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April 7th, 2010 by admin

When Mom Wears The Suit

Marcia Nelson

After working as the executive assistant for the editor-in-chief of Mademoiselle magazine, Marcia Nelson studied for her business school entrance exam while nursing a baby. Now, she’s enjoying a fulfilling career in finance while her husband is a freelance writer and stay-at-home dad to their two children, one of whom has had a recurring brain tumor.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, English, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, United States - Tags: careers, education, family, finance, graduate school, Mormon women, New York

March 24th, 2010 by admin

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Singing His Praises

Emily Spencer

With three small children and a husband in his medical residency, Emily is a busy mother. But she has also committed herself to graduate studies in choral conducting, fulfilling a deep passion for praising God through sacred music. Emily explains why music and motherhood are so important to her, and why she’s chosen to pursue her studies at this point in her life.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Artistic Women, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, United States - Tags: artist, autism, BYU, education, family, graduate school, hymns, Jesus Christ, Mormon women, motherhood, music, working LDS mothers

March 17th, 2010 by admin

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Unexpected Motherhood

Tiffany Peterson

As a single 34-year-old, Tiffany followed her Patriarchal Blessing’s advice to seize the opportunities offered to her, resulting in a life full of career opportunities, travel adventures and spiritual highlights. But then, when her sister became overwhelmed with the responsibilities of single motherhood, Tiffany seized a different kind of opportunity: she assumed legal custody of her nine-year-old niece and became mother to an elementary school-aged child overnight.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Personal Challenges, Single, United States - Tags: adoption, faith, family, mission, Mormon women, motherhood, New York, patriarchal blessing, single, Utah

March 3rd, 2010 by admin

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When Waking Up Is A Burden

Kathryn Lynard Soper

As the mother of seven children, the last with Down syndrome, Kathy Soper is known for the emotional honesty of her writing (which includes personal essays and a book-length memoir) and her founding of Segullah, an LDS women’s literary journal. In this interview, Kathy talks candidly about her lifelong struggle with depression and the unique dynamic that exists in her family where mom and several children are working together to stay healthy.

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Posted in: Personal Challenges - Tags: BYU, depression, disease, Down syndrome, family, LDS culture, Mormon women, motherhood, Utah, writing

February 16th, 2010 by admin

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Rooted In Learning

Shannon Cox

In 2005, Shannon Cox founded Haitian Roots, an organization that sends 133 needy Haitian children to school each year. Shannon recounts the unexpected adoption of her Haitian son and the ways it opened her heart and mind to the plight of Haiti’s strong-willed people. This young mother of four affirms the unexpected course of her life is not the consequence of coincidence but divine intervention.

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Posted in: Lives of Service, Magnifying Motherhood, Personal Challenges - Tags: adoption, education, family, Haiti, humanitarian aid, Mormon women, philanthropy, prayer, service

December 11th, 2009 by admin

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“They Came!”

Dominique Lam-Yam

A 1983 issue of Reader’s Digest introduced Dominique Lam-Yam to the Church while she was living with an abusive father on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean. She spent the next three years searching for the Church organization, with no success. Finally, two missionaries knocked on her door, launching her on a path of hope and triumph over challenge.

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Posted in: Conversion Stories, Personal Challenges, Sisters Abroad - Tags: conversion, Europe, family, Mormon women, single

November 15th, 2009 by admin

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Raising Children in Paradise

Rebecca Hendrickson

Over four years ago, Becky Hendrickson moved with her family from bustling San Francisco to a 23,000 acre ranch on the Big Island of Hawai’i. As the mother of five daughters, ages one to twelve, Becky homeschools her girls with a focus on loving nature, developing personal responsibility and limiting the world’s negative influences.

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