Father’s Day: honoring one of my favorite parents
Tomorrow is Father’s Day in the US, and so I wanted to write this, my first posting as a perma-blogger here at The Exponent, about that day. But this isn’t really going to be...
Category: Family
A Matriarchal Blessing
(A written prayer, a sort of love letter.) Dear Søren, I bless you with the love I have for you as your mother, my faith in Jesus, and the hints of priestesshood that are...
Amor egoísta/Selfish Love
Click for English Translation Una de las primeras lecciones que recibí de los misioneros enseñaba que para amar a cualquier persona primero debía amar a Dios, incluso este es el primer mandamiento: Amarás al...
Reminder: Submissions for Exponent II fall issue with Mormon Feminist Daughters
A reminder that submissions for the Mormon feminist daughters fall issue are due June 4. Happy writing! My sister-in-law came bearing gifts a couple weeks ago. She’s clearing out her basement and had some...
Sifting and Sorting
I discovered a box in my basement closet that had been there since we moved in more than eight years ago. At the very end of unpacking and finding homes for all of our...
My Mother’s Tribe
When I was a child, Exponent II meant pin up parties, left over blue pencils and graph paper scattered throughout our house—the remnants of my mother’s hard work and dedication to the paper. Exponent...
Valuing Women’s Voices
Author Nancy Dredge, Exponent II foremother, pictured with her daughter Margaret Moore. Exponent has meant many different things to me over the years. Initially, I loved the excitement of being involved in something new,...
Mother’s Day: What to Say (and Not Say) to Adoptive Mothers
A short time ago I was introduced to my new visiting teacher at a Relief Society activity. This was our first face-to-face meeting, and it shortly became clear that she was unaware that I am...
Comments