Posted in Self-Improvement, The Juggling Act on Jan 11th, 2010 Discussion »
We are commanded to work.
We are commanded to learn.
We are commanded to be prepared.
We are commanded to nurture and raise our children.
How do we balance everything we have and want to do? In this new Mormon Momma column, The Juggling Act, I am excited to explore how all these commandments come together in […]
Posted in Self-Improvement, Marriage, Interrupted on Nov 6th, 2009 Discussion »
During a management class in graduate school, one instructor taught a lesson that has stuck with me. She gave each one of us a kaleidoscope and had us enjoy playing with the patterns and colors. She then asked us to observe how easily and beautifully new patterns would form as we made slight adjustments to […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Columns, Humor, Health, Self-Improvement, Trainer Momma on Oct 25th, 2009 Discussion »
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? I found myself sitting on top of the kitchen counter waist deep in candy wrappers. Suddenly, the reality of what I had done came crashing down: I raided my kids’ Halloween candy bags. All three of them. The only remaining treats at the bottom were a smattering of […]
Posted in Education, Self-Improvement on Apr 21st, 2009 Discussion »
What do Mormon Mommas read? According to Amazon, the readers of this blog have purchased the following more than any other books. Are you surprised by any of the winners?
Posted in Self-Improvement, Healthy Living on May 30th, 2008 Discussion »
Oohhhm, Ooooohhhm, Ooohhhhm. Clear the mind. Breathe from the diaphragm. Relax the shoulders. Feel the warmth from the sun. Ahh, meditation. What would I do without it? I could describe my life up until a couple of years ago and that would give you a pretty good idea.
In the past I admit the idea of […]
Posted in Church, Self-Improvement on May 28th, 2008 Discussion »
I had one of those eye-opening moments Sunday morning. I LOVE those moments.
While everyone was busily getting ready for church, I popped in The Best Three Hours of The Week, a DVD recording of a youth fireside by John Bytheway. The thing that struck me was something he quoted from a talk by […]
Posted in Ward, Self-Improvement, Faith on May 20th, 2008 Discussion »
Years ago, while living in the Boca Raton Ward, a new family moved in and gave the ceremonial “we’re-new-in-the-ward talk.”
[As a disclaimer, don’t go off feeling bad if you didn’t do this in your ward. It doesn’t mean you’re an outcast, it means some bishoprics apparently don’t follow the proper “unwritten order of things”—like refusing […]
Posted in Television, Self-Improvement on Feb 28th, 2008 Discussion »
When I had my first baby in 1987, I found myself newly graduated from college and newly out of a paying job. I wasn’t sure how to keep my brain intact whilst whiling away the hours, topless on the couch, trying to figure out that nursing thing.
I tried reading, but had trouble with the balance […]
Posted in The Learning Curve, Education, Character, Self-Improvement, Faith on Jan 13th, 2008 Discussion »
Years ago, my sister in law had a medical emergency. She was bleeding profusely, but she still had the presence of mind to tell her husband her blood type. She managed to say, “B positive.” Her husband, worried as he was,
Posted in Gender, Organization, Relief Society, Self-Improvement on Dec 30th, 2007 Discussion »
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 […]
