Today I am posting one from our archives. Felice wrote this about a year ago and I loved it so much. I think that the turtle neck analogy is a great one and I know that it has given me a lot of peace as I’ve birthed my babies. It also a great analogy to […]
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Maybe it’s because I’m feeling quite “God-broken” lately, but I thought this was the perfect post for today. Felice wrote this on the old blog back in October of 2009. On how motherhood softens us and smooths out our rough edges…
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This is a re-post of a post I wrote for the blog about two years ago this time of year. When I wrote it we had just hatched our first clutch of little chicks. It was an incredible experience and one that we have done several times since. Spring is my favorite season because it
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I chose this post from the archives that was originally titled “I Make Milk. What’s Your Superpower?” I chose it because it goes a long with what Dr. Ellis Shipp and our prophets have told us about eating food that is as natural as possible for maximum health. It can seem overwhelming to do a
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This post is from our archives. I wrote it last year after doing a lot of research into the history of the Relief Society and early LDS birth practices. If you would like a little bit more information about the history of LDS women in maternal and infant care you can read Chapter 5 of
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Today’s post comes from the archive. I love this post because it discusses a topic so important to me. Allomaternal care saved my life when I was a child. If it hadn’t been for the loving care of many substitute mothers, my life would certainly have gone in a far more dark and troubling direction. Thanks for highlighting this important subject, Felice! -Lani
This is a repost from our old blog. Felice wrote this post and love the epiphany she had and how she applied it to her love life and birth. How has this or might it effect who you choose to be at your birth??? Today I want to share a subtlety about love and
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This is another post by Felice from the archives, originally posted in October of 2009. I love the message of this post, though it also makes me wonder what damage was done during my last pregnancy (in which I endured several months of antepartum depression). Even so, it is a wonderful reminder that our thoughts and feelings have an impact on the children within our wombs.
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I chose this post from the archives today because believe it or not, it is the second most viewed post from our archives. Lessons From the Bonsai – Finally Japanese Elm bonsai tree. In February there were 3 babies due in our little collaborator group–so we did a virtual mother shower/ blessingway for each of
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What I almost skipped over, until alarm bells went off in my head, is the line sandwiched in the middle that says: “cease to find fault one with another.” This doesn’t seem to have much to do with our physical health, but I figured if it is in the middle of this verse, it was no accident. So I meditated on it and I have come to the conclusion that finding fault one with another does, in fact, affect our health and others’ health (even if we don’t speak the words out loud).
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