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the essence

My mom is dying. Just three weeks ago, I was moving my graceful bleeding hearts from pots into the shady side garden. My little Mary wore her stiff pink garden gloves and chatted with me as I dug deep holes over by the rose arch, “What’s this called? Is that a weed? Why are you [...]

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 [...]

Remembering Mom

Judy Kay Frome is the third of eight children and was raised on a small dairy farm in Wyoming. She has five children and three grandchildren and currently lives in Las Vegas, NV where she teaches fourth grade. Her writing has been published in the New Era and the Ensign and at http://earthsignmamawrites.blogspot.com/ It will [...]

UP CLOSE: My Mother’s Legacy

Today we’re introducing a new feature at Segullah: UP CLOSE. Each month we will focus on a particular subject and discuss it in depth on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings. We welcome reader submissions for these posts. This month, predictably, our focus is Mothers(starting with Kathryn Paul’s fantastic post on single parenting last Sunday). The [...]

All the World’s a Critic

Have you heard the three rules of human relationships? First, don’t criticize. Second, don’t criticize. Hmm, and what’s the third one again?

Curious about Mormon Temples? Go to a believer

Today I’ve stolen(with permission of course) a guest post right off another blog: letstalkaboutreligionandpolitics(ooh, we’d love to see you there!) Ruth Mitchell is a quilt-tying, cookie baking, secretly novel-writing mother of 4. Happily, her husband’s schooling has landed her in beautiful Southern California where she can see the spires of the San Diego Temple from [...]

Delighting in Fatness

Sobs muffled my voice as I phoned my husband from the doctor’s office, “Is everything OK?” he worried,”Is the baby all right?” “Yes. Yes. It’s just that I’ve exercised every day, I’ve been following the stupid diabetic diet and I’ve still gained 10 lbs. this month! I’m getting so FAT. What is wrong with my [...]

Beyond Mommy: Knowing Who I Am

Annette Lyon is the mother of four children ages six to thirteen. While thrilled to be past the diaper and sleep-deprivation stages, she’s a little freaked that her kids are growing up too fast. Tower of Strength, the fourth novel in her historical temple series, is Annette’s sixth book, now on shelves. She blogs at [...]

Create! President Uchtdorf– a multimedia presentation

You’ll cry. I promise, you will cry. lds.org put together a short film with photos, music and President Uchtdorf’s inestimable words.  Be sure to read the instructions for downloading and share this with your friends, neighbors, EVERYONE. CREATE.

Pharoah’s Dream

Most likely, you remember this talk of President Hinckley’s, it was just weeks after September 11th, 2001 and given in the Sunday morning session– the session where the prophet speaks to the world. We had a renewed hunger for prophetic counsel that fall and waited eagerly in our homes and halls for his comfort and [...]

Mother-in-law

Our guest poster chooses anonymity today in of the slight chance that her mother-in-law could read this– because she does love her, even if she drives her completely crazy. Sunday afternoons with 5 small children are chaotic at best with every toy called upon to maintain peace, meals spread throughout the long hours and disagreements [...]

Speaking the Truth

My oldest son turns 17 tomorrow—yes, on Valentine’s Day—and already my heart is aching at how soon he will be gone. Just yesterday he was running home from school, blonde bowl-cut hair flying, snow boots carrying muddy puddles into the kitchen and skidding to a stop to wrap his arms around my waist. “I missed [...]

the place in between

Nothing gets those hands flying in Relief Society like a question about apostasy. Our instructor is a lovely woman but she couldn’t control the poisonous labels flung toward the chalkboard– Prideful! Materialistic. Angry. Bitter. Dark. Adulterous. Unfaithful! I twisted anxiously in my seat, staunching the temptation to scan the faces around me, because who knew–who [...]

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