by Nicole · Published November 25, 2022 · Last modified November 22, 2022
I just love the American people. Sometimes I think of their universally pale, easily sunburned skin, questioning blue eyes, and soft blond hair, and I miss the time I spent among them. Despite the...
Culture / Family / feminism / Gender / history / Policy / Relationships / women
by Nicole · Published October 28, 2022 · Last modified July 20, 2022
I was working my way through Saints, Volume 3 when I stumbled across this bombshell in Chapter 15: “…Armenia Lee had an interview with apostle George F. Richards and her longtime stake president, Edward...
Belief / Culture / Gospel / Relationships
by Nicole · Published September 23, 2022 · Last modified September 25, 2022
One of the most sacred commandments in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is to “endure to the end.” This directive appears explicitly in our canonized Scriptures at least 18 times (Matthew...
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by Nicole · Published August 26, 2022 · Last modified June 6, 2022
Someone once described parenting to me like blowing as hard as you can on a cannonball that has already launched in an effort to make it change course. Now that I am a mother,...
Belief / Culture / Intersectionality / Relationships / women
by Nicole · Published June 27, 2022 · Last modified June 22, 2022
I am currently reading a book for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about better loving and understanding LGBTQ people. The book is thoughtfully written with a nice combination of...
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by Nicole · Published June 12, 2022 · Last modified June 11, 2022
Content Warning: abortion, infertility, pregnancy loss Statistically, you probably know someone who has had an abortion. Were you a safe enough person for them to trust with that information? Did you work to create...
I wasn’t sure what to write this month’s blog post about until I saw a certain comment on my post from last month. My April 2022 post addressed how disappointingly low the bar is...
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by Nicole · Published April 22, 2022
Was there one moment when you realized how low the bar is for men in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? For me, there were a number of such moments – snapshots...
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