Sacred Music Sunday: How Can I Keep from Singing? #CopingWithCOVID19
I love to sing. I’ve been singing in choirs since childhood. I sing to the cats when nobody else is home. I sing along to the radio. Singing can express emotions in ways that...
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Affirming mantras about our bodies, body size, and food during a global pandemic. #CopingWithCOVID19
May 2020 By LMA These mantras are associated with a blog post on fat phobia and our changing bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are applicable other times, too. My body is one of...
Fat phobia, our changing bodies, & the COVID-19 pandemic. #CopingWithCOVID19
by LMA May 2020 I am a fat woman. My fat body is a valuable body. She is a comfort to me. She is the only thing I’ve had with me throughout my whole...
As a missionary, I was so, so hungry.
I served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Mormon) in a country where the local culture called for a siesta: a long lunch break, possibly including a nap....
I’m just a girl?
I had an experience last summer that I have been pondering over for months trying to process my feelings around. My husband and I were invited to go to Las Vegas with a couple...
Book Review: The Tree at the Center by Kathryn Knight Sonntag
Kathryn Knight Sonntag’s collection of poems in The Tree at the Center explore the divine feminine through themes of nature, creation, joy, birth, and the center of things. Several of the poems are inspired...
Benevolent Patriarchy: A Photo Essay Featuring My Pets
Photo #3. Years ago, when Facebook groups were a brand new thing, my ward Relief Society Presidency created one for us. For awhile (until a neighborhood group including all genders and religions was formed),...
A Primer on Blessings
The blessings by poet and United Methodist minister Jan Richardson have been giving me a lot of comfort in recent weeks. Nearly every Zoom church service I plan includes a reading from her book...
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