How Shall this Be, Seeing I Know Not a Man? #CopingWithCOVID19
When Mary is told that she will give birth to a son, she responds logically with “How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?” (Luke 1:34) Fair question. Rather than chide her...
Tagged: childlessness
Be Kind to Your Web-footed Friends
I woke up on Saturday morning with Stars and Stripes Forever stuck in my head. That immediately reminded me of a record full of silly songs I had as a kid. One of them...
We Are Not All Mothers
So often at church, womanhood and motherhood are seen as synonyms. There’s no concept of a woman who is not a mother. The concept of a non-mother woman is so foreign that people feel...
Can You Tell Me Why?
This is a question I’ve been wanting to pose for a while now, and this seems like a good forum for it. I believe in the past I’ve mentioned that I am childless by...
The Childlessness Omission Exposed in Elder Andersen’s Talk
Elder Andersen did well to acknowledge the vulnerable and privileged decision that couples have in regard to children in the last October conference. He began his talk with the reminder that when and how...
Ambivalence
When I was in junior high school, I had one particular teacher who was rather liberal in her views (at least by Utah Valley standards). She mentioned one day that she and her new...
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