I had the pleasure of attending my friend Tracine’s birth a few weeks ago. Here she is talking about The Gift of Giving Life when she was in the midst of trying for baby #4. Tracine had a home birth this time and her Mom was there as H’s (future big sister) support person. There […]
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I have been thinking a lot lately about miracle births. Jesus Christ’s conception and birth are of course, the most famous and miraculous, but there are a whole lot of other miracle conceptions and births in the scriptures, and in every day lives. For example, a friend of mine has shared that her parents have
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My heart is full of gratitude to be part of a Christian church with an understanding of divinity that honors both masculine and feminine. My heart is full of gratitude for an earthly father who instilled within me a knowledge and love for my Divine Mother. And I smile when I think of the young Cuna mother who helped to plant those seeds of respect for Heavenly Mother in my father’s young heart nearly fifty years ago.
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I was excited for the chance to go to Utah for our annual family skiing trip. I wanted to make sure I made it to the Sacred Gifts exhibit at BYU Art Museum. I ended up getting sick at the beginning of the trip. Luckily my Mom was there to take care of me and
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This year in Relief Society we are studying the life and teachings of Joseph Fielding Smith, the 10th prophet of the church. As I read through the short biography of him given in the front of the manual I was very touched by a story about him and his second wife, Ethel Reynolds Smith. Joseph
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I have been taking a midwife assistant class recently and one of the assignments I was given was to share a grounding exercise. I pieced this focus meditation together based on some of the energy centers of our body and what I felt would help me step away and ground myself before entering a birth. This
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A few weeks ago I had a visit from Joseph Smith and Abraham Lincoln. I was carried away in the spirit, or as I sometimes call it, the imagery state. I was also in a lot of pain (epic headache) and I realized that they had come to bless me. I was half delirious but
Chainbreaking and Rebirth At Its Finest with Abe Lincoln, Joseph Smith, and More Read More »
God wants you to take the bricks Satan throws at you and build a magnificent house with them. Four ways you can do that…
“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
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Bridget “Biddy” Mason August 15, 1818 – January 15, 1891 Because February is Black History month, I wanted to highlight Bridget “Biddy” Mason. I first learned of her in reading Zion’s Hope: Pioneer Midwives and Doctors of Utah by Honey M. Newton, CNM. To be honest, the more I read about her, the more I wanted
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