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motherhood Archive
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Unglorifying Motherhood
Posted on May 8, 2014 | 18 CommentsApril showers are over and May flowers are starting to bloom. This beautiful time of year has many people reflecting on the gratitude they feel for their many blessings in life. It is only appropriate, then, that we show this gratitude by celebrating […] -
Motherhood Is Not the Essense of my Personhood
Posted on May 11, 2013 | 26 CommentsDear Kennedy, Marin, and Stuart, Mother’s Day is tomorrow. Mother’s Day is not my favorite–for a whole host of reasons I’m quite sure y’all know about because I tend to not self-censor much with anyone. That includes y’all. I woke up this […] -
“Motherhood” in six short words
Posted on May 6, 2013 | 15 CommentsA few months ago, I was lucky enough to spend three blissful days reading, writing, walking, jogging, eating, and mostly gabbing for hours with four amazing women. (Before this weekend, I had never met these women in real life-only virtually–which kinda makes it one of […] -
Mormon Moms Meet Yale
Posted on May 4, 2013 | No CommentsFor the past few years, I’ve been a part of a wildly ambitious ward project that my friend, Lia Collings, spearheaded. It started out as a modest collection of essays, one that was doomed to remain un-read by anyone but our immediate families, and now […] -
Parenthood Juggle: Depression and Poetry
Posted on April 1, 2013 | 25 Comments"I started writing poetry before I had kids and was struggling with infertility. [ . . . ] Poetry became increasingly important as I grappled with the strong emotions of being a mother. Writing poetry helped me navigate days when, within minutes, my feelings would swing between euphoric and frighteningly negative." -
Parenthood Juggle: Only One Body
Posted on March 18, 2013 | 4 CommentsIf I'm honest, I was more ecstatically happy the day I found out I was accepted to school than the day I found out I was pregnant. -
Parenthood Juggle: Twists and Turns
Posted on February 25, 2013 | 4 CommentsAs I was graduating from BYU with my MBA I got a piece of advice from the assistant dean, herself a single mom whose husband left after she put him through medical school. She was meeting with the women in our graduating class (all 13 […] -
Guest Post Invitation: The Parenthood Juggle
Posted on December 28, 2012 | 10 CommentsI want my daughters (and my son!) to be able to read about other women's struggles. How did they go about deciding what to do and when? -
Babies and Grad School
Posted on October 3, 2012 | 16 CommentsToday’s guest post is written by Caitlin. My first week of grad school ended in an emotional break-down, not unlike one of an adolescent who came to a new school and had no friends. I sobbed to my husband that now that we left Utah […] -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Letting the Sea In
Posted on August 10, 2012 | 9 CommentsThis wasn't how it was supposed to be. That thought thrummed constantly below the surface, a drumbeat following me everywhere. -
Olympic Moms
Posted on August 1, 2012 | 3 CommentsI’ve been really enjoying watching the Olympics the last few days. The kids planned an opening ceremonies party on Friday night. They made “patriotic eagles,” red-white-and-blue strawberries, and Olympic rings brownies, as well as a host of other “international” foods-gumbo (because Louisiana’s kind […] -
Mormon Motherhood: Spiritual Buzzkill
Posted on April 4, 2012 | 48 CommentsI’ve been thinking lately about how interesting it is that Mormon church leaders place such high priority on getting married and having children. I mean, if you’re a Mormon girl, you know from a very young age that your primary mission in life is […] -
20 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Half a Church
Posted on February 19, 2012 | 60 CommentsI have brought my daughter, dressed up and nervous with anticipation, gift in hand, to a birthday party where the boys will decide what games to play and what the rules will be. . . -
Roller Coaster
Posted on January 5, 2012 | 2 CommentsA year ago, I was living in a daze. I was spending most nights curled up against my 11 year old daughter's back as she lay on her side in her bed, willing her pain to dissipate, even hoping to absorb it myself. -
14 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Uchtdorf Steps In It
Posted on October 15, 2011 | 92 Comments"But PLEASE, for the love of God, don't tell us that God hasn't forgotten us. We're not that small. Or stupid." -
Crash Test
Posted on September 1, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe thought of any inexperienced driver in charge of a 4,000 pound machine makes me very nervous, but anticipating my own flesh-and-blood inexperienced driver sends me almost into a panic. -
Operation Stop Arm
Posted on July 15, 2011 | 4 CommentsMy neighbor Sheri and I watched motorists pass our children's school bus for years. We took video, called the police, reported tag numbers, complained to the public school department of transportation, pleaded with the PTA for attention to this matter. We were met with "there is nothing we can do" around every single corner. -
The Illusion of Equality
Posted on May 22, 2011 | 21 CommentsToday, a guest post from Helen. I read a review of Rebecca Asher’s book the week it came out in print, and decided to order it straight away. One of the most exciting things was reading a book written right now, talking about things happening […] -
O me, of little Feyth
Posted on May 18, 2011 | 6 CommentsI’m drowning right now. I just finished up the hardest, most wholly unsatisfying and frustrating year of my career. Sure, I should be glad that I work in an air conditioned office (but instead, I’m grousing that I don’t have a window) and that I […] -
BUTT-erfly T-shirts for Mother’s Day
Posted on May 4, 2011 | 13 CommentsMy first child was born on January 5. The months between her birth and Mother’s Day were, um, let’s just say they were difficult. She cried all day long and into the night. We spent hours pacing the halls with her while she screamed, listening […] -
The Joys of Parenthood
Posted on April 27, 2011 | 33 CommentsWhy do we have such a hard time admitting to the realities of parenthood? This morning a dear friend of mine who has just given birth to her second baby posted a question on her Facebook page. She has another child who has just […] -
The Grass is Always Greener
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 12 CommentsI just got back from a fancy schmantzy conference for educational researchers in New Orleans. I submit proposals every year and hope to get one in-even though I know I’m out of my league. Whenever I’m lucky enough to get to go, I experience an […] -
Kids and Calamities
Posted on March 31, 2011 | 12 CommentsI watched the Twin Towers fall on TV, my oldest child safely ensconced in her kindergarten class. My toddler was playing with blocks nearby…. building towers and knocking them down. “Mommy, why does your face look like this?” she asked, mimicking my […] -
My Own (not-so-little-anymore) Dancing Boy
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 5 CommentsMy son Stuart turned 8 in February and was baptized as a member of our church last Sunday. (Children typically get baptized when they turn 8 in the Mormon church, so he has been looking forward this. It’s something of a rite of passage.) […] -
Mother and Daughter
Posted on November 2, 2010 | 4 CommentsThis photograph was taken by our very own O’Q, whose combination of High Dynamic Range photography with the depth of colour in this image express a both vast and intense representation of maternal love. -
Urban Camping Part II
Posted on October 20, 2010 | 13 CommentsMy husband had just offered me the deal of the century: one month, completely kid-free, so that I could focus all my attention and energy on writing my dissertation proposal. Of course I took him up on his offer ...