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The Weight of Obedience: When Priesthood Counsel Caused Harm
In the Mormon church, obedience is taught from an early age. Trusting priesthood leaders, even when it’s hard, is seen as an act of faith. But for me, obedience in Mormonism often meant setting aside my own intuition and handing over decisions that should have been mine. This part of my story is deeply personal. […]
TRAVEL
This past month my husband and I traveled to Southern California to celebrate our upcoming 10th anniversary. Since this is a big one, we decided to have an actual getaway from the kids, for more than one night. That concept alone was enough to make us giddy, but then we pulled up to our hotel…..The […]
I decided to take little “B” on a new adventure this week. Most everyone who knows me, knows that I love to eat out! I have my favorite places that I like to go to, and then there’s the places that I go to because the kids want to. I rarely get to venture out […]
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RECIPES
Don’t let hectic schedules prevent you from making family meal-time a reality. Learn how I created a 5-day meal plan that takes minimal prep time and is budget and family friendly with thanks to The Coca-Cola Company for providing compensation for this blog post. All opinions expressed are my own. I am a huge proponent […]
The weather has finally turned cold and I’ve been spending as much time as I can curled up by the fire and enjoying my family. I’ve made a goal to do something special to create quality family time, each day of December. We started our advent calendar this morning and in addition to a scripture […]
After the good eats from our long weekend, it’s time to get my eating back on track. I’ve decided smoothies are one of the easiest ways for me to get some of the nutrients I’ve been lacking. I add some spinach for my iron levels and then I play with a variety of breakfast smoothie […]
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