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I am participating in Women in the Scriptures Five Things For Friday Blog Hop! Due to bedrest, I am in an odd mood…or rather, several moods, because I am all over  the map with my emotions since I have been in bed.  I have had lots of time to think, but I haven’t been doing [...]

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It is no secret that I am an ardent admirer of The Piano Guys.  They recently posted their new video, “A Thousand Years.”  I watched it and kept thinking, “I’ll bet there are words to this song, and if I knew what they were, I would probably cry.” So, being completely detached from pop culture, [...]

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Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ~Pearl S. Buck  A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ~Victor Hugo  Mother is a verb, not a noun.  Mother is the name for God [...]

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Post image for thoughts on motherhood: how i figured out how i could change the world

We can learn to serve and to forgive within our sample of humanity, including settings no larger than the family or friendships. –Elder Neal A Maxwell Let me preface this post by saying that I emphatically understand that many mothers are called to not only rear their children, but to go out into the world.  [...]

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Preparation For Motherhood From the time my little girls are born, they are taught that they are mothers. We celebrate Mother’s Day with all the girls in the family–from babies to grandmothers. We believe that their identity as daughters of God is defined best by the word “mother.” How do we prepare all of our [...]

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Post image for defining motherhood, part 1

Photo: Mother Teresa, a woman who truly had a mother heart Because the women of our church are very educated, passionate and proactive women, generally speaking, there are a huge diversity of viewpoints on what motherhood means to a Mormon woman.  Let me tell you, we are some of the most opinionated (and sometimes obstinate) [...]

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Post image for thoughts on motherhood: faith and fertility

This post was previously written and published in another forum, but I thought I might post it here as food for thought this week. While motherhood is not limited to bearing children, bearing children is definitely one facet of motherhood. What do Mormons believe about fertility and children? I find it funny that so many [...]

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