Image source Lately my little three year old has been obsessed with “bad guys” and has been fascinated with violence. Example #1: A few days ago we were watching the movie “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” and he wanted to watch the battle scene at the end (you know the one where the armor comes to life…
Last Sunday we blessed our daughter. Ever since she was born my mind and heart have been filled with worries about this little girl’s future. The world is getting increasingly darker and and it scares me to send my perfect, pure and beautiful daughter out into a world that will hurt her. I know how…
The days my babies were blessed have been some of the sweetest in my life. This time with Tabitha I have been thinking how, for nine months, I carried that sweet baby inside of me, sharing everything with her. The burden of her pregnancy was hard, physically, emotionally and spiritually. It challenged every ounce of…
I’ve been in Indiana the last week visiting my cousin and her wonderful family. I drove 9 hours (one way) there and back all by myself with four kids! While I took off driving east, Jon went west and took the scouts from our church on a High Adventure trip to South Dakota. We both…
In “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” it states, “By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers…
A few years ago I was transcribing my grandmother’s journal (she passed away when I was 13) and I found this cartoon stuck in it. I’m not a huge Star Wars fan but for some reason I love this cartoon. I think it is because it just seems to sum up my Grandpa so well–…
About two months ago I received an email from one of my readers asking me this question and I thought that since Father’s Day is coming up now would be a good time to answer it. She said, “What makes a great feminist husband? What I mean by this, is that I see so…
I know that this is a blog on the women in the scriptures, but there is one man from the scriptures I have been thinking a lot about this Christmas. Joseph, the husband of Mary. It sometimes seems like Joseph gets swept aside in the story of the Nativity. Mary and Jesus are the main…
Three years ago, when I was pregnant with our first baby, my husband and I decided to memorize “The Family: A Proclamation to the World”. We decided to have a race and whoever memorized the whole thing first—word perfect– would be treated to the restaurant of their choice. It wasn’t such an easy task, the…
Last Sunday was Father’s Day here in the United States and since it always seems like I am three steps behind in life, I am once again going to post a belated Father’s Day post. I have lots of good stories about my Dad but my very favorite story happened when I was about 15-years-old…
It has been really sweet that my rough and tumble, cars and trains, mud and dirt little boy has been very interested in baby dolls lately. We’ve spent the last few mornings dressing babies, changing their diapers, being “daddies”, taking them to the park, feeding them, playing “Christmas” and snuggling them. Here he is putting…