Guest Post: A Bedside Confession
A solicited guest post by the always witty and grammatically-flawless turleybenson, a longtime friend of Exponent II.
My bed is the perfect kneeling-height, which I discovered in November, five months ago.
My husband and I have had the bed for well over a year.
Upon said discovery, I sort of froze with the realization that I had never [...]
The cost of criticism in relationships
By Jana
“Never criticize your spouse’s faults; if it weren’t for them, your mate might have found someone better than you”~Jay Trachman
When my future husband and I were preparing for marriage, we took an Institute class where the teacher told us that there was no such thing as “constructive criticism.” He challenged us to never [...]
The Long-Distance Family Phenomenon
Living far away from my family isn’t as bad anymore. It used to tear me apart inside each time I’d hear of this sibling’s latest concert and that niece’s recent cuteness, the dinner everyone had together for someone’s birthday, or the trip to Island Park for a weekend at the cabin. It still hurts, but [...]
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Rose-Colored Glasses
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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, [...]
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