I am thrilled to share this guest post by author Joanna Oblander. Joanna has written the book “A Glimpse of Heaven”, which is a memoir about her near death experience with God, her vision of the pre-mortal world, her struggle with depression, and an amazing journey to find her adoptive son. I reviewed Joanna’s book […]
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“For they cannot bear meat now, but milk they must receive; wherefore, they must not know these things, lest they perish. Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me.” (D&C 19:22-23)” My nursling is going through a growth spurt and it
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I thought that since today is Pioneer Day, the day when the first Later-day Saints entered the Utah valley, that it would be appropriate to share a story about one of those incredible women who crossed the plains and established Zion. Zina Diantha Huntington Young joined the church at age fourteen and traveled with the saints
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I think often of my ancestor, Elizabeth Horrocks Jackson, who left England and crossed the plains with the Martin Handcart Company. Elizabeth was widowed as she crossed the plains with her three young children. In such dire circumstances she carried on, pushed forward, endured to the end. She is one of my heroes. Her words
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With Pioneer Day approaching I wanted to share a birth story from one of our pioneer sisters. I was pleased to find something that Emmeline B. Wells wrote. There are so many titles and achievements attached to our 5th General Relief Society President: writer, poet, pioneer, teacher, leader, political activist, women’s suffragist, and mother.
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This is a guest post by Celestia from Tree of Life Mothering Blog. Her posts always are interesting! Diet is important and we encourage all pregnant moms to learn more about a good diet. From many different sources, including your care provider! She reviewed our book and loved it. Though she wished we had included
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It may not be hard for everyone, but it was hard for us! We had a girl name from the very beginning. Ariana in case you need a good girl name. But had the hardest time with finding a boy name. Each boy was born without a name. I am always amazed when people know
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The Book Launch Party last Tuesday was a beautiful end to my family’s vacation in Utah. The Belvedere was lovely, the room was warm (literally) 😉 and cozy, the food was delicious, and the people were wonderful. Thank you to all who came. We loved meeting you. Here are some pics from the festivities…
We have been a bit quiet for the past week, because we have been so busy. Virtual Book Tour is Over Our Virtual Book Tour ended and was a lot of fun. We enjoyed “meeting” so many other bloggers and hearing their thoughts about our book. If you missed it you can see all the
An excerpt of our final Virtual Book Tour post from Segullah and a request for photos and testimonials for our Book Launch Party slideshow.
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