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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
Years ago, when I was a college student in Idaho, I recall spending the night at a friend’s home in Ogden, Utah. I was intrigued with the lovely town nestled against the Wasatch Mountains, just north of booming Salt Lake City. I thought then, this town deserves some exploring and a longer stay, so when […]
Vacations with Keith are so much fun, and made even better with proper accommodations. There’s nothing worse than ending a great day on vacation and hitting the sack in a stinky, dirty hotel with a lumpy bed and pillow. I try to steer clear of such accommodations, but also try to be mindful of my […]
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RECIPES
If I could eat bread right now, I would totally go for some homemade biscuits and sausage gravy! Okay, so I would need to be able to eat more than just gluten. For those of you that have that luxury, dive right into a homemade batch of biscuits because they are totally easy and it […]
Mom’s Best Sugar Cookie Recipe + The Perfect Frosting With so many different sugar cookie recipes out there, how on earth is one to know which ones are TRULY GOOD?! Over the years, my mom worked really hard to develop an excellent Sugar Cookie Recipe that we could use year after year. I almost feel […]
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 […]
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