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April 10th, 2013 by admin

“You Pass”

“You Pass”

Maria de Jesus Cristina

As a young wife and mother, Maria miraculously obtained a visa to leave Mexico and join her husband in the United States. However, the visa eventually expired and Maria lived for many years as an undocumented worker, trying to keep her family together and make a living for her children. Maria has now obtained a visa and is working towards her GED, while sending her children to college and serving as Primary president in her ward.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, 41 - 50 years old, Divorced, English, Mexico, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: divorce, education, Hispanic Mormons, immigration, Mexican Mormons, Mormon immigrants, Mormon single mothers, single mother

January 8th, 2013 by admin

An Unfinished Story

An Unfinished Story

Kimberly White

First married at age 18, Kimberly White emerged from an abusive marriage to earn a degree from BYU in philosophy and marry in the temple. She is the mother of five children, one of whom was stillborn, and currently lives in New York City. She shares her thoughts on the unfinished stories of women who struggle with suffering children, the death of a loved one or trials of every kind.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Divorced, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: BYU, divorce, education, motherhood, New York, single, single mother

September 5th, 2012 by admin

Fostering A Love of Science

Fostering A Love of Science

Crystal Croshaw

Crystal came from a tumultuous upbringing, passed from foster home to foster home before settling with her grandparents as a teenager. It wasn’t until she was a young single mother that the missionaries knocked on her door and brought a whole new light into her life. Now she is a successful cellular molecular biology professor, a devoted mother, and advocate for women. Crystal embraces every opportunity to teach others the joys of science, of being a woman, and of the love Jesus Christ has for them.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, Divorced, English, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: adoption, careers, conversion, convert, divorce, education, graduate school, LDS woman, mormon scientist, Mormon women, Mormon women in academia, working LDS mothers

April 25th, 2012 by admin

Goodness Has A Lunge to It

Goodness Has A Lunge to It

Catharine Platt McGraw

Raised in Bahrain and Dubai as the daughter of a falconer, Catharine had early exposure to the life cycles and rituals of animals, which deeply informed her understanding of the gospel. Today, she embraces the complexity and messiness of life, believing that answers to spiritual questions come from lifelong wrestles with God and interaction with other members of our church communities.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Divorced, English, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Single, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: divorce, education, faith, graduate school, LDS culture, Middle Eastern Mormon, Mormon women, single, writing

March 1st, 2012 by admin

A Woman of Character

A Woman of Character

Susan Easton Black

A popular professor at Brigham Young University, Susan Easton Black was the first female full-time professor in the school’s religion department. When Susan become a single mother to three sons, she was forced to evaluate how to best provide for her young family. In her academic pursuits, Susan rediscovered her childhood love of church history stories and has crafted a vibrant career for herself which includes her most recent publication, Women of Character, which profiles a hundred well-known LDS women through our history.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, Divorced, English, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, United States, Widowed - Tags: BYU, careers, divorce, education, graduate school, LDS woman, Mormon women, single, Utah, writing

October 5th, 2011 by admin

So Many Miracles

So Many Miracles

Florence Slease

As a Protestant growing up in Northern Ireland, Florence Slease experienced first hand the extreme conflict between people of her faith and the neighboring Catholics. In her highly engaging conversational style, Florence describes her lost Catholic friend, her abusive early marriage, the miracle of joining the Church and the joy and triumph that has blossomed from her colorful childhood.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Northern Ireland, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: conversion, convert, divorce, Europe, Mormons in Europe, Mormons in Northern Ireland, motherhood

September 28th, 2011 by admin

An Eternal Perspective

An Eternal Perspective

"Meredith"

After 15 years of marriage, Meredith’s husband came out as gay and requested a divorce. In her interview, Meredith talks about how her husband’s announcement motivated her to look more carefully at the foundations of her testimony and turn to the Lord to know how to proceed. As she maneuvers her new situation, she is working hard to stay close to the Lord, do what is best for her children and continue to love her ex-husband.

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Posted in: Divorced, English, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: divorce, LDS woman, mormon homosexuality, Mormon women, motherhood

June 15th, 2011 by admin

Snapshot Portrait: Mary Decker

Snapshot Portrait: Mary Decker

Columbia, MO, June 13, 2011

The hardest choice I’ve made in my life was when… I chose to be happy. My life was crumbling around me. I was sad, angry, depressed, and mourning the loss of my marriage. My husband had kicked me and my baby out of our own home. I was homeless and helpless.

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Posted in: 20 - 30 years old, English, Married with children, Snapshot Portrait, Snapshot Portraits, United States - Tags: depression, divorce, faith, prayer, single

February 16th, 2011 by admin

The Way Already Prepared

The Way Already Prepared

Shu-Chih Ho

Shu-Chih grew up in Taiwan, came to the United States by herself as a teenager and joined the Mormon Church. She had to overcome many obstacles, including family disapproval, living in a foreign country and raising three kids as a single mom. Shu-Chih is an accomplished artist and owns her own art school where she teaches a growing Chinese population in Irvine, CA.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Conversion Stories, Divorced, English, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Taiwan, Uncategorized - Tags: artist, BYU, California, Chinese Mormon, divorce, LDS woman, Mormon women, single, Taiwan Mormon

