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Writing Chocolate

By Kylie Turley

Introducing Segullah, Part II HERE’S A TRUE STORY: Two summers ago I was invited to go to lunch with a female professor who was visiting BYU. Though not LDS, she studies nineteenth-century Mormon women’s poetry, so she was here to give a lecture. Four of us ended up eating at the Museum of Art Café (you should try …

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Paste and Pearl

By Kathyrn Lynard

Introducing Segullah, Part I And Eve . . . was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression, we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient. (Moses 5:11) I OFTEN PRAY WHILE DRIVING. Usually I’m discreet about it: …

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Small Sacrifice

By Lani B. Whitney

CREATION. Creation of little people. Little bodies being formed in the womb. We mammals are interesting creatures; our motherhood astounds me. I am confused amid my early pregnancy as I make the very enlightened discovery that every person I see had to be born to get here. Born? Yes, every human being on earth was inside …

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Was Barbie from the Triassic Period?

By Justine Dorton

WAS BARBIE FROM THE TRIASSIC PERIOD? I wondered yesterday as I watched my son and daughter playing together with each of their favorite toys. Barbie and Triceratops were happily frolicking through the den, apparently either married or dating. They were looking for some of Jocelyn’s other Barbies (their offspring?). Once found, they were all picked …

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How Much Is Enough? A Discovery of Acceptable Offerings

By Felicia Hanosek

MY KIDS AND I WERE VISITING MY MOM when the call came. Her ashen face rounded the corner while the phone attached to her ear periodically barked information. The barking stopped momentarily, and Mom turned to us. “I think you’d better sit down,” she croaked. “Louie is being life-flighted to University of Utah medical center.” Louie, …

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