After reading a post on Bonnie’s blog I asked her to submit a complete version about how she and her husband named their last three children. I love the meaning that each name was given. Thank you Bonnie for sharing your heartfelt story. –Robyn How We Came to Name Them Joshua, Charles, and Talita by […]
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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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Our next stop on our blog tour is with Emily at Lioness at the Gate. She has shared one of her birth stories with us in the past. She also offered a few of her own thoughts about the book while also posting an interview with Sheridan on her blog, The book includes many birth stories. I’ve
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Today’s stop on The Gift of Giving Life Virtual Book Tour is our own blog. Yay! Since people love birth stories, we thought we’d post a short version of the birth story of our book. Here is a piece I wrote about it that was going to be in the book, but it didn’t make
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Here’s an excerpt of today’s Virtual Book Tour stop at Cherylyn’s blog “Mamas and Babies.” Author, Lani Axman, shares her thoughts in a guest post: “When Place Matters.”
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I am thrilled to share Mandy’s review of the Gift of Giving Life. Not only does she have some beautiful temple art on her blog, Mandy Jane Designs, but she has also shared her powerful birth story with our blog readers in the past. Her words are beautiful, “There was an underlying message throughout all
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My VBAC Story by Keshia Our little boy, Corbin, was born February 13, 2012 via VBAC. Yes! Here’s some thoughts about my birthing journey from the beginning. My first son was born via cesarean section in September of 2010. I knew enough going into my first pregnancy and birth that I wanted a natural, un-medicated
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With all that has been said about the mommy wars recently, I wanted to highlight what Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women’s rights pioneer and philosopher, shared about one of her births: “I never felt such sacredness in carrying a child as I have in the case of this one. She is the largest and most vigorous baby I
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Elizabeth’s story has tenderly reminded me that it is during our darkest hours and our most difficult moments that we can feel certain we are in the presence of angels. Thank you for sharing this beautiful experience, Elizabeth. Elizabeth and her husband have been married for nine years. They live in a small town in Utah where they spend their free time swimming, playing board games, and battling with swords.
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I “met” Emily by commenting on her thought-provoking blog, Lioness at the Gate, where she blogs about women’s issues. If you haven’t visited her blog you should. I love the quote on her header, “Women are like lionesses at the gate of the home. Whatever happens in that home and family happens because she cares
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