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Birth Series (1) – A Hospital Experience

I always believed that a standard, hospital, epidural route was the way for me. It worked, but I learned that it was not necessarily the easy route I had been sold.

Birth Series (A) – Childbirth Research Reviews

Your convenient starting point for learning about natural childbirth, courtesy of a gal who trailblazer her way from hospital/pitocin/epidural birth #1 to a full on midwife/doula/water birth for birth #2. You’re welcome.

When Going to Church Is Hard + The Time I Was Inactive

I believe everyone has at least one reason to leave the Church.

Mine: anxiety.

This is my story of when I was inactive.

The Right Time to Have Another Kid + Why I’m Pregnant AGAIN

Don’t worry, this isn’t a post about how I’m pregnant!—just why. (A sequel to “The Right Time to Have Kids”)

No Calling vs. Hard Calling: Message to Those Wanting More (or Less!) Calling

When I told a friend about how overwhelmed I felt about my new calling, she chuckled. “You said you wanted a calling!”

She was right. I had prayed for this for a year and a half, and I got what I asked for.

We Should All Be Gospel Scholars + How to Build a Scripture Study Plan for 2021

Feeling overwhelmed and unsure about how to study Come, Follow Me AND the Book of Mormon—and everything else? Read on to raise your vision and get some help as you choose an attainable scripture study plan.

Girls (and Boys) Who Don’t Serve Missions – Yes, You CAN Marry One!

I have heard this statement far too many times: “I’m only marrying a returned missionary.” I fear this is an incorrect and unholy thing to say.

Voting: It’s Not the Most Important Thing About You (or Anyone Else)

Frankly, who you vote for is not the most important or interesting thing about you—or anybody else. Thanks to revelation from God, we know we are so much more than that.

Change the World with a Prayer / Cambia el mundo con una oración

Prayer is how we can change not only our own lives, but the world. (La oración cambia no solo nuestras vidas sino también el mundo.)

When Has America Ever Been Great? – An Answer From a Christian Patriot

This isn’t about a presidential campaign; this is asking a real question.