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The Weight of Obedience: When Priesthood Counsel Caused Harm
In the Mormon church, obedience is taught from an early age. Trusting priesthood leaders, even when it’s hard, is seen as an act of faith. But for me, obedience in Mormonism often meant setting aside my own intuition and handing over decisions that should have been mine. This part of my story is deeply personal. […]
TRAVEL
As most of you know, I was so very fortunate to attend the world premiere of the War Horse movie and to meet many of the actors afterward, in New York earlier this month. Last week I took my mom to see the advance preview of the film. Viewing the film a second time was […]
Visiting Paris has always been a dream of mine. I took three years of French in high school, and 11 credits in college. I thought that maybe if I learned enough French, it would be a good enough excuse to HAVE to visit. Sound enough theory, right? After a couple of days in London, and […]
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RECIPES
How are your gardens growing this summer? I think this is the first summer in a long time where I haven’t benefitted from either my own garden or that or my mom’s or mother-in-law’s. I kind of miss it actually! There’s just something about freshly grown produce, right from the yard. Whether you’re growing your […]
Quick Pork Cassoulet I cannot seem to get warm today. It is a cold and dreary day; one of those days where you just crave good ol’ comfort food! It was supposed to rain today, which we desperately need. At least my dry hands do! It drizzled for a bit, but I wouldn’t call it […]
Frosted Zucchini Brownies I don’t know how your garden is growing, but I’ve got zucchini coming out my ears. Not complaining here -just trying to think of unique and new was to serve it up. So . . . I’ve decided try a new zucchini recipe weekly and post it here. I’ve made the zucchini […]
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