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Mommy the Hypocrite

My little boy is turning six in a month, and for at least six months I’ve been hearing all about the Angry Birds cupcakes he wants for his birthday party. Every time he mentions Angry Birds I change the subject. I don’t like Angry Birds. I don’t want Angry Birds at his birthday. In fact, [...]

Consequences

The other day my husband visited a Dunkin’ Donuts. Inside the store was a class of preschool kids who appeared to be around three years old, accompanied by their two teachers. The kids were all sitting very quietly, apparently waiting patiently for their treats, and my husband was impressed by their good behavior. “Lucky group [...]

Angry Mom

Today’s guest post author has asked to remain anonymous. I can still vividly remember the first time I hit my daughter. She was about eighteen months old and didn’t want to get in her carseat. I was frustrated by her wriggling and whining, and somehow my hand came up and slapped her on the cheek. [...]

Patriarchal Blessing

In a couple of weeks my youngest daughter will receive her patriarchal blessing. She’s only thirteen, but for six months now she has been pestering me and my husband about getting her blessing. At first I brushed her off, thinking she wouldn’t be able to understand the blessing’s significance at such a young age, and [...]

A Valentine for My Village

Two weeks before Valentine ’s Day my daughter’s teacher sent home a box with instructions to decorate it and bring it back for the class party. We’ve made Valentine boxes for the past few years, so I was no stranger to the tradition and was at least grateful that this time we were given a [...]

Pass Along Princess

Today’s guest post comes from Julia M.L. Whitehead, who has used writing as life’s therapy ever since she popped her first pimple and didn’t make cuts for the junior high cheer squad, when she joined Journalism instead! High school English from a poetry pusher helped sprout a hobby that still sees the occasional blossom. With [...]

To have Bitten off the Matter with a Smile

Today’s guest post comes from Jes S. Curtis, who lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband and two children. When she isn’t throwing starfish back into the ocean one at a time, she blogs at squeezetheuniverse.com, edits creative nonfiction for JuiceBox: A Journal of the Ordinary, and tutors writing with Smarthinking. You can read [...]

Discussion Questions for The Year My Son and I Were Born

Tomorrow, Friday, August 26th, we will be discussing The Year My Son and I Were Born, written by our very own Kathryn Lynard Soper. This memoir takes us through the first year of Kathy’s life with her son, Thomas, who is born with Down syndrome. Although the book takes as one of its subjects the [...]

Sunrise, Sunset or Where Did the Summer Go?

This morning my children will don their new school clothes and, toting new backpacks stuffed with sharpened pencils and blank notebooks, they’ll head out the door for the first day of school. And, just like that, summer vacation will be over. Like me, you may be wondering where the summer went. I always start summer [...]

The Birthday Gift

Today’s guest post comes from Sarita Rich. Sarita is from Kotzebue, Alaska and moved to Utah in 2003, convinced that she would save lives as a graduate from BYU’s College of Nursing. But instead Chem 101 intervened and she changed her major to English Teaching. When she is not fighting the urge to correct grammatical [...]

Switching Off

Today’s guest post comes from Rachel Jeffcoat, who studied English at Oxford University half a decade ago. After a hard day’s work correcting grammar as an editor, she comes home to read, cook, play the piano once the neighbours have gone out, and spend time with her lovely husband. In September she plans to hang [...]

A Missionary Mother

Today’s guest post is from Marcia Stanford. Marcia lives on a tree-lined street in California with her charming husband and delightful children, who are growing up much too quickly. She is a BYU English major currently completing the last few courses via Independent Study. Raised in Utah, she now savors the opportunity to pick fresh [...]

The Naaman in Me

Today’s guest  post comes from Emily Orchard. Emily lives in Meridian, Idaho with her patient husband, four young children, a dog, a fish, and a snake. Her favorite daily activities involve her kids but she also enjoys working a few hours a week as a speech therapist. Before her household wakes up in the morning [...]

Paradigm shift

Recently I found myself perplexed over the complicated challenges of parenting a strong-willed teenager while not seeing eye-to-eye with the other half of my team on how to do so. The details are not important, but my frustration, worry, hurt and near-despair was both deep and palpable. I am very much a choose-your-battle kind of [...]

Trouble, Repentance, and The Worst Kind of Writer’s Block

Today’s guest post comes from Holly Abbe, who says she is a terrible gardener, but loves fresh tulips. She can make a perfect apple pie, but despises washing dishes. And while you will rarely find her organizing her home office, she finds great joy in organizing musical numbers and planning family outings. There is nothing [...]

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