December 8th, 2010 by admin

Being Her Own Role Model

Being Her Own Role Model

Lyn Beckstead Greenwood

Trained as a chemical engineer, professional female role models have been hard to come by for Lyn Greenwood. That hasn’t stopped her from having a successful career at ExxonMobil. But the lack of role models has forced her to pave her own way as a single working mother and later, once she remarried, forced her to build up her own confidence in the kind of mother, worker and friend to others that she wanted to be.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Divorced, English, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: BYU, careers, divorce, education, LDS culture, LDS woman, Mormon engineer, motherhood, professional choices, single

October 13th, 2010 by admin

Critical Thinking for a Critical Time

Critical Thinking for a Critical Time

Catherine Humphrey

Catherine Humphrey was married to her first husband for 28 years. Parents of six children, Catherine and her husband served together as mission presidents in Brazil when she was 32 years old. Their marriage slowly dissolved after she learned that her husband had embezzled from clients and been disbarred. As a single mother, she went back to school, completing a master’s degree and a Ph.D. Thirteen years after marrying her second husband, he was diagnosed with an acute brain disease that has slowly robbed him of cognition and function.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, Divorced, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, United States - Tags: careers, divorce, education, family, graduate school, LDS woman, Mormon women, motherhood, single mother

September 1st, 2010 by admin

More Than Skin Deep (with Photo Essay)

More Than Skin Deep (with Photo Essay)

Kimmie Matthews

Kimmie is featured in our first photo essay. After a difficult childhood, Kimmie joined the Church in Korea. Now a successful business owner, Kimmie talks about how the healing properties of the algae supplements from her cosmetics company help people overcome debilitating illness. She has started a non-profit to help those who can’t afford the treatments have access to their benefits.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, Conversion Stories, Divorced, English, Korea, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Single, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad - Tags: careers, conversion, convert, disease, divorce, Korea, Mormon women, philanthropy, prayer, single

August 25th, 2010 by admin

Cutting With Confidence

Cutting With Confidence

Christie Somers

Christie moved to New York City by herself at age 20 to work in a salon. Now ten years later, her clients include celebrities and magazine models. Christie talks about battling the stereotypes facing hair dressers and how she has gained confidence in her skills, intelligence and spiritual understanding despite not having an academic education. Christie also reveals how her sister’s death from a heroin addition brought her divorce-torn family together and healed her personally.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Artistic Women, Artistic Women, English, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Single, United States - Tags: artist, careers, divorce, education, family, Mormon women, New York, single, Utah

July 13th, 2010 by admin

A Tough Thing To Do

A Tough Thing To Do

Eugenia Hancock

Although promised in her patriarchal blessing that she would be married in this lifetime and be the mother of children, Genie turned 39 still single. Demonstrating exceptional patience and humility in her prayers, Genie then met and married the father of seven children. The couple has since adopted two abused teenagers as well. Genie talks about being a stepmother and the challenge of giving up one’s whole will to the Lord.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Single, United States - Tags: abuse, adoption, divorce, faith, infertility, LDS Family Services, LDS woman, Mormon women, motherhood, patriarchal blessing, prayer, single

June 9th, 2010 by admin

A Better Doctor, A Better Christian

A Better Doctor, A Better Christian

Ines Pinate

After serving a mission in her native Venezuela, Ines Pinate married another returned missionary only to have the marriage end three years later in a divorce. Now, with an 8-year-old son, this single mother is attending medical school. In her interview, Ines expresses her love for her Heavenly Father and explains how being a doctor helps her be a better Christian.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Conversion Stories, Divorced, English, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Single, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Venezuela - Tags: conversion, convert, divorce, education, graduate school, mission, Mormon women, single, South America, Venezuela

January 26th, 2010 by admin

The Cycle is Broken

The Cycle is Broken

Myrna Castellar

After two sets of twins and a divorce, Myrna sought solace with her family. But she found little comfort at home: she fell prey to the family’s drug dealing business and lost 27 years of her life to heroin addiction. Three years ago, at the age of 51, she fell to her knees and felt the Lord’s loving embrace. She discusses the effects of her baptism on her ravaged body, her repentance process and the effect her conversion has had on her children.

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Posted in: Conversion Stories, Personal Challenges - Tags: addiction, conversion, convert, divorce, drugs, faith, missionaries, Mormon women, New York, prayer, recovering adict

November 13th, 2009 by admin

The Small World of the Gospel

The Small World of the Gospel

Faustina Otoo

The first time Faustina Otoo went to church, in Nigeria in 1985, the members’ love made her feel like she was in a “wonderland”. Since that day, Faustina’s journey in the church has taken her back to her native land of Ghana where she now serves as the front office receptionist at the Africa West Area office complex at the Accra Ghana temple. As the single mother of two children, Faustina is especially proud that her daughter is about to graduate from college.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, Divorced, English, Ghana, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Personal Challenges, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad - Tags: Africa, conversion, divorce, Mormon women, temple

September 22nd, 2009 by admin

Faith Unto Salvation

Faith Unto Salvation

Patricia Joseph

In December 2004, Patricia’s oldest son was charged with murdering his girlfriend. Tormented with grief and unable to sleep, Patricia saw a late-night infomercial for the Church on television and called for a Book of Mormon. What she has learned about forgiveness, compassion and the warm embrace of the Saints has carried her through the crushing experience.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, United States - Tags: convert, divorce, faith, Mormon women, New York

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