Here’s a picture to make my blog seem more interesting.Not the same day, but the same kids. On a side note,this was the day I worked hard with L to learn to pump her legsso I wouldn’t have to push her on the swing anymore. Mykindness knows no bounds. On a normal day in a normal neighborhood, […]
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Online Dating Round 2
I put this as one of my Tinder profile pictures.I think it helped people see the real me. Yep, you read me right. I tried it again. TindereHarmonyLDS Planet Ok, so let’s be honest here. I only briefly looked at LDS Planet, and eHarmony was a three day free trial thing and I got freaked […]
How to Be a Good Goalie: A Soccer Analogy
I know. I’m precious. As an elementary school-age child, I played soccer for several years.* It was kind of the sport to do among my friends and I had fun teams and great coaches. But I quit when I was about 12 years old. I wanted to start running track and having every Saturday taken […]
Martha and choosing “that good part”
[Note: Last week, I was asked to speak in our YSA Stake Relief Society meeting as part of stake conference. The talk was sort of like this, or at least this is the best written version of what I said, with a few additions. I haven’t ever posted a talk before, so here’s to something […]
Knowing What is Right
Back in my teenage years, I was a nerd. Ok, I take it back, I still am. I remember a particular day sitting on the school bus and debating with fellow friends about whether or not hot water could freeze faster than cold water. (I KNOW! I told you I was a nerd). I held […]
How do you get on the 100 coolest women list?
How do people get to be so awesome? Recently I read an article about the 100 coolest Mormon women alive today. As I read through the list of their accomplishments, I was struck with the thought, “How on earth do I become like one of those women?” And I started thinking of more and more […]
Awkward First Dates: A Generational Experience
It was my first date in college. I had just turned 19. He was a returned missionary, 4 years old than I was. I had been on dates before. Ok, so only three. And two of those dates were with guys who were kind of dating other girls (they were those high school Mormon dating […]
Even Greater Expectations
Over the past few years, I have taken the opportunity to read a few of Charles Dickens’s classics…and I was shocked I’d missed them before: he is a genius. Recently I finished reading Great Expectations, one of his final completed novels. In the novel, the main character Pip, a young lad with little to no chance […]
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How to Make the Most out of your YSA Ward Experience
Whether or not you leave the ward with a ring on the fing, a YSA Ward is definitely (thankfully) not eternal. Even if you stay in the same place and never move, come 31, you’re outta there. Although it’s a temporary period, it can be, and should be, a time for growth. When I moved […]
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So…are you seeing anyone?
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that young single adultish people, gathered together in any fashion, will at some point acknowledge or converse about dating and/or the lack thereof. In my many conversations with these my fellow singles, I often hear stories of friends being at a wedding and hearing, “You’re next”. Or stories of […]