When I grow up I want to be a…

doctor, lawyer, fireman, teacher? When you ask kids what they want to be when they grow up you get one of those 4 answers. When I ask the missionaries that revolve in and out of my house for dinner, at least 50% give me the “I have no idea” line. Occasionally, I am impressed at some of the [...]

How To Be a Proper Spinster

  Today’s Up Close:Living Single post comes from Courtney, who enjoys long walks on the beach, sunsets, picnic lunches, holding hands in the rain, but hates being set up when the qualifications of the male in question are that he is single, still breathing, and LDS–so let’s just not go there. She received her B.A. from Utah [...]

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. 0

“Your Mom Goes to College!”

A few Sundays ago, a group of us was brainstorming ways we could help the sisters in the ward live more providently in light of the current economic crisis. “Teach them to can!” a person offered. “Create a Relief Society recipe book!” another said. “Tell them to stop applying for secret credit cards and then [...]

Interview with Jacqui Larsen

I opened the latest issue of Segullah on a cold day in a new land surrounded by boxes and space, lots of them both. “Here,” it said on the front cover, running up the left side of the page. “Here,” it said going down on the right. I read it from cover to cover; and [...]

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