Roundtable, Part IV: Family Ties

Welcome to Part IV of Segullah’s UP CLOSE series about depression. Parts I, II, and III can be found here, here, and here. If you haven’t already read the series overview, please do so before proceeding. This week, our discussion turns to how depression affects family relationships. We welcome Phoebe, Leah, and Esther to the table [...]

Depression Roundtable, Part III: Feeling Better

Welcome to Part III of Segullah’s UP CLOSE series about depression. Parts I and II can be found here and here. If you haven’t already read the series overview, please do so before proceeding. This week, our band of scriptural sisters share how they’ve successfully managed their clinical depression. These personal experiences are being shared [...]

Mormon Women’s Lit On Tour!

Sometimes I really hate that time-sucking, Farmville-ridden, ever-present vehicle of procrastination we know as Facebook. But I’ve gotta credit the site for reconnecting me with many long-lost friends, some of whom I’m actually glad to hear from. One of these is Joanna Brooks.  When we got in touch twenty years after our BYU days, I was [...]

Depression Roundtable, Part II: Depression and Spirituality

Welcome to Part II of Segullah’s UP CLOSE series about depression. Part I can be found here. If you haven’t already read the series overview, please do so before proceeding. Priscilla: I was 27 when I had my third child and first post partum depression. At least, that what I thought it was, so I read [...]

Depression Roundtable, Part I: In the Beginning

Welcome to Part I of Segullah’s UP CLOSE series about depression. If you haven’t already read the series overview, please do so before proceeding. In this post, our group members introduce themselves by describing how they came to recognize depression as a problem in their life. Depression is an untidy concept, and our semantics reflect that. [...]

UP CLOSE: Depression Roundtable Series Overview

Today marks the debut of Segullah’s UP CLOSE series on depression. These posts (weekly throughout March) are excerpts from a conversation amongst Segullah staff members, including myself, who live with clinical depression. We have taken pseudonyms for privacy purposes. I’m currently moderating a similar series of posts at By Common Consent. Every human being is [...]

Spring is in the air . . .

… and here at Segullah we’re turning over new leaves left and right. This morning we’re launching our new blog format, courtesy of genius web artist Johnna Cornett. And that’s just the beginning. Spring 2010 marks our forum’s 5th anniversary, and we’re excited to celebrate! Check out our freshly designed journal site, which includes a [...]

UP CLOSE for March: Depression Roundtable

A series of posts about depression begins today at By Common Consent. One week from today we’ll begin a similar series here at Segullah, featuring excerpts from a conversation amongst several of our staff members who live with clinical depression. We look forward to hearing our readers’ insights and perspectives on this topic. Stay tuned [...]

Meet the Meanest Mom

Jana Mathews made her debut blogging as The Meanest Mom in the summer of 2008, and has since received national recognition for her blogging, including being voted Parent & Child Magazine’s Best Mommy Blogger of 2009. “Every mom has moments with her children that she would just as soon forget,” she says. “This blog reclaims the [...]

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