What does creation mean through a woman’s life? Not long ago I found myself sitting in the garden room of the Idaho Falls temple pondering what was next for me. I had just had my third miscarriage since my last child. I realized that the repeated miscarriages meant that a chapter of my life was …
A Woman’s Journey: The Six Periods of Creation – Episode 6 Read More »
I had a unique lullaby for each of my sons. My oldest, I made up a little song for him. My youngest was “You are my sunshine” My middle, Carson, I sang him a Hymn from the French Hymnbook called “Souviens Toi.” I served my mission in France and it is a beloved Hymn there. …
I want to thank my friend Natalie for this beautiful post. We became friends because of our mutual love for birth but beyond that Natalie really is a beautiful person inside and out. –Robyn I am currently “overdue” with my FIFTH boy. Yes, my fifth. There are no girls among them. That’s a lot …
How a Prisoner of War Story Helped Me Prepare for Birth Read More »
All of the talk was beautiful, but do you know what my absolute favorite part was? My favorite phrase Elder Holland uttered today was this: “laboring through the battered landscape of his despair.” As Elder Holland spoke of a mother striving to bear up her son as he traveled through the darkest days and nights of his intense anguish… I can’t even really describe to you what I felt inside.
My friend, Kylie, was kind enough to let me share her birth story here on the blog. I came to know her through ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network). Interestingly enough, I came to a place last year when I was contemplating closing our little ICAN chapter. Not much had been happening with it and …
My experience with milk donation is that an ounce given is received back one hundred times over in the the joy of selfless service. For both donor and recipient, an exchange of freely given breast milk is about so much more than filling bellies. It is about finding healing and bringing peace to the hearts that long for love, and that is a treasure that cannot be measured in ounces.
“God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16).
“And a little child shall lead them” Isaiah 11:6 My posts are just going to be have to be a lot less wordy. I struggle to find the time to write but I really do benefit from processing my thoughts into a post. I’m grateful for motherhood. It is hard and I struggle with …
I was having one of those pity party days when you choose to just see everything in a negative light. I kept making excuses for why I shouldn’t go to the temple but somehow we got there. Not only was I in a bad mood, I was annoyed with myself for being in a bad …
“Knowing that whatsoever good thing any [wo]man doeth, the same shall [s]he receive of the Lord, whether [s]he be bond or free.” – Ephesians 6:8 All I can say is, I had no idea! Let me explain what I mean by that. I attended a women’s health fair at our local university last spring at which …
