Despite my worthiness (and even my husband’s willingness), my bishop would not let me receive my endowment right before I married my non-member husband as he wanted me to wait for my husband to...
Happy Valentines Day! I love the stuffed Han Solo that my husband gave me, and I also love that he celebrates Groundhog Day instead (he got a new hoodie and a 4×4 Rubik’s Cube)....
We had recently moved into a new ward. I had five children under the age of eight, three in diapers, and was homeschooling the older ones. My husband was between jobs, but we were...
by Alan Buys I once had a conversation with an elementary school librarian. She told me about the difficulties of getting some of the rowdier children to be quiet and respectful in the library...
The angriest I have ever seen our former Young Women president was after Ward Council one week. The previous year the Young Women & Young Men agreed to pool funds to buy nice camping...
I was once asked if I would accept a calling, and said I’d think about it. Two days later, they called me to it in Sacrament Meeting. I actually raised my own hand in...
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And [the man] said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And [Jacob]said, I will not...
As a young woman, we had a combined camping trip with laurels and priests in our stake. When it came time to go on a hike for the trip, the laurels went on a...
by danahc Note: This post is the third of a three-part series examining problematic lyrics as part of the Church’s hymnal revision. Part 1: Theology and Practices Part 2: Culture Part 3: Gender References...
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