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A Moment of Clarity

Heather Olson Beal is guest posting for this week’s UP CLOSE – MAKING MARRIAGE WORK piece.  She is a mom of three kids who sometimes drive her nuts despite being genuinely great.  She lives in deep east Texas and is happy to finally be a professor and no longer a student!  She has a BA in Spanish from [...]

Hooray! :-D Boo! :-(

So, our family is getting ready to move. This partially explains my absence from Segullah as of late. I miss you though, my dears! After six years in NYC we are heading west, to Colorado.

When Faith Makes it Harder

I believe in God– oh I do!– every mountain and flower and newborn babe shouts His name to me.  But I’m struggling now to know if He is good– if His plan is truly one of happiness. Usually, I turn to God in times of  distress, but right now it is His doctrines– especially the [...]

On Turning Eight

This month’s Up Close topic is “The Complexities of Motherhood.”  This week’s post is written by Andrea Rediske as she reflects on being the mother of a disabled child turning eight. I am eight years old.  My little brother has just been born and there is chaos and confusion at home – relatives coming and [...]

Rock the Boat (don’t tip the boat over…)

You know how you can pinpoint the exact place and time you were when you learned about the events on September 11th? Certain days become frozen in time; indelible impressions that mark a change. On 9-11 I was leaving to shop for a washing machine. My in-laws were visiting. My mother-in-law was upstairs ironing. There [...]

It’s a Miracle…

Miracle Max: Have fun storming the castle! Valerie: Do you think it will work? Miracle Max: It would take a miracle… As a scientist, I’m automatically skeptical of anything with the word “miracle” in it:  miracle cure, miracle weight loss, miracle hair restoration, etc.  Usually if something claims to be a “miracle” there is some [...]

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, [...]

Let God In

I’d cried through all my Kleenex. My brother strode up to the podium in the temple chapel and pulled out half the contents of the tissue box. Settling next to me he divided the stack and whispered, “Put as many in your pocket as you can. I’ll keep the rest for you.” Mopping my face, [...]

The Rain Falls on the Just and the Unjust

Laguna Beach, 1993. As fierce wildfires fueled by 70 mph Santa Ana winds swept through the Laguna Canyon and hurtled towards their neighborhoods, several families in our Laguna Beach ward found themselves literally racing to escape the 200-feet-high flames. When it was over, the fire had claimed 366 homes, and, though most of our ward [...]

Impending Doom?

Life is good right now, in fact too good. Everyone in our family is healthy, including my parents. My husband has a very stable job with a great work life balance. Our marriage is solid. We’re comfortable financially. My boys are having a good year in school. I am in a good creative groove. Really does it [...]

The Divorce: The Rest of the Story

Nan was gracious enough to guest post about divorce last week and now she’s written a follow-up post to answer some of the questions about her experience. She’ll be reading and answering your questions in the comments over the next few days. Thanks Nan! It was Christmas Eve and the last of my children had [...]

Applause

So the other day my friend, Meredith and I were riding the bus home after picking up our four-year-olds from pre-K. In fact I think we had our four-year-olds and a couple of other people’s four year-olds. Not an uncommon occurrence. The 15 minute commute is often spent making sure the seating arrangements are fair [...]

The Divorce

Nan McCulloch lives in Draper with her husband, who has made all her dreams come true. She is a sometimes actor and theater-goer and has been published in Irreantum, Dialogue and Sunstone. She is pleased to be able to contribute to Segullah. We separated just before Christmas 1980. We told the children living at home. [...]

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Grateful

Perhaps you’ve noticed Sue Anderson’s wise and insightful comments here on Segullah.  She is a gifted poet and author who devotes her real passion to her children and grandchildren. You can catch up with her at  Sue’s News, Views ‘n Muse. I’ve spent 2009 feeling uncharacteristically sorry for myself and can’t quite put my finger [...]

Failure Academy

“Try again. Fail again. Fail Better.”  Samuel Beckett In the early summer of 1991 we thought we had the world by the tail.  My husband had just finished his first year of law school and had been accepted to study international law for the summer in London.  Hooray! I’m no fool; I quit my job [...]

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