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Today’s UP CLOSE piece is by Emily Falke.  Emily lives near Austin, Texas with her fantastic little family consisting of her husband, her daughter, and their really big dog.  She relishes the sweet busyness of home life, and she quilts and tutors in her spare time.  She blogs at www.memoirsofmotherhood.wordpress.com. Two little blue lines on [...]

Boys to Gentlemen

“Please grab the door for me, son!” I  implore as, laden with Sunday bag and child, I attempt to make it through the perilous double set of doors at the church with three kids in tow. “This is how to be a gentleman,” I whisper and wink as I pass him in the breezeway. I have three [...]

Raising Boys, Raising Men

Over a decade ago, I was sure I was pregnant with a little girl. When the ultrasound technician pointed out “the turtle coming out of its shell” and then explained that the turtle was “boy bits”, the first thought I had was “Better not call him Abby then”, closely followed by “ARRGH! A boy? Boys [...]

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 [...]

Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd

Today’s Up Close guest post is by Sunny Smart. She is a stay at home mom with four wonderful, hilarious kiddos and one hard-working, good-natured husband. She has battled depression at various times in her life and to varying degrees. She wanted to share her story so that others who suffer silently and alone might [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Through My Window

Stephanie is a not-so-young mom of three young children.  Her daily life consists mostly of caring for her family, finding matching socks, thinking of something to make for dinner, reading or writing something that uplifts her, and occasionally shaving her legs.  Stephanie blogs about finding faith in the trenches of motherhood at Diapers and Divinity.  [...]

Sisterly Love

When I was a little girl I thought one of the happiest sounds I’d ever heard was my mother laughing with her six sisters. They’d stand around my grandmother’s kitchen, washing the dishes and putting away the Christmas dinner leftovers, laughing so loudly they sounded like the kookaburras that cackled outside my window every morning. [...]

I Learned the Truth at Seventeen

Marla is a Utah native and a professional writer and editor. She is just weeks away (fingers crossed) from completing a master’s degree in English. She loves running, biking, reading, writing, and lurking on the Segullah blog. She blogs at mindofmarla.blogspot.com. I went to the Victorian exhibit at the BYU Museum of Art a few [...]

Two Mothers to One

Jenny Chamberlain married her high school sweetheart after making him wait until she was darn good and ready. She mothers, quilts, writes and photographs for fun. She bottles peaches and applesauce when coerced.  She blogs about whatever flips her skirt at rowenasrantings.blogspot.com. My shock from the divorce wore off several months into my father’s second marriage. [...]

Aren’t I Lucky?

Lyn Greenwood lives in Houston, TX with her husband and two children. She was raised in Colorado, graduated from BYU in Chemical Engineering and has lived in Texas for almost 12 years. She makes a valiant attempt at trying to balance all aspects of her life: loving on her family, working full-time, and training for [...]

Open Eyes, Open Heart

Katrina Anderson is the author of today’s UP CLOSE post. She lives in Salt Lake City with her husband, three step-kids, and darling toddler son. Another baby will be joining the family this summer. Katrina grew up in Ohio, attended college at BYU, and had a brief career in television news before marrying the love [...]

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