What I Wished I Would Have Known When I Was Single

A thread was recently resurrected in the forum from last summer. You can read the original post here. The sister in question wanted to know about temple marriage and marrying a less active member. I have written before that I got married when I was 30. I had to deal...

Hearts Knit Together

I was a wreck last week at church. We had been informed the week before that our ward boundaries were going to drastically change (they weren't kidding—we got the news today!) When the announcement came, I felt a peace. It was that peace that says, “This is good...

Why Oprah is Crazy

When I had my first baby in 1987, I found myself newly graduated from college and newly out of a paying job. I wasn't sure how to keep my brain intact whilst whiling away the hours, topless on the couch, trying to figure out that nursing thing. I tried reading, but...

When You Have It All, Kids Get Nothing

Narrator: Life has it's challenges. Actress 1: Every morning I bring my son to school and I rush off to a breakfast meeting. By the time I come home, he's asleep. Narrator: But there's one thing that helps you keep it together. Actor (husband of actress): You have no...