Ooh, we’re lucky today. I’ve persuaded Annie of Basic Joy to share a post that will inspire you for the New Year. Annie is the mother of 3 incredible children, loving wife to G, a fellow at Tufts University and an incomparable friend. She also runs the Letters to a Parent Project and she’d probably [...]

2008– it’s been a rough year to be a Mormon.
January brought the death of our beloved prophet, President Hinckley, a force of nature who had virtually led the church for 30 years. We’d scarcely had time to mourn before Mitt Romney’s presidential bid poured scrutiny and ridicule upon the church.
As a people, we responded with [...]

This concludes a series of guest posts from lovely Leslie R. of Heaven’s Overlook. Many thanks to Leslie for sharing with us her poetic style, poignant insights and thoughtful prose.

If, as Herod, we fill our lives with things,
and again with things; If we consider ourselves so
unimportant that we must fill every moment of our
lives with [...]

Many thanks to Leslie R. of Heaven’s Overlook for another beautiful guest post.  You can read some of her previous posts here here here and here. Thanks so much Leslie!

The fact that Mary and Elizabeth found shelter in each other, and they weren’t even the same age is my favorite part of the story.  Imagine [...]

As we we hauled the Christmas boxes up from the basement this week my children whipped into a frenzy of excitement– the stockings! the ornaments! the ribbons! the creche! the books! Poor little people, they hardly knew which to partake of first.
But once the tree was up and the stockings hung, every child hauled a [...]

We’re lucky today to have another Guest Post from Leslie at Heaven’s Overlook.
Last Saturday I biked through the desert in Las Vegas, Nevada. The only strip my eyes saw was a thick strip of red rock lacing its way through the mountain range, far west from Sin City. With my husband beside me, the sun [...]

Ladling spicy tortellini soup into shallow bowls, I handed each plate to my husband where he added a thick slice of wheat bread and placed the meal in front of a waiting child. Speaking above the din of our six children I outlined for him the indignities and frustrations of hosting both grandmas for Thanksgiving, [...]

Eighteen years ago, when I was dating my future husband, he walked into my apartment where I was in a heated political discussion with my senior thesis group. Spying his face, I pushed my books aside, leapt from my seat and rushed into his arms.
Contentment spread across his features as he sighed, “Wow, I hope [...]

Ros stopped by for a photo between taking her Math 130 test and going to her mammogram appointment— fun fun fun!
Rosalyn Richardson is tired of being called a saint.  She would much rather go back to life before her husband Todd drove to the store to pick up milk, was struck by a drunk driver [...]

Ah, we Segullah girls always have something up our sleeves and this is a good one. Available for purchase, right now, right here is Enjoy It!

“This collection of 137 witty/sassy/sexy/crazy blog posts will convince even the crustiest of souls that Courtney Jane Kendrick delights in daily life. Even when she can’t ovulate, and Target is [...]

Surely you know by now that we are throwing a party for you this Saturday?
Provo, UT, University Mall, Deseret Book 2-4 p.m.
We have food, raffles, readings and a NieNie fundraiser just for you. But it won’t be much fun if you’re not there!
As posted last week, all royalties from sales of The Mother in Me that [...]

I’m not afraid to admit it. Sunday mornings are frankly painful at my house. We are on the dreaded 1-4 church schedule which means that we spend about 7 solid hours getting ready for church, still panic during the last twenty minutes and inevitably find at least one child shoeless after we’ve settled into a [...]

Please join us for a super-spectacular, tear-stained, chocolate-filled The Mother in Me book signing and Segullah PAAAAAAAAARTY!
When: Saturday, October 18th, 2-4 p.m.
Where: Orem, UT, University Mall, Deseret Book
Honored invitee: YOU!
Come late, leave early, wear your prom dress or your old sweats, bring your crying babies or leave them home and spend the whole time talking [...]

Can you feel it in the air? General Conference is just days away. And it’s about time.
Conference seems to come just when we need it, just when our collective well is running dry. What if it were one week later? We’d never make it!
I can hardly wait to spend the weekend in my pajamas, making [...]

This review comes from Michelle L., our newest blog staffer and Segullah Board member.  Welcome Michelle!
A few years ago when I was in the throes of raising five little boys, a well-meaning neighbor dropped a book about depression and various medications in my mailbox.
I didn’t know what to think.
Was I exhausted? Yes.
Overwhelmed? Absolutely.
Depressed? Maybe. But [...]