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All the single ladies

I still remember when, shortly after moving into our ward, my good friend Melody was approached by a sister in the ward regarding some enrichment activity. Apparently the woman had mistaken her for another single sister who lived a few houses down the street. As Melody kindly straightened her out the woman abruptly said, “Oh. [...]

The perfect testimony?

Over the past few years, since they’ve really been emphasizing that you should only be bearing brief testimonies about the five key points of the gospel, I have more or less stopped bearing my testimony. I’m not sure who would want to hear me go up to the pulpit and recite a list of five [...]

How do we put the “society” in Relief Society (or society in general)?

I still remember how excited I was when we moved out of the dark basement apartment in my single cousin’s bachelor pad and into our first home. It was a hole (a tiny one at that). But it was in a nice neighborhood, close to my husband’s school, and it was ours. Our new ward [...]

Too late to start over?

The global economy is in the toilet. A close relative of mine is looking at being laid off just before the holidays. My friends whose husbands are contractors were turning work away just six months ago. Now their work–and thus their livelihoods–have slowed to a trickle. I’m sure this Segullah reader isn’t the only one [...]

Let’s dish

Today’s two-part discussion for Ask Nine Women comes from another anonymous reader (or two). But it could have come from anyone. Isn’t that the beauty of it? My mother would probably be horrified, but when I think back on the family dinners I knew as a child, I remember one pound of ground beef magnified [...]

On scriptures and prayer

Want to bring something to the table to discuss? Please suggest topics via e-mail to askninewomenATgmailDOTcom. Submissions are chosen at random. Today’s question comes from an anonymous reader who writes: I’ve been married 15 years and throughout those years we’ve had family scripture reading and family prayer at dinner, attended church faithfully and served in [...]

The trouble with Relief Society

Want to bring something to the table to discuss? Please suggest topics via e-mail to askninewomenATgmailDOTcom. Submissions are chosen at random. Today’s question comes from Tonya, who is, I know, not the only one with mixed feelings about Relief Society–the meeting, not the program. Thanks Tonya! Yesterday at a family dinner my sister asked me [...]

What does it feel like?

Wanted: More reader submissions for Ask Nine Women. Please submit yours at askninewomenATgmailDOTcom. Today’s question for Ask Nine Women comes from Wendy, who writes the following: I need to hear some experiences or insight into the difference between the Gift of the Holy Ghost that LDS are given and the influence of the Holy Ghost. [...]

Are you your mother?

Wanted: More reader submissions for Ask Nine Women. Please submit yours at askninewomenATgmailDOTcom. Recently I read a couple of hysterical posts about things our parents fed us when we were children. You can read them here and here. The food flashbacks triggered by both posts reminded me of many a time I sat alone at [...]

Are you an ant or a grasshopper?

Last week I went to the grocery store and while I was casually meandering past the aisle of rice and beans I got quite a shock. The rice row was completely empty.

What about the children?

Last month we launched a new feature at Segullah. It’s called Ask Nine Women and it is a reader-generated discussion post. You can read more it here. Today’s question: My first thoughts about the recent raid on the FLDS compound in Texas were, “It’s about time someone did something about that!” But then I read [...]

Ask nine women

Some time ago I was gathered around a table with a group of my blogger friends for lunch. We were discussing a certain situation that had occurred involving one of us. I loved how naturally each woman made the events personal to herself, admitting how she would have felt in such circumstances and considering what [...]

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