Guest Post: Premature Birth
by TMarie On Mother’s Day last year I found myself pregnant with my second child (a girl), dealing with an intense fear that she would be born early. My pregnancy was considered high risk...
Category: Family
Guest Post: An Open Letter to My LGBTQ+ Siblings
by Brooke Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee… (Jeremiah 1:5). For I know the thoughts I think toward...
Finding a New “Normal” and Katherine Hepburn’s Brownies #CopingWithCOVID19
This week has been full of feelings and emotions all over the world as we practice social distancing amid concerns of COVID-19. I wanted to share some of the emotional waves I have ridden...
Guest Post: Adapting #CopingWithCOVID19
by Christina Taber-Kewene When I was a young teenager, I cut off a flap from a cardboard box in my basement, painted a rainbow of colors as a backdrop, and then printed in large...
Guest Post: And This is Life Eternal
by N. Christensen I’ve got chocolate chip cookies in the oven. When I’m overwhelmed, I bake. It’s a coping mechanism that provides an illusion of control. Things happen, and I’m submerged in an emotional...
Meeting Dallin and Kristen Oaks
Okay fine, I technically didn’t MEET meet them, but in December I was at a VIP Christmas event for a place I volunteer. I went to the dessert table and was waiting behind an...
Nurturing grace and fighting perfectionism in Mormon feminism.
January 2020 By LMA I often think about the circumstances under which I learned about intersectional feminism and Mormon feminism. I learned about intersectional feminism first, and not until I was almost 30 years...
“I can’t be a feminist. I’m raising boys.”
I’ve heard it many times. A woman explains that she can’t support feminism because she is a mother of sons. If my feminist goals for equity within our faith community were realized, opportunities that...
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