The snow sloshed my toes as I pushed my 11-year-old body up the street to another house. Tears began to well up under the surface as my anger at my father grew. ‘How could he be so heartless?' I…
By Andrew Mair “I am likely going to have my name removed from Church records.” The words came with little surprise as I heard my friend speak them. My heart was immediately filled with conflict, yet it is a struggle…
At the Semi Anual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on April 7 2019, as the choir was singing “Jesus Once of Humble Birth” I witnessed one young man struggling to sing as tears formed…
~Andrew Mair About two years ago, I assisted our local missionaries with teaching and befriending the husband of one of our ward’s devoted sisters. I will call him Jim. Jim and I have become extremely close. Due to an age…
By: Anonymous I had to sit on my experience for a couple of months. I couldn’t write about it until now for two reasons. The first being that I was so frustrated I had a difficult time putting my…
It’s okay to be rebuked every now and then. I am not sure if I am in the minority on this, but when I come to church on Sunday and I hear a talk or a lesson where either the…
Growing up in the Church, I always felt like it was assumed and expected that I, or any young woman, wanted to have children. How could it be any other way, right? I was 11 year old when the Family…
Author: Chow Wilde 2015 Texas Wilde Family I love to swap labor and delivery stories with others because the experience can be so crazy. My experiences at least, have always been crazy. I just had my third baby last week,…