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...
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Relief Society Lesson: Trust in the Lord by President Dallin H. Oaks
Dallin H. Oaks “Trust in The Lord” The topic of this talk is the spirit world and our families after death. For this reason it can potentially be a very fraught topic for class members. Reasons...
In Memory of Carrel Sheldon, Exponent II Founding Mother
Last week, one of our Exponent II founding mothers and longtime board member, Carrel Sheldon, died after a heartbreakingly swift cancer diagnosis. Next week, we will be sharing some memories of her from our...
Mother’s Day is the Worst
CW: Suicide The twentieth anniversary of my mother’s death is in eighteen days. I was seventeen years old and one week away from graduating high school. When I decided on a simple black prom...
Mourning and Remembering
Last General Conference Sunday, my mom got a call from her cousin, about her own mother, my grandmother warrior, Zena. Her body that carried her to both water aerobics and water coloring classes into...
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....
Death and Ritual in Mormonism
I recently watched a fascinating Ted Talk by Kelli Swayze entitled, “Life that Doesn’t End with Death.” She talks about her husband’s home culture in Tana Toraja, Indonesia, and how, in the Torajan...
February Young Women Lesson: How can I find comfort when someone I care about dies?
For this lesson, I think it’s incredibly useful to know what the experiences of the young women in your class have had in relation to death and grieving. Have any of them lost a...
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