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April 13th, 2011 by admin

Daughter of a King

Daughter of a King

Marnie Spencer

Marnie Spencer’s body has been ravaged by cancer. But in a world where women are told that beauty is an indication of their worth, this mother of seven has found a different source of confidence: her knowledge that she is a beautiful spirit in the eyes of God.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: cancer, disease, faith, family, LDS woman, motherhood, Utah

April 6th, 2011 by admin

A Pillar of Faith in New Delhi

A Pillar of Faith in New Delhi

Swarupa Katuka

Swarupa Katuka was born and raised in India, joined the Church in 1988, and currently lives in New Delhi. In 1995, as the mother of two children, Swarupa decided to give her third child to family friends who couldn’t have any children of her own. In this interview, she shares an intimate look into her daily life, the state of the Church in India, and the relationship she has with her adopted daughter.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Conversion Stories, English, India, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Married with children, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: adoption, conversion, convert, family, Indian Mormon, LDS woman, Mormon women, motherhood, prayer

March 31st, 2011 by admin

Your Trial Is Your Greatest Treasure

Your Trial Is Your Greatest Treasure

Barbara Barrington Jones

A popular speaker to LDS youth and women around the world, Barbara Barrington Jones shares the events and lessons of her life that have allowed her to touch so many in her 24 years of public speaking. After a career as a ballet dancer and twelve years in an abusive marriage, Barbara married a much older man with whom she found the Church. With her trademark faith, strength and wit, Barbara tells her remarkable story and shares her pearls of wisdom.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Lives of Service, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States, Widowed - Tags: abuse, California, conversion, convert, depression, LDS woman, Mormon ballet dancer, patriarchal blessing

March 23rd, 2011 by admin

In Perfect Harmony

In Perfect Harmony

Liz Shropshire

Liz Shropshire is the founder and director of the Shropshire Music Foundation, which provides free musical instruments and instruction to former child soldiers and refugees in Kosovo, Uganda, and Northern Ireland. Since 1999, more than 10,000 young people have participated in Shropshire Music Foundation classes.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, English, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Northern Ireland, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Single, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: Africa, careers, education, Europe, graduate school, humanitarian aid, LDS woman, Mormon women, music, philanthropy, single

March 17th, 2011 by admin

The Many Lessons of Multiple Sclerosis

The Many Lessons of Multiple Sclerosis

Catherine Crittenden

Catherine Crittenden was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1987, as the mother of three young children. With a husband engaged in international business leadership, Catherine initially felt guilty she couldn’t do all the things other moms do, but prayer, time and an understanding of the Atonement allowed her to adapt her mothering style to meet her abilities and feel a sense of self-worth in the face of her disease. Today, she is grateful for the time she has to be a grandmother — not the grandmother who swims and goes to sporting events, but the one who listens, reads and is a friend.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, United States - Tags: atonement, disease, family, LDS woman

February 23rd, 2011 by admin

Reality TV vs Reality Mothering

Reality TV vs Reality Mothering

Melissa Puente

Melissa Puente is an Emmy-winning television editor and a mother of two sets of twin boys, ages 4 and 2. With four boys under three, Melissa felt tension in her home that didn’t reflect her gratitude at having her children safely with her. She challenged herself to read parenting books and document her responses on her own website, Learning Mommy. She now takes her education as a mother as seriously as her education as a TV editor.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: blog, California, careers, education, infertility, LDS woman, Mormon women

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

February 9th, 2011 by admin

Marching to Her Own Drum

Marching to Her Own Drum

Elaine Bradley

Elaine Bradley is the drummer for the rock band Neon Trees, which released their first full length album, Habits, in 2010. Their first single “Animal” has climbed to #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Alternative Rock Chart. Elaine discusses her journey towards spiritual honesty as a rebellious child and then as a missionary in Germany and now as a musician fulfilling her life’s artistic passions.

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Posted in: 20 - 30 years old, 31 - 40 years old, Artistic Women, Artistic Women, English, Featured, Married without children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: artist, BYU, Europe, LDS culture, LDS woman, Mormon musician, Mormon women

February 2nd, 2011 by admin

Stewards of Our Children

Stewards of Our Children

Sydney Young

Sydney Young has five children, but she has never been pregnant. In this interview, Sydney describes her journey through four open adoptions and the assumption of guardianship over one teenager. She exemplifies devoted stewardship over children who have not been birthed to her, but who have been sealed to her.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Professional Pursuits, United States - Tags: adoption, African-American Mormon, family, graduate school, infertility, LDS woman

January 26th, 2011 by admin

A Spotlight on Faith

A Spotlight on Faith

Erin Chambers McKay

Erin has loved being theatrical since she was a little girl. She had her first agent at age thirteen, and, after graduating from BYU, she moved to Los Angeles. As a working stage and film actor in L.A., Erin reflects on the challenges and joys of her business.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Artistic Women, Artistic Women, English, Married without children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, United States - Tags: artist, BYU, careers, LDS woman, Mormon actor, Mormon women

