by Jessawhy
As a woman, particularly, as a wife and mother, I use my body in service to others. This idea came to me late one evening after making love to my husband, then later breastfeeding my infant. I looked down at my body and realized that between my three children and my husband, I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 12 so far )Patti Perfect
retyped by EmilyCC
I thought I’d begin our newly formatted blog (thanks, Jana!) with one of the magazine’s most requested articles. Enjoy!
Margaret B. Black
Midge W. Nielsen
Orem Utah
Vol. 10: No. 2 (Winter 1984)
Many LDS women unconsciously compete with an idealized image of the already-perfect wife and mother who successfully incorporates all the demands of family, [...]
by Caroline
Recently I’ve discovered Julian of Norwich, a 14th century female mystic and theologian. I love her optimistic view of a loving, compassionate God and her radical ideas about universal salvation.
And I particularly love the way she talks about Jesus as mother. Listen to this:
“The human mother will suckle her child with her own milk, [...]
Jessawhy (one of my favorite AZ bloggers) sent in this thoughtful guest post about gender, parenthood, and godhood with some thought-provoking questions at the end. Enjoy!
In less than a year of interaction on the bloggernacle, starting with Feminist Mormon Housewives, I’ve learned a great deal about how other Mormon women feel about feminist issues [...]
Rose-Colored Glasses
Name Withheld
Volume 13, Number 2 (1987)
There couldn’t have been a more model Mormon family than ours. I was serving as the stake Relief Society president; my husband was a former bishop; e had five children, the oldest of whom had just left on a mission. Not only did we look good on paper, [...]
When I was in junior high school, I had one particular teacher who was rather liberal in her views (at least by Utah Valley standards). She mentioned one day that she and her new husband had decided they would never have children. I was shocked. She was being so selfish! Didn’t she know the Plan [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 35 so far )I have to admit that I appreciate a bouquet of flowers and some very fine dark chocolate. I’ve even really liked the jewelry that my husband has given me for Mother’s Day in past years. And the Eggs Florentine that John and the kids cook from scratch and serve to me in bed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )One of the most beautiful sights I’ve seen:
Last night E (my daughter) spread her homework around on the living room floor. She sprawled her own body out in the middle of textbooks, papers, pencils/pens, erasers, etc. As she tapped her toes together while doing math problems, well, it rivaled the most beautiful painting on the [...]
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