Guest Post: The Conception of my Inner Voice
Guest Post by Amy. Amy enjoys reading, hiking in the mountains, and learning alongside her three children and husband in Orem, Utah. My oldest child is turning 11 soon. Every year around his birthday,...
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Finding Mary
TW: birth experience Did she scream? It bothers me, the way we see Mary after the birth, immaculate blue robe, beatific smile, her perky breast that never knew stretchmarks pointing toward heaven. Clean her...
Transformative Power of Birth: 2020 WHO Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Guest Post by Annie Kuntz Annie is originally from outside of Boston, Massachusetts and has been living in El Paso, Texas for 10 years. Annie has been a Certified Professional Midwife for 13 years,...
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...
Ordinances that are performed by women
We talk so much about the priesthood and ordinances at Church, and we usually connect the two together. Since only men are given the priesthood, ordinances are always associated with men (with the exception...
On Aging: A Poem for My Daughters
“You don’t look your age,” they say, When I reveal that I’m forty-two. But my body has begun to betray me. Gray hair is just the beginning: Reading glasses. Body, back, and foot aches....
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...
Book Review: The Sacred Gift of Childbirth
Many books teach and focus on the health and safety of giving birth, from comfort techniques to medical procedures. But few delve into God or His principles and plan for women. Childbirth offers a...
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