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I WRITE TO HONOR FEISTY MARRIAGES. “Honor” might be a bit strong, but let us get it straight from the beginning: a zesty relationship is the highlight of my life. I understand that not everyone feels the same, . . .

from "In Honor of Feisty Marriages: The Story of a Remodel"
by Kylie Nielson Turley

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Can I Sit On Your Lap?

1 September 2008 @ 08:57 | Segullah Article Discussions, Slice of Life, Small Epiphanies | 14 Comments

Yesterday was a crazy day. In fact, by the end of most days lately I feel frazzled and think, “Aaah, I had a crazy day.” My new baby is now almost seven months old, my three-year-old son keeps telling me he’s a big little kid, and tomorrow my oldest daughter starts kindergarten.

The Dodge

6 August 2008 @ 14:45 | Slice of Life | 10 Comments

-I comes into the bedroom crying.
-I: “-J hit me!”
Justine: “Why’d she hit you?”
-I: “Just because I wouldn’t answer her question! I wouldn’t answer her so she whacked me! It’s not fair! She needs a punishment, right?”
Justine: “So, what’s -J going to say if we ask her?”
-I: “I don’t know. I just wouldn’t answer her mean, [...]

A Crabby Adventure

29 July 2008 @ 09:55 | Slice of Life | 14 Comments

We were standing around a small, glass-rimmed kiosk at Alvin’s Island, a trinket-filled tourist shop a few blocks from our hotel. The kiosk contained dozens of shells with hermit crabs in them. Heaven help them, they were the ugliest creatures I have ever laid eyes on. Tammie casually began picking up shells and showing me [...]

Yeah. About that.

24 July 2008 @ 10:30 | Slice of Life | 11 Comments

I’ve been having so much fun on Goodreads, gathering the books that I want to read, rating the books that I have read, that I’ve actually neglected to READ. And I don’t claim to be too intelligent but isn’t that kind of the point? It’s kind of like when I’m making lunch and [...]

Newly Born Lightness

7 July 2008 @ 12:20 | Segullah Article Discussions, Slice of Life | 15 Comments

I always forget how to hold newborn babies until I’m presented with one: the small face, old, wise, young, perfect. It’s not just that I forget how to hold them, though. It’s the feelings a newborn baby calls up inside me. I held my newborn nephew Saturday and it made me remember the joy, [...]

from the mouths of babes

3 July 2008 @ 08:55 | Slice of Life | 17 Comments

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 [...]

coulda heard a pin drop

25 June 2008 @ 22:17 | Slice of Life | 12 Comments

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 [...]

No more pencils, no more books…

5 June 2008 @ 09:00 | Slice of Life | 14 Comments

Shelah is a SAHM to four kids (ages 8 to 1) who loves reading, running and chronicling her life in the blogosphere (she also writes here and here). She joined the church as a teenager in Connecticut, and attended BYU from 1993-1997, when she graduated with a degree in English Teaching. She completed a MA [...]

I Needed to Mop Anyway

12 May 2008 @ 12:56 | Segullah Article Discussions, Slice of Life | 12 Comments

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?

In the interest of full disclosure

11 May 2008 @ 20:50 | Slice of Life | 19 Comments

Here’s my most recent motherhood faux pas (okay, the most recent one was ten minutes ago, but it wasn’t good enough to blog about):
Two weeks ago my first grader brought home a note saying his class would be dismissed two hours early the following Monday and Tuesday. Crap, I thought. I have enough trouble remembering things [...]

Thanks, fellas

9 April 2008 @ 15:11 | Slice of Life | 6 Comments

Ben (12) and Sam (4) perch by my elbow, watching me slog through the email communique required to build the Queen’s new castle.
Ben: What are you doing?
Me: Working on this website redesign.
Ben: You have your own website?
Me: Yep.
Ben: Isn’t that a bit vain?
Me: [...]

She who laughs…

1 April 2008 @ 07:37 | Slice of Life | 19 Comments

I was born on the 22nd day of December. People often say to me, “That must really stink to have a birthday right before Christmas.” And when I was a child, I certainly agreed. But now I’m a lot older and a little bit wiser, I actually like it…and I know there could be worse [...]

Summertime!

24 March 2008 @ 08:23 | Slice of Life | 2 Comments

The last snow melted from our yard Friday afternoon. It got up to around 50, and spring definitely felt close. The kids got home from school — giddy and bursting with excitement. “The snow’s gone! The snow’s gone! The snow’s gone” They all chanted.
Then they all suddenly disappeared downstairs.
Five minutes later they all re-appear — [...]

Spoiler alert

15 March 2008 @ 22:07 | Slice of Life | 5 Comments

The other night we were finally nearing the end of Alma in our family scripture reading (I’m not even going to tell you when it was we started), when my eight-year-old suddenly burst out anxiously and with affection, “Helaman doesn’t die, does he?”
Shhh. I won’t tell him if you won’t.

Will Work for Food….I mean, Feedback

14 March 2008 @ 07:47 | Slice of Life, Small Epiphanies | 27 Comments

“I do not want to frighten you by telling you about the temptations life will bring. Anyone who is healthy in spirit will overcome them. But there is something I want you to realize.
It does not matter so much what you do. What matters is whether your soul is harmed by what you do. If [...]

Detail of painting "Letitia and Sophie" by Cassandra Barney, one of our Featured Artists of the Spring 2008 issue



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