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A few months ago I got into an argument with my Stake President. We had a disagreement over a local policy, and he wanted to explain to me why he decided as he did. In...
Tagged: Friendship
Grieving Change
Today I will lead a group of about 20 kids in an activity to create a “goodbye bouquet” of well wishes for a family who has left our homeschool cohort. The family is still...
Thank You For Being A Friend
As I make lists and shop and chop and bake in preparation for my favorite holiday tomorrow, I also give thanks. The recent loss of a dear friend has helped me refocus on the...
Yes, You’re Small, But Small is Not Nothing
The weekend after I gave birth, a friend sent me a poem. She’d written it months before, early in this pregnancy, on a day when I thought I might have started to miscarry. At...
Seventeen Times I Felt Reverence.
(Inspired by a beautiful part in a beautiful book, 100 Birds Taught Me To Fly, called, “Twelve Times I Prayed.”) My sister, C, holding my baby, singing, “I’m just a little black rain cloud, hovering under...
So You Have to Teach YW the Sunday After a Major Policy Change that Hurts Your Heart
I’m sorry, I got nothing. No, I owe you more than that. I owe my YW more than that. I don’t know if it’d be ok to share everything I want to share with...
Married and Single Friendships
My title is straight and to the point. I attended Brigham Young University in Provo from 2010 to 2014. I, like many of my peers, started off college single, care free, and ready to embrace all...
Compromises, An Update
In my last post when mentioning the state of my church belief and testimony, I wrote: “My testimony, though strong, is at its basic level–– my recommend expires in seven days and I have...
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