January 19th, 2011 by admin

A Special Mother for Special Needs

A Special Mother for Special Needs

Nancy McNabb

Although Nancy McNabb lost a 22-month-old daughter to SIDS, her greatest challenge has been raising her autistic son Stewart. Nancy describes her tireless work with her 19-year-old son, her secrets to staying happily married with a special needs child, the role the gospel has played in her journey, and her work at the University of Illinois in autism education.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: autism, conversion, convert, death of child, faith, family, LDS woman, special needs

January 12th, 2011 by admin

When Pornography Hits Home

When Pornography Hits Home

Bethany

Four years ago, Bethany’s husband shared some startling news: He was addicted to pornography. As mother to four young children, Bethany had to continue to be mom, but she also chose to dedicate herself to her husband’s recovery. Recognizing she needed time and space to heal herself, Bethany sought out support systems and drew closer to the Lord. Bethany speaks about the need to tend to her own wounds, as well as support the man she loves.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, English, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: atonement, family, LDS woman, Mormon women, prayer

January 6th, 2011 by admin

Experimenting On The Word

Experimenting On The Word

Elizabeth Krider

As a graduate of Caltech with a PhD in Chemistry, Elizabeth Krider understands science. She also understands that spiritual experiences are real. Elizabeth uses her knowledge of science and her faith in God to ask questions about how the world works, and she is now passing along that skill of scientific deductive reasoning to her children so that they, too, can understand the world around them.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, English, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, United States - Tags: BYU, careers, education, graduate school, LDS woman, mormon scientist, Mormon women, motherhood, service

December 23rd, 2010 by admin

Hooked on Creativity

Hooked on Creativity

Rebecca Knudsen

Always drawn to art and the artistic process, Rebecca discovered hooked rugs when the youngest of her six children was in kindergarten. In the years since then, she has produced a large collection of rugs that reflect her spiritual searchings, her love for her children and family, and the joy she finds in creating something that inspires thoughtful contemplation in her audience.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, Artistic Women, Artistic Women, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: artist, LDS woman, Mormon women, motherhood, North Carolina Mormon

December 15th, 2010 by admin

From Jehovah’s Witness to Latter-day Saint

From Jehovah’s Witness to Latter-day Saint

Arleene Regalado Taylor

Arleene was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness in Southern California. Her parents converted to the religion after they moved from their home in Moroleon, Guanajuato, Mexico to the United States. She studied the Mormon faith for two years before being baptized, an action considered taboo by her family’s religion. She shares her experiences as she transitioned from her childhood thoughts and beliefs to her current testimony of the gospel. Along the way she has held on to her continued love of family and has found that the knowledge of the gospel has opened her mind and brought her new blessings.

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Posted in: 20 - 30 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Married without children, Mexico, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: conversion, convert, family, Jehovah's Witness, LDS woman, Mexican 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

December 1st, 2010 by admin

Enthusiasm and Endurance

Enthusiasm and Endurance

Kovács Ildikó

Introduced to the gospel as a teenager in her native Hungary, Ildikó had to wait four years to be baptized due to her family’s disapproval. Ildikó discusses the challenges of joining a community that is still small in Hungary, marrying another Hungarian member and raising her three children in the Church there. She expresses confidence in the Savior’s role as head of the Church, the practical and spiritual safety that comes from living by its principles, and benefits of raising her children in the gospel.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Hungary, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: conversion, convert, Europe, faith, hungary, LDS woman, missionaries, Mormon women, motherhood

November 24th, 2010 by admin

Bearing Her Testimony in a Different Way

Bearing Her Testimony in a Different Way

Trang Thach

After graduating with her master’s of public health degree from Yale, Trang Thach moved to Romania to research drinking water with the aid of a Fulbright Grant. Her search for a career, along with her family history and temple work for ancestors from Vietnam, has helped strengthen her testimony of God’s love and mercy.

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Posted in: 20 - 30 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Romania, Single, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad - Tags: careers, conversion, convert, education, Europe, family, LDS woman, single, temple

November 17th, 2010 by admin

Peace Through Conflict

Peace Through Conflict

Sahar Qumsiyeh

Raised near Bethlehem, only a few blocks away from the birthplace of Jesus Christ, Sahar Qumsiyeh intimately knows places that are considered holy by many religions. However, this significant area is marked by conflict and war, and as a Palestinian, Sahar faced barriers (both figurative and literal) to joining the Church. In this interview, Sahar describes how her introduction to the Church and understanding of the gospel enabled her to overcome the feelings of anger and frustration that accompanied her life in this turbulent region.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Palestine, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Single, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: BYU, conversion, convert, education, faith, LDS woman, Mormon women, Palestinian Mormon, prayer, single

November 3rd, 2010 by admin

The Beautiful Design of Motherhood

The Beautiful Design of Motherhood

Gabrielle Stanley Blair

Gabrielle Blair is best known as Design Mom, the founder of one of the most popular design and motherhood blogs on the web, named as one of Time magazine’s Top Websites of 2010. In this interview, Gabrielle reveals the spiritual and personal motivations behind the blog’s origins and purpose, as well as her own philosophies about mothering her six children and developing all mothers’ innate creativity.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Artistic Women, Artistic Women, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: blog, careers, depression, family, LDS woman, Mormon women, motherhood, New York, patriarchal blessing, writing

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