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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 year, I decided that I wanted to give my kids a new travel experience. Most of our travel excursions with the kids involves spending the week sitting on the beach (which is always fun). But this year I wanted them to be able to experience a week of enjoying the hustle and bustle […]
Taking a boat to Makinson Island was the perfect ending to my visit to Kissimmee, Florida, for the premiere of “chimpanzee”. We were told we would be hiking on Sunday, and after the very busy week we all had, we weren’t exactly thrilled to be ending our trip with a hike. Well let me tell you, […]
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RECIPES
Changing time zones frequently can really mess with a person’s internal clock. I don’t know how people do it so frequently. In the past week I have been in PDT, EDT, back to PDT, CDT and back to PDT again. That’s a lot of changing around! With the time changes I have noticed that where […]
Baked Pancakes As easy as pancakes are to make, do you ever dread making them because of the tedious work of the constant pouring and flipping? I have to admit that I do! I think pancakes are fairly difficult to screw up, but I rarely make them. I found this super easy, yet tasty, […]
“This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Barilla, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #JoytotheTable http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO.” Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful. While I love to curl up by a warm fire on a cold winter night, I […]
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