To rip or not to rip…
While visiting with a friend a few weeks ago, I casually mentioned that I edit my journal. Once she started breathing again and retrieved her jaw from the floor, she spluttered, “But you can’t do that–it’s history!” (Guess what she majored in? Yup, history.) So we talked about it, and in the end, we agreed [...]
Depression Roundtable, Part III: Feeling Better
Welcome to Part III of Segullah’s UP CLOSE series about depression. Parts I and II can be found here and here. If you haven’t already read the series overview, please do so before proceeding. This week, our band of scriptural sisters share how they’ve successfully managed their clinical depression. These personal experiences are being shared [...]
Sam and Sally go to the Bishop
*Previous installments of Sam and Sally can be found here and here. *Sally and Sam Seymore took your advice (or ignored you) and went and saw the Bishop together. In talking to them, Bishop Smith understood that Sally and Sam had problems beyond differing feelings about the church. He also realized these were problems beyond [...]
A Lucky Cow
It’s a phenomenon more puzzling than a Sunday crossword, but more certain than the stars. In fact I could set the compass of my last few years by it: the sticky whirl, the push and pull, the confusion and wonder of a mother daughter relationship. My mom and I get along great, but I’m no [...]








