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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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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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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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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After reading “Are We Not All Mothers” by Sheri Dew we instituted a new tradition in our family. Every Mother’s Day, every girl in our family is celebrated. The boys make all the girls dinner and dessert, for “are we not all mothers?” This has become such a fun, warm tradition, and it makes it [...]
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Note from Misty: I wrote this a few years ago for a Relief Society newsletter. I like to read it at the beginning of Mother’s Day week to encourage and remind myself that, while it is a day that celebrates mothers, and I am one–it isn’t necessarily about me. The subject of motherhood is a [...]
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