Having Church at home for the last few weeks has made me realize that I could live like this indefinitely. Even though I'm what is called outgoing or extroverted, I've loved loved LOVED being at home to do church with…
The Allure of Church at Home
A Mormon Girl Fasts for Lent
We Mormons do lots of things very well -- family history, member retention, encourage education, healthy members, super great service organization -- but one thing we don't have or do well is traditions. I've long admired the Muslim practice of…
A Thing Happened
So, a thing happened a few weeks ago. I've not said a whole lot about my faith transformation over the past couple of years -- not nearly enough, I suppose, to illustrate how it's consumed me. But a thing happened…
Tomato Sauce!
I froze the tomatoes that we couldn’t eat fast enough this summer, and I am proud to say I collected four totally full gallon-sized freezer bags of tomatoes! We ended up with tomatoes of every size and color: I put…
Trying to come “back”
I never left. Not really. But I’m trying to come back anyway. Sunday was, well, something else. I am feeling more settled at Church, which is nice. I never quit going physically, but I sure considered it, and I’ve definitely…
A nice day
I had a really nice day yesterday. It felt like the first in a long while. I went and got my hair done — she gave me helmet hair and cut it short (“Shorter [[snip]] or do you like the…
The universe has spoken
I rode to Philly with several ladies from the ward this morning planning to go to the temple. When we got here, my recommend was expired. It’s my fault, of course. I should have checked it before I left. But…
Why I go to Church
I was able to go to Relief Society for the first time in ages today. It was just like the RS meeting you probably attended: women of different backgrounds sat listening to a teacher of firm faith but no training…
Thou whited wall
I have been trying to get with the Bishop to talk about changing up my callings. Primary is never a good place for me to serve, and right now, I just feel like I need Relief Society. I am so…
Re-Return of the groundhog
These blasted groundhogs are making me crazy. Where the heck are they coming from? Are they like cabbage patch kids — sprouting up under a leaf somewhere? For real, how can there possibly be so many groundhogs in this world?…