Posted in We Are All Mothers on May 7th, 2008 Discussion »
Mother’s Day is this Sunday, and as a woman without children I have thought about this day a lot. In years past I’ve felt hostile, sad, indifferent and even a bit glad on Mother’s Day.
Posted in Marriage, We Are All Mothers on Mar 18th, 2008 Discussion »
A thread was recently resurrected in the forum from last summer. You can read the original post here. The sister in question wanted to know about temple marriage and marrying a less active member. I have written before that I got married when I was 30. I had to deal with a lot of frogs […]
Posted in We Are All Mothers, Infertility on Oct 22nd, 2007 Discussion »
Recently I taught a Sunday school lesson on the Plan of Salvation. As I began to prepare my lesson, I mistakenly thought that I would be finished in no time, because I am a returned missionary, I’ve been a member of the Church all of my life, I was weaned on the Plan of Salvation. […]
Posted in Service, We Are All Mothers, Infertility on Aug 23rd, 2007 Discussion »
Over the past few weeks I’ve had several friends approach me and ask what they can do or say for a woman who has suffered a miscarriage. This put the idea into my head that perhaps there are many people out there who do not know what to say to a woman in this situation.
Posted in Character, We Are All Mothers on Jul 10th, 2007 Discussion »
Motherhood. The feelings that this word can evoke are powerful, joyful and sometimes painful for women. As I have walked the path of infertility, more often than not I have felt the pain of not having children of my own and of not being considered a “mother.”
Posted in Parenting, Health, We Are All Mothers on Jun 14th, 2007 Discussion »
Alison invited me to Mormon Momma with the hope that I could bring the perspective of a Latter-day Saint woman who is married, but does not have children. I said yes, because I agree with her that this is voice that is under-represented in the LDS culture. I am just like you, except I don’t […]
