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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
The Greatest Show On Earth is making the rounds to Northern California, once again. Tonight was opening night for the Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey circus, in Sacramento. I figured what better way to spend an evening on the valley than to dine at a Farm to Fork Restaurant during restaurant week, and finish it […]
BlogHer ’11 I know many of you have been wanting to hear about my trip. Rather than right paragraphs upon paragraphs of the amazing things I got to do and see, I will try to keep it brief by highlighting my favorite things! Taking a Pedi Cab (if you don’t know what that is, […]
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RECIPES
Hot Jambalaya – a tradition at our house on Fat Tuesday, to celebrate the end of Mardi Gras. The dish is much easier to make with my supply of bulk foods from Sam’s Club. It calls for rice, butter, chicken breasts, sausage, diced tomatoes, chicken broth and raw shrimp – all things I usually […]
Glass Block Holiday Jell-O My mom tells me that Jell-O was a big thing of the 70s. You weren’t considered a real cook if you didn’t make a decent Jell-O dish. In fact, I still have a copy of the “Joys of Jell-O” cookbook, which belonged to my mom. In the beginning of the cookbook, […]
Pumpkin Mousse Napoleons with Nutella As you may have noticed, I have been getting overly excited for Fall and all things pumpkin. I have yet to make a bad pumpkin treat this season, and I hope my track record keeps up. For the Zac Efron Movie Marathon that I attempted to have this week, […]
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