No One Cares About Moms
I’ve only been a mom for 18 years, but this year has been the hardest yet. I thought the sleepless baby years, a muddle of pregnancies, leaking breasts, and endless diapers would be the...
Category: Relationships
Groupthink
Picture this: You are newly called as the Primary President in your ward, (and an adult convert of 5 years). You attend your first Ward Council Meeting where the Bishop (25 years your senior)...
A Faith Journey in Idioms
Feeling a little silly today, I decided to try to give a summary of my faith journey with all the idioms I could muster. It might be a little over the top. Growing up...
Cast Away, Together Alone
I am on a capsizing ship but there is no lifeboat, I sink . I clamor to swim and those in the lifeboats tell me that if I just swim hard enough I could...
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...
Three Books and a Quilt, #CopingWithCOVID19
My COVID captivity looks like this: work from home M-F, empty nest, husband retired, quiet house in suburbia, USA. I have time on my hands. I vacillate between apathy and productivity. During the past...
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