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I really don’t want to do this. It’s just not that interesting to me. And I’m so late to the party that the boat embarked, sailed the world, returned victorious, and docked at harbor—all while I was trying to decide what to pack.
Still, as the uproar continues, I’ll add my two cents about all the […]

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Autumn of 1999 was typically humid. We still had a month or so before hurricane season ended and the weather became bearable. Sacrament Meeting in the Boca Raton Ward found me in the foyer serving my shift in the Smith Family Toddler Reverence Training Rotation.

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Running in about fifth place, right after “Are you the only wife?” “So, how many kids do you have?” “Aren’t you the ones who can’t drink soda?” and “How come Mormons can’t dance?” the most common question I have received about the church was, “How can you be in a church run by a bunch […]

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President Benson told us that we should be Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon. Unfortunately, my stake Relief Society president took prophetic counsel very seriously.

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As I turned the corner at the top of the hill, I saw it, flapping in the breeze like a flag of surrender from my mailbox: the tall, white, kitchen garbage bag—symbolic of all culminating scout projects.

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Joanna from Bend, Oregon, writes:
I’ve been reading your column for a long time and followed you to Mormon Momma. Thanks for the great stuff. Today I have a question of my own.
Why did the church get rid of Achievement Days? When the girls finally had something that was like the Cub Scouts, it got dumped […]

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Debra from Australia, writes:
Have you ever run a forum on the libido of menopausal women? What does LDS sexuality look like? How do LDS couples learn to explore their sexuality, once the honeymoon stage has passed? “Hot and sweaty” just isn’t so practical when time is precious and privacy is limited!

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A reader writes:
I am just now reading Circle of Sisters articles. I wonder if you have any plans for articles about LDS sisters who have been abused by their “good” LDS husbands and are or have gone through a divorce because of it?
Obviously I am in the midst of that scenario. This has been […]

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