In which a Mormon momma decides to go to work
It was almost 18 months ago that my husband finally said, “Aly, maybe you should consider applying for a teaching job for next fall.” He’d made a couple of comments to that effect over...
Author: aly
When the Questions Aren’t There (Thoughts on Tuesday’s Press Conference)
Two Sundays ago, my 3.5 year old daughter had her first day of primary and my 1.5 year old daughter started nursery. They both loved it. My oldest chattered the whole ride home about...
When God moves (or when God says goodbye)
I was in a Safeway parking lot situating my wiggly one-year old into her car seat when I felt a sudden, overwhelming ache to find God again. Two months later, I still can’t guess...
September Young Women Lesson: Why do we fast?
FOREWORD: There are some things to be aware of when teaching a lesson on fasting (especially with young women). Many LDS youth are growing up in societies that idolize female thinness and put an immense...
Niceness is my favorite sin
Several years ago, I sat in a Sunday School class where the following question was posed: “What is your favorite sin?” The question was an adaptation of Lamoni’s father’s simple invocation in Alma 22: ”O God… if there is a God, and...
When our youth see a gospel that is small-minded, fearful, and irrelevant
A few months ago, a friend of mine who was recently called into a Young Women presidency shared with me a question that has been troubling her. She put it like this:...
Is Shaming Ever Helpful?
When I was in first grade, I wrote a journal entry about how I’d just learned about Santa Claus and about how babies are made in the same terrible week. I remember it was...
Guest Post: When Being a Mormon Girl isn’t Easy Anymore, and How I Stay Anyway, Part I
By Aly H I didn’t begin to realize that I was a feminist or that it was my Mormon faith that had made me one until just a few years ago, as I sat...
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