Here is part two of my Breastfeeding Women in the Scriptures series. Read Part 1 here if you missed it. Hannah “For This Child I Prayed” by Elspeth Young “But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will…
“Samuel Dedicated by Hannah” by Frank Topham I have been reading the Old Testament again, this time to mark the women in it and because Cedar Fort asked me to do a book on the women of the Old Testament. It won’t be out for several years still, but I figured I’d better start studying.…
“For This Child I Prayed” by Elspeth Young Most of us are familiar with Hannah’s story in 1 Samuel 1-2, Hannah is barren, she goes to the tabernacle and prays earnestly for a child, she promises the Lord that if He will bless her with a child she will consecrate him to the Lord, she is…
We blessed Abraham on Sunday. And as much as I could write about what a sweet experience it was to see my husband take our little boy in his arms and give him a name and a blessing… I mostly want to talk about what he wore. I really wanted Abe to have a special…
My three-year-old has been having a tough week. Yesterday was our first day back to church after a week and a half of being sick. I guess a straight week of movies, sore throats, coughs, and grumpy parents took a big toll on him because church yesterday was a roller coaster. Both of my children…
I started writing this post around Christmas time but never finished it but better late than never… right? This Christmas the LDS church released a series of Bible videos from the life of Jesus. One of the first ones they released was a video of Elisabeth greeting Mary and Mary giving her psalm, also known…