For me singing in choir spiritually feeds me. It is something that I need to do and luckily I enjoy it too. I will say sometimes singing can feel overwhelming at Christmas time. My 3 boys and I are singing in our Stake’s Sing Noel performance this weekend. We have been practicing each week since […]
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A week before my first son was born I spent a very special afternoon with my Grandmother. She is famous for making wonderful chocolates, especially carmel turtles. They are the best. It was getting near Christmas and I’d convinced her to let me help her make her Christmas chocolates. I went with the hope that
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I grew up in a home without religion. My parents are amazing and raised me well, but faith wasn’t a part of our life. Except for Christmas Carols. Every Christmas we would play Christmas Carols and sing them together. I vividly remember driving around town, seeing the snow falling and singing Carols with my Mom
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It was so fun to interview Lani – one of the authors of The Gift of Giving Life. She shared her Christmas birth story of Hope and how her guilt of having her midwife and assistant missing their Christmas morning was slowing things down and with their love and support was able to shift her
I Saw so Clearly how much our Thoughts can Impact our Experience in Birth Read More »
I love attending births as a doula, especially over the past few years as I have grown closer to the spirit and I have been praying for my spiritual eyes to be opened. I can now easily sense that there are spiritual beings at births too. Angels and ancestors are near. The veil is so thin as
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I love so much about this print with Eve and Mary. It causes me to deeply reflect… The sacrifice Eve made so we could all be mothers. Eve carrying the fruit that caused the fall. Eve twisted up with the serpent and her humility in the role she was sent to fulfill. The sorrow and gratitude they
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I go in cycles with loving and hating my hair. A year and a half ago I even blogged about re-embracing my curly hair. I decided it was time to start embracing the beauty that God gave me instead of trying to make it over, so I threw out my straightener and traditional shampoo. You
Puberty and hair – it is neither hair nor there. Read More »
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about preparing my oldest daughter for menstruation and puberty. She will be turning ten next month, so I know these milestones are quickly approaching us. This past week I started compiling a book I intend to give her for her birthday in September. Included in her book will be some poetry. I’d like to share some of those poems with you.
Stunning, Spiritual Poems about a Girls First Period Read More »
Faith In God, My Gospel Standards, and The Gift of Giving Life “That they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent” John 17:3. I was recently released from serving in Young Women. My new calling is to teach the Valiant 10/11 year old girls. In addition to that
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What is a red party? No, I’m not referring to a tailgate party for Utah fans. It is a celebration in honor of menarche, or the onset of a young woman’s period. You can read a little bit more about that in Lani’s post, Red and Powerful. One of our readers was willing to share
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