My Unique Journey

Alison invited me to Mormon Momma with the hope that I could bring the perspective of a Latter-day Saint woman who is married, but does not have children. I said yes, because I agree with her that this is voice that is under-represented in the LDS culture. I am just...

Ode of a Convert

An old friend called today. She'd been inactive since high school and about three years ago started going back to church. Periodically, she has questions about doctrine, practices, etc., and when she does, she'll give me a call hoping I'll have answers for her. She's...

Nominate Your Mother of the Year

My sister and I recently had the opportunity to attend the American Mothers Inc. convention in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City where my daughter was performing with the Cache Children's Choir. Among the speakers were the 2006 Mother of the Year and Young...

I am Not a Human Tissue

The salty water of the shallow pool in Shark's Cove made Caleb's eyes and nose run. In order to alleviate the discomfort of the post nasal drip, he would periodically run to me and hug my leg not in a gesture of toddler adoration but to wipe his nose across my board...

Lamentations on Aging

I'm feeling really old right now. I just helped my 12-year-old son with his homework. He had an entire page of math problems where he was asked to figure the area of circles. Yup, you've got it ?r^2. I saw that and thought, “You've got be kidding me! It was only...