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All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day

One family, we dwell in Him; One church above, beneath; Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death. One army of the living God, To His command we bow; Part of the host have crossed the flood And part are crossing now. —Charles Wesley (1701-1778) November 1st, 2007, Munich, Germany. Slowly, aimlessly, [...]

Walking Barefoot at the Fourth Hole

This post (originally written two years ago) is the last in a series of posts about my grandparents. Thanks for sharing memories with me. We’ve been coming here for four years now, so I guess you could call it a tradition. Each summer my parents, siblings, and their families gather for a three-day weekend at [...]

La Leche à la Hong Kong

No one warned me that we’d be hiking all day long, trekking under full blown summer sun on Lantau island, running low on water, dehydrated, sluggish, in need of shade and a toilet. Had I known all this beforehand, of course I would have carried several water bottles for myself and several clothes changes and [...]

This is the Tale of Two Parkers.

This is also, by extension, the tale of two friends, Renée and Melissa, and of two families, the Halls and the Bradfords, and of two freak events that yanked all of the above onto two different but similar, unforeseen and shadowy trajectories. The tale tells how such yanking might dislocate some joints, but how it [...]

The Valley of Death

Editors note: We are thrilled to introduce Melissa Dalton Bradford as a new contributor to the Segullah blog. You may recognize her name from several poems featured in the Segullah literary magazine; Melissa’s grace, beauty and wisdom and an incredible asset to our community. I’m sitting in a pediatrician’s examination room.  We’ve been living in [...]

Carried by Faith

Marivic grew up in the Philippines, where she joined the Church in 1977. She has been married for 24 years, and is grateful to be raising her two wonderful teenagers. She says some describe her as an atypical Mormon woman, as she doesn’t like baking, cooking, sewing, scrapbooking, gardening, or canning. She does enjoy reading, [...]

I Cry

Mendy Hunter was born and raised in Pennsylvania. She is the fourth of eight children. Mendy left the lush, green hills of her home and headed west to BYU. After taking a scholastic break to complete a mission in Romania, she graduated with an English degree. Soon thereafter, she married, started a family and moved [...]

A Limited Perspective

Today’s UP CLOSE:Death and Dying post comes from Connie Boyd.  Connie Boyd is the mother of six grown children and six grandchildren. Since her children live from coast to coast and north to south, she is fond of travelling. She also enjoys religious research, church service, swimming and writing. Connie teaches eighth grade science in Worcester, [...]

Riding for Robes

Today’s post comes courtesy of the incomparable, Ellen Patton, raised in Van Nuys, California, she moved to Boston nearly twenty-one years ago, sight unseen. She enjoys baking, reading, sewing, quilting, antiquing, taking photos, decorating her condo (in a converted school), road tripping and blogging. Ellen works as an assistant to the President of MIT, and [...]

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