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The Windsor Effect
I was sixteen and at my grandparents house waiting for everyone to get ready to go to a church event. I was in the front room watching my grandpa fiddle with his latest fathers day gift tie that he...
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Timing Is Never About Him But Always About You
I think I’m ready. Yes, I’m definitely ready, let the blessings rain down- ‘cause I’m ready! It’s the right timing. I’ve done all that I’ve been asked, all that You required. Now would be a good time....
View ArticleComing Out As A Single Mom Mormon Blogger
…or… escaping the Island of Misfit Toys Yes, you read that right. I’m a 36-yr old single mom to one amazing boy who accompanies me to church, watches me attempt to teach his primary class (which...
View ArticleWhy I Let Go and How I Fought Back: My Conversion Story
Part 1: Letting Go of the Iron Rod Five years ago Braden and I were going through some major changes in our lives. I had just moved out of the house that Braden spent his first four years in. It was...
View ArticleWhy I Let Go: My Conversion Story Part 2
I remember an assignment in writing class to describe my “happy place.” My imagination came to life and with it a two page paper ensued describing the landscape perfectly, how I entered, what I did and...
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How I Fought To Come Back: Part 3
Part 3: Finding my Center The opposite of love isn’t hate, its indifference. At that point in our marriage we had both become indifferent to one another. We didn’t want to fight for past happiness or...
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Recovering From Oxford: 12 Step Addiction Program
Admit that you are powerless over alcohol Oxford’s enchantment You have no power over me… keep your cobblestone pathways (you have no power over me)… your flowered archways (you have no power over...
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If Versailles Was Part of The Galactic Empire
…or…how to incorporate Star Wars into your travels and almost get away with it. From the moment we stepped into the confines of Versailles it felt as if we had warped into a whole different world,...
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My Great, Great Grandfather’s Journal
*featured here on History Of Mormonism …or re-living the journey of my ancestors I probably spend about an hour a day on Facebook: scanning the feed, commenting sarcastic quips (which I’m sure everyone...
View ArticleDeveloping A Personal Relationship With Christ
*featured here on MormonBeliefs.org *this was a talk I gave in Sacrament Meeting 10/18/2015 [One of the greatest things about speaking in church, as I’m sure you will all agree, is having an undivided...
View ArticleTimelines: short story
It was an odd thing to keep. When I found it in her trunk I was hesitant to even pick it up let alone inquire as to why she had it. But I did ask and I hated her for not answering. She stormed out...
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If You Give A Girl Sparkly Shoes…
If you give a girl sparkly shoes she’ll need to display them in her closet. Which means she will need to clean out, reorganize and color coordinate her shoes to her clothes. And if a girl has a newly...
View ArticleWhy God Created Soldiers
The Adversary has found an unattended gap in our ranks. As temptations, disillusionment and temporal greed takes hold we have loosened our grips allowing destruction and decay to creep in. The war has...
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