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God Keeps His Promises, part 2
Back in March I wrote a post called “God Keeps His Promises.” Feel free to click over and read it. The main part I want to draw your attention to is this: I wondered, “Will I need to take this medicine...
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Are you in the Wilderness?
I have had this passage on my mind for quite a while now, And we did travel and wade through much affliction in the wilderness; and our women did bear children in the wilderness. 2 And so great were...
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Gift Babies: Hollie’s First Birth
We love hearing uplifting birth stories from our readers! Do you have a gift baby? A “gift baby” was born under the influence of The Gift of Giving Life. Please send us your gift baby stories! Here’s...
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Towers of Strength: a Call for Stories
Last weekend I attended Felice’s Therapeutic Imagery Facilitator Training. It was five billion times more awesome than I ever could have imagined it would be. I’ve been guiding my daughters on imagery...
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On Being in Love
Last night I was thinking about being in love. Felice wrote a great post a few years ago about love. In it she quoted 1 John 4:8: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Felice is a single...
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The Path of a Modern Mormon Midwife
An Interview With Valerie Hall, LM, CPM So what is it like to be a midwife? Valerie Hall LM, CPM, graciously agreed amidst her busy schedule to answer a few questions for me about her work as a...
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Processing Motherhood with Poetry
BYU graduation with my incredible grand-Mother So we moved this summer. In the process of unpacking, I found a composition book with notes, freewriting, story ideas, and poetry from the Creative...
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Their Hearts Were Changed
“Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?” Alma 5:14 Life as a doula. Every birth changes me in some way. I always learn. Often the lessons are unexpected. A little over three years ago,...
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VBA2C Birth Story
My friend, Kylie, was kind enough to let me share her birth story here on the blog. I came to know her through ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network). Interestingly enough, I came to a...
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Laboring Through
So Elder Holland hit another home run. I’d say his talk today ranks right up there in my heart with “Like a Broken Vessel” from two Octobers ago. Today Elder Holland honored women and mothers and the...
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How a Prisoner of War Story Helped Me Prepare for Birth
American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese are shown at the start of the Death March after the surrender of Bataan on April 9 near Mariveles in the Philippines in 1942 during World...
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Conceiving Courage
Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. -Joshua 1:9 Almost three years ago, Robyn and I hosted a Gift of...
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Birth Stories from the Sound of Music
So I am always looking for a good book to read and stumbled upon The Story of the Trapp Family Singers: The Story Which Inspired the Sound of Music on my mother-in-law’s bookshelf. I was hoping to...
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She Did Not Know Fear: Jane Johnston Black
Jane Johnston Black To celebrate Pioneer Day this week I compiled a history about a special midwife. A special thanks to Shani Allen Dutton, one of our readers and a descendant of Jane Johnston Black,...
View ArticleHow was Planning an Unmedicated Birth for My Own Spiritual Growth? – Episode 20
Something I used to frequently say regarding childbirth was that I was born in the last days because Heavenly Father knew I couldn't handle a natural childbirth and knew I needed epidurals. It was...
View ArticleStunning, Spiritual Poems about a Girls First Period
For the past couple of weeks I've been thinking a lot about preparing my oldest daughter for menstruation and puberty. She will be turning ten next month, so I know these milestones are quickly...
View ArticleHidden Inside the Book, which Inspired The Sound of Music, are 3 Beautiful...
So I am always looking for a good book to read and stumbled upon The Story of the Trapp Family Singers: The Story Which Inspired the Sound of Music on my mother-in-law’s bookshelf. I was hoping to find...
View ArticleIt was so Special and Normal (Sacred Space for Birth, Part 2)
This is Part 2 of Cherise's birth story. I love how the words of one of my favorite songs gave Cherise strength when she felt like giving up.
View ArticleOur Deliverance
"Yea, and it came to pass that the Lord did visit us with assurances that he would deliver us; yea, insomuch that he did speak peace to our souls, and did grant unto us great faith, and did cause us...
View ArticleOh How Lovely Was the Morning
I have been pondering Joseph Smith history lately. Our ward choir had been practicing and practicing a beautiful arrangement of “Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning” that we performed a few weeks ago. I...
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