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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 […]
What California vacation would be complete without a stop at Disneyland and California Adventure? Disneyland is, and probably always will be one of my favorite places to visit with my family. Heck, it’s fun with the kids, without the kids, with friends, my husband only, etc. etc. There just seems to be magic in the […]
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RECIPES
At Holiday time, I think nothing says “I care about you” more than a home-baked gift. It’s been a tradition of mine, for a number of years, to make either an assortment of cookies and candies, or some mini loaves of sweet bread for my friends and family. I know I love to get baked […]
Corn Dog Muffins My Mondays and Thursdays are pretty hairy, which calls for easy meals. This past Thursday was ballet and karate, for the first time, and it made figuring out dinner, pretty tricky. While my mom and I took Little Girl to ballet, and then brother to karate, my dad stayed home with the […]
Fall is so close I can almost taste it – literally! Today is the first cooler day we have had, and I am over the moon excited about it. There is even a chance of rain tonight; which my dry, burning state really needs. So what else is there left to do, but think of […]
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