Preparing Our Daughters
For the past couple of years, I’ve been pondering what I want to do to help my daughter prepare as she nears the milestone of menarche.
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Symbolism
Sacred Paths, Sacred Fruit
Recently, I started reading Windows to the Womb by David Chamberlain. As I read his beautiful description of the conception process, I couldn’t help but recognize some familiar archetypes and symbols within that life-giving process. I found it so beautiful that, once again, the words of the family proclamation rang true: “We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed.” The journey that brings the seed of a man and the seed of a woman together as one flesh is sacred and symbolic of the divine missions of men and women on this earth.
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Birth Symbolism and the Temple: a Visual Journey
As I sat in the creation room of the Idaho Falls temple a few weeks ago, my mind turned to birth. I pondered upon the different symbols within the accounts of the Creation, The Fall, and Plan of Salvation and how they relate to childbearing. Heather’s essay, “The Two Veils,” (The Gift of Giving Life,
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Birth by the Numbers Part 2
Birth By the Numbers: Gospel Symbolism, Numbers and Birth If you did not yet read part 1 of this post then please do. It will make more sense. Truth be told, mathematics and numbers are not my thing but I have really enjoyed pondering gospel symbolism, numbers, and birth while researching for this topic. NINE
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Birth By the Numbers Part 1
Birth by the Numbers: A Study of Gospel Symbolism, Birth, and Numbers One of my favorite videos to show in my childbirth classes is Birth by the Numbers. It is a very informative short movie by Eugene Declercq, PhD, Professor of Maternal and Child Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, on the
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