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Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured

Our mothers knew it

Today’s guest post is from my darling eighteen year-old son, Ben. He offered to write a post last Spring, and with the craziness of girls’ camp in my life this week, it seemed like the perfect time to cash in the favor. I’ve left it largely unedited; I love reading the fresh, raw opinions of [...]

This is normal

Southern Virginia University has an intriguing little calender on their website: Typical Ups and Downs of College Life. For your reading pleasure– February: * Feelings of claustrophobia and depression set in with winter * Potential increase in alcohol and other substance abuse * Challenges with love relationship at home * Valentine’s Day brings out loneliness, [...]

Our Children Can’t Have Coats!

Right around the time when I was starting to get into the rhythm of the speaker’s talk, my 2 year old lost it. His brother, having stolen the black crayon, affected a wide-eyed innocent look that I scarcely had time to enjoy before I whisked the 2 year old out of the chapel. We walked [...]

Scary Teachers, Scary Parents

I have a child who hates school.   He didn’t always hate school.    The kindergartener who upstaged all the other tyrannosaurus rexes loved school.   The first grader whose portrayal of Medusa delighted audiences at the end of the Greek mythology unit adored school.   His first years of learning were joyous and fun.  What happened to my youngest [...]

How do I judge thee? Let me count the ways…

Bishop Brown stood in the common, legs crouched, hands held ready. As the disk sailed across the clear blue sky, he leapt and caught it with a loud, “Yes!” His wife, Peggy, laughed as he held it above his head like a trophy, then readied herself for her own catch. Soon, they settled into an [...]

Really? I mean, Really?

Overheard while wandering through Borders with my husband: Young 20-something with a Twilight t-shirt on: “Umm, do you still carry any Twilight umbrellas? I saw them here last week.” Employee of Borders: “Yeah, I’ll walk you over. They’re here in this display.” (walks her to a large Twilight display) Twilight girl: “Wow! (looks at display) [...]

Summer’s Envy

I do NOT want school to start. Right now, we’re swimming in the pool every afternoon, we’re leaving rooms messy, we’re reading on the patio in the evening shade. We’re licking Popsicles, dancing to U2 waaayyyy past bedtime, going to week-long bug camps, scout camps, girls camps. We just got back from a fantastic drive-across-the-country [...]

Succeeding

I was at my 20th High School reunion last week. It was strange and wonderful and a little creepy all at once. I walked away with renewed relationships and with a heavy dose of disappointment in myself.

Next to Godliness

Becky’s house is immaculate. Not just clean, but a place of wonder. There is no junk, no clutter; dust and crumbs are whisked away before they hit the floor or an unsuspecting tabletop. Her four children are all well-trained to hang up backpacks, jackets, towels; to stow away shoes and dirty laundry; to eat without [...]

It’s Snow Problem…

Am I the only person on this good earth that loves snow? All around me, even in my own house, I’m bombarded with complaints of cold, whines about shoveling, grumbles about snowstorms.

Lunacy

I love being a mother. I love playing tag in the back yard. I love reading together in bed. I love making cheerio necklaces. I love hearing the kids roar into the house after school. I love singing showtunes and dancing in the family room. I love sitting on the bed having a ‘heart-to-heart’ with [...]

Can’t We Just All Get Along?

When people start talking about politics around me, I tend to get a little, well, worked up.

Welcome to Relief Society!

I guess I should have warned them.

Hmmmm

Six weeks ago, in a conversation with my husband, we sat discussing the general gist of life here on earth. The conversation sounded something like, “Since we’re really just down here to figure stuff out, wouldn’t it make sense to just get it all over with, go through it all now? I mean, if there [...]

rant and rave, or, “I heart Utah” redux

Lately it seems that every time I turn around someone is saying something not very nice about the place I have lived now for the past 17 years. A place I love, though I am fully aware of its flaws. The place I am choosing to raise my family and which has given my kids [...]

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