When Bad Things Happen To Good People

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...

What to Say When She’s Not Expecting

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...

How Do We Love Another Woman’s Child?

When I became pregnant with my first child a girl I couldn't understand how having a baby would be markedly different from babysitting. And I wasn't too thrilled with the whole idea. Then she was born and I found that I would give my life for this precious baby in a...