Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by mormonwomen
~by Karen Burton
My parents are first-generation Americans, both descended from Portuguese-speaking ancestors from the Azores which are islands about 1000 miles off the coast of Portugal. As you might guess, that background comes packaged with a thick Catholic heritage. I grew up going through all of the Catholic rituals of baptism, catechism and eventually confirmation. [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2010 by mormonwomen
My name is Lecia. I am 37 years old. I’ve been married for 17 years and I have four children, ranging in age from 15 to 4. I’ve long regretted the fact that I have no interesting hobbies to reveal, but I do love to read and write. I’m currently serving as first counselor in [...]
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Posted on January 20th, 2010 by mormonwomen
My name is Michelle. I have been married now for 7 years and we have three beautiful, busy children ages 5, 3 and 7 months. I have been a member of the Church all my life – a whopping 38 years.
I was born in Magrath, Alberta, Canada but consider my home to be Calgary, [...]
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Posted on January 13th, 2010 by mormonwomen
~By Jenny
Hiroko is a great woman for us to profile this time of year. Her life is an example of making goals and accomplishing them in the midst of great trials.
While Hiroko was raised by parents who were well-meaning, she felt throughout her childhood that she just didn’t measure up. This feeling affected every area [...]
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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by mormonwomen
(The first part of this post is in Czech. Please scroll down for the English translation)
Jmenuji se Eva Ivanová, je mi 58 let a bydlím ve městě kde se narodit president Uchdorf. Je to Ostrava v České republice.
Církev Ježíše Krista Svatých posledních dnů jsem poznala ve svých téměř 52 letech, v lednu 2003, když jsem [...]
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Posted on December 30th, 2009 by mormonwomen
~by Barbara
I am a 25 year old single Mormon Woman. I love watching and playing soccer, BYU football, reading, playing piano and being with family.
I feel that God knows and loves me every time I am with my family. I see all the little things that come together to make up our family and I can’t help [...]
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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by mormonwomen
~by Heather
I was about 13 when the movie Apollo 13 came out. There is a scene in that movie where Jim’s wife has to go tell her mother-in-law that her son may never make it home. Then that old woman leans forward and says something along the lines of, “If they could find a [...]
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Posted on December 16th, 2009 by mormonwomen
~by Peggy Green
I am no longer young, though I am not old, either. I am in that great middle group, on the older side of that group, but still in the middle. I was raised in an active, happy, Latter-day Saint home, the second girl in a family of seven girls and one brother. I am now [...]
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Posted on December 9th, 2009 by mormonwomen
My name is Rachel and I am 27 years old. I was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have been married for almost 8 years and I have four children, ages 6, 5, 2 and 1. If you do the math on that one, yes, I was [...]
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Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by mormonwomen
I am a forty-eight year old wife and mother and a former school teacher. I enjoy reading, logic games, spending time with my family and volunteering in my daughters’ school. I have two interrelated stories that demonstrate how I know that God is aware of me and loves me, and that He answers our prayers.
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