by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 21, 2013 | for Body, for Love, for Spirit
Thank you so much for the generally positive and always interesting input on Sunday's post: A Mormon Mother of Daughters Talks to a YSA Bishop About Intimacy, which was a response to an article by Larry L. Eastland. Sometimes clicking the publish button is a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 17, 2013 | for Body, for Spirit
I just read a post by Larry L. Eastland titled A YSA Bishop Talks to the Sisters About Intimacy taken from a talk he gave to young single adult women. (He says a companion piece for young single adult men is coming. Someday.) It's been shared on Facebook about a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 24, 2013 | for Spirit
As we all know, the annual General Relief Society Meeting and General Young Women Meeting have long been broadcast by satellite and also available live through TV and streaming on the internet. For a myriad of reasons (claimed by mostly non-authoritative sources), the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 15, 2013 | for Good, for Spirit
Last night—waiting backstage for our second show of the day to begin—a discussion ensued. (Not at my encouragement, I'd like to note.) A cast member who's husband is the bishop of her ward said: As Primary president, two-thirds of our entire budget went to Cub Scouts....
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 4, 2013 | for Body, for Good
My life as a mom began in 1987, first with four girls who were followed later by two boys. It was June 25, 2000, when I finally understood the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law thing. Although it was after 13 years of parenting, all it took was about 30 seconds of having...