I've been reading Brigham Young lately for fun. He's one of my favorite prophets because he's pretty feminist (which most non-Mormons, and even most Mormons, are not aware of.) Also, he's far more liberal in other matters than most people realize. I first read the Discourses of BY when I was a young mom (~25) and they definitely have shaped my ( Read more... )

My new calling has been challenging, to say the least. I do my best teaching work when I have kids ~8+ because they are at least somewhat logical. Sunbeams (3-4 yo), on the other hand, are completely illogical ( Read more... )

Over the course of the last week I've been moving Stuff (anything that would fit in my car) to the new house, the place which Lehi calls house 23 and I am calling Dunharrow. But there was a huge amount of stuff that wouldn't fit in my car. Also, it was hard to take things over a bit at a time ( Read more... )

Much of my distress, I think, is caused by the "I'm in limbo" feeling--not knowing where we're going to be in a month ( Read more... )

You know I'm busy when I don't even READ my friends page for a couple of days ( Read more... )

Today was Stake Conference. The meeting was presided over by Elder Christofferson of the Presidency of the Seventy ( Read more... )

As I went through all my emo-woe over the course of the last couple of years, I prayed for guidance and got what seemed like very little. All I got was a constant prompting to go to the temple. But I kept not going ( Read more... )