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- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
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Knit Together Archive
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Dating 101
My oldest daughter is almost 15. She is not dating yet, but it’s on the not-too-distant horizon. Because Facebook makes... -
My Life in Animals – A love story
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” Anatole France ; The Early Years Cindy... -
True Confessions
In August, I underwent a 40-hour training to become a CASA and wrote about it here. There were about... -
Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Anyone who knows me even the least little bit knows that I’m quite open and honest about my failings as... -
The Santos Family Guide to Complete Family Interestingness
Today’s post comes to us from Colin S., who writes: Disclaimer: I am fixing to brag on my kids. It... -
General Conference Word Clouds 2.0
Thanks to fab commenter geoffsn, we now have four additional word clouds to compare to my original post from this... -
General Conference Word Cloud
For starters, a definition of “General Conference” for our non-Mormon readers. General Conference occurs once in April and once in... -
Favorites: Heroic Aspirations, Gay Marriage, and the Mormon Church
This is a guest post I wrote nearly a year ago. . . DHO is still running around arguing that... -
Favorites: “Aren’t you afraid you’re going to turn him gay?”
I’ve really enjoyed sharing snippets of our family’s life in Knit Together this year. So I decided to re-run this... -
The Genetics of Love
Guest Post from Whoa-man as part of the The Exponent and Doves and Serpents swap. Hi, I am Whoa-man from... -
The Worth of a Soul
I grew up in Huntsville, Texas-the city where death row inmates are ultimately executed. Growing up, lots of people I... -
GradeSpeed: Friend or Foe?
I think I was a freshman in high school when I got my first C-in Algebra II-on my report card.... -
Slipping through God’s Fingers
In August, I underwent a 40-hour training to become a guardian ad litem or a “CASA” (court-appointed special advocate) for... -
The Windows of Heaven Shut: A Historic Moment Denied By A Publication Called LDS Newsroom Blog
This post comes to Doves & Serpents from Atticus F. McConkie. Joanna Brooks, a respected author and scholar, and faithful... -
Knit Together: Back to School Edition
I love back-to-school season. I love it because it means my kids will be back in school and not at... -
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on your Wrath
Is anyone else skeptical when older people who have been married for a long time say that they have never... -
Saving Her Pennies
When my kids were younger, I naively fantasized about how great it would be once they got out of daycare... -
Around the Dinner Table: Do What You Are
; [This is kind of cheating because it didn’t actually occur around the dinner table. It occurred in our mini-van,... -
My Little Red Book
I recently re-read a book called My Little Red Book-a compilation of first period stories written by women from all... -
A Twist on “Pioneer Day”
When it was announced that gays and lesbians would be allowed to marry in New York beginning on July 24,... -
Letters to My Polygamist Ancestors
By Dayna Patterson ; Letters to My Polygamist Ancestors Dear Charles, What was it like to have three wives? It... -
I, Heather Kathleen Olson Beal, Being of Sound Mind and Body
A few months ago, Brent and I finally managed to complete a task that has been on our to-do list... -
Modesty, Mormon-style
We try not to rant here at Doves & Serpents. We try to discuss things we’re thinking about, exchange ideas,... -
Passing up Girls’ Night Out
I consider myself a friendly, outgoing person. I had a great group of girls I was friends with in high... -
‘Men’ in the Dock
This is a post about men. This is a post about women. No wait, this is a post about ‘men’.... -
Mirror, Mirror, on the wall . . .
My 14-year-old daughter recently said, “Mom, do you realize how many of your sentences begin with, ‘I just finished reading... -
Kids, Bootleggers, and Diviners
I read a fair amount of young adult fiction-both as part of my job as a professor of secondary education... -
Teens and Social Media
I have a 14-year-old daughter, so I have many opportunities to think about teens, texting, and Facebook. We got her... -
Sometimes it pays to be the squeaky wheel
My son Stuart’s end-of-the-year dance recital was last Saturday night. He looked like a million bucks up there on stage... -
O me, of little Feyth
I’m drowning right now. I just finished up the hardest, most wholly unsatisfying and frustrating year of my career. Sure,... -
Parental Involvement: The Gold Standard
We hold these truths to be self-evident-that all good parents are involved in their children’s education. They bring food (homemade... -
BUTT-erfly T-shirts for Mother’s Day
My first child was born on January 5. The months between her birth and Mother’s Day were, um, let’s just... -
The Joys of Parenthood
Why do we have such a hard time admitting to the realities of parenthood? This morning a dear friend of... -
The Grass is Always Greener
I just got back from a fancy schmantzy conference for educational researchers in New Orleans. I submit proposals every year... -
An Unlikely Prayer of Thanksgiving
Last summer, Brent and Stuart went to get a haircut. While there, the stylist discovered that Stuart had lice (gasp!).... -
Fancy
The willingness to spend tons of money and time grooming or getting surgery is born of a desire to control... -
My Own (not-so-little-anymore) Dancing Boy
My son Stuart turned 8 in February and was baptized as a member of our church last Sunday. (Children... -
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
I never thought too much about whether I’d be a mother (see this post if you’d like). I thought about... -
I’m a Public School Junkie
I’m a public school junkie and since this is Texas Public Schools Week (who knew?), I’m hopping up on... -
Heroic Aspirations, Gay Marriage, and the Mormon Church
This guest post is written by Brent D. Beal, whose marriage to Heather Olson Beal is not at all threatened... -
In God we Trust
This post is the fourth in a series of posts regarding religion, teenagers, and sexuality. You can see the... -
What do a burger, a rare steak, and a gift all have in common?
A couple years ago, I sat in a Relief Society lesson at church about modesty. According to the rumor mill,... -
The Birds and the Bees, Mormon Style
Did you have a birds-and-the-bees talk when you were a kid? Mine occurred in fourth grade the night before they... -
Forbidden Fruit
So, I just finished reading an absolutely fascinating book called Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American... -
You can’t have two fun parents. That’s a carnival.
I love the show Modern Family. When it first started, I got some chain emails about how negative the show... -
What are we aiming for?
Have you ever written a family mission statement? I’m not big on self-help books (with the exception of the mountain... -
Ringing in the New Year
I’m kind of a New Year’s Eve Scrooge. I’ve never cared much for ringing in the new year with anything... -
Christmas cards and family newsletters
The following post was written by Sara W. on her personal blog two years ago. I read it then,... -
Let My People Go
My little Stuart has a bleeding heart. He is unusually quick, I think, to identify a person or an action... -
Celestial Attachment and Parenting
Today’s post is written by ‘Saint Maybe’, a fabulous writer. Enjoy! Buddhism teaches that the origin of suffering is...