By Rebecca Hale @rebecca_hale_writes Parenting can be very overwhelming, especially with all the information available to us in this time of Google and mom groups on social media. I can hardly open the internet without being bombarded by pictures of healthy foods displayed beautifully …
By Kay West @aworldwidesisterhood awordlwidesisterhood.com What an interesting thing to live through a worldwide pandemic. This time last year, we were home. We only went out to get necessities, and the stores and streets were empty. The whole world seemed to be still. There were …
By Emily Ayars Smith @emilyayars emilyayars@gmail.com One of the scariest sights for me as a child was the look on my dad’s face without his glasses on. It makes me laugh now, but when he wasn’t wearing his glasses he looked irate. He wasn’t angry, …
By Teniesha Williams tenieshawilliams.com @teniesha_williams_hopeinchrist Living with a loved one who struggles with the disease of addiction is heartbreaking. Dreams you once shared become lost, plans you once made become forgotten, and the person you once knew seems to be misplaced or hiding. So many …
By Bethany Tolley This post is part of a series called Things As They Really Are. I was driving home, staring at the rural highway ahead of me as I made the 30-mile commute home. Tall wheat-like grass and verdant mature deciduous trees waved …
By Tiffany Rosenhan My mother says my identical twin sister and I were born with two settings: laughing and hysterically laughing. Therefore, it came as no surprise that during my husband Branden’s critical brain surgery – a craniotomy to remove a blood clot which had …
By Erin Ropelato Are you myopic (nearsighted) sometimes? Do you ever have funnel vision? Have you ever been laser focused on one very specific thing you would love someone else do for you to show their love? How can we recognize the goodness of God …
By Allie Barnes @lookslikewandering One afternoon, after multiple nights of inadequate sleep and clearly heightened emotions, I had a panic attack. I texted my best friend the brief phrase, “I hate panic attacks.” She quickly responded, “You okay?” All I really needed in the moment …
By Rhonda Steed In July 2000 I was preparing for my upcoming wedding. As most girls do, I had dreamed of getting married for years. As it became closer we were having fun with all of the preparations. I was working at the local newspaper …
by Becky Squire “How many teaching moments are unnoticed, and questions go unanswered, because your own life gets in the way?” With all the different options of content geared toward members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I was starting to feel …