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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 9th, 2011 by admin

The Mind of A Mother

The Mind of A Mother

Lia Collings

A student of Latin and Greek and a budding education reformer, Lia Collings is already engaged in teaching her three young daughters about these things she loves. Lia takes inspiration on how to intertwine her scholarly and motherly pursuits from the passel of mothers in her New Haven, CT, branch. She solicited and compiled a book of essays about their experiences, which she entitled Choosing Motherhood.

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Posted in: 20 - 30 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: education, faith, family, graduate school, home schooling, Mormon women, motherhood, writing

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 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 10th, 2010 by admin

“Listen and Obey”

“Listen and Obey”

Teruko Tsuneda Nakayama

Teruko Nakayama was raised in a Japanese family in Hawaii and although her parents practiced Buddhism, she never had any formal religious training. Giving birth to her first child, though, motivated her to seek for truth. Now in her 80s, Teruko and her husband have served three missions for the Church.

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Posted in: 71+, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Japan, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Married with children, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: conversion, convert, Hawaii, Japanese Mormons, mission, missionary work, Mormon women, motherhood, service

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

October 20th, 2010 by admin

Running Towards Her Future

Running Towards Her Future

Sabina Suggs

At the age of twenty-three, Sabina Suggs was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). Her cancer was in remission for over a decade when it unexpectedly returned in 2009. Sabina was also a member of the United States Air Force/Utah Air National Guard, served a mission in the Netherlands and Northern Belgium, and is the mother of one adopted daughter. In this interview Sabina compares running to life’s journey and lessons learned along the way.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, English, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, United States - Tags: adoption, disease, LDS in the military, LDS woman, leukemia, mission, Mormon women, motherhood, sports, Utah

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

October 6th, 2010 by admin

As It Was Meant To Be

As It Was Meant To Be

Fiona Phillips

Fiona Phillips of Hampshire, England, gives us a glimpse into her life as the mother of six children, ranging in ages from 21 to 6. Her dedication to motherhood and her reliance on the Lord shine through in this interview.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, England, Magnifying Motherhood, Uncategorized - Tags: England, Europe, faith, family, LDS woman, Mormon women, motherhood, prayer

September 15th, 2010 by admin

A Citizen of the World

A Citizen of the World

Camilla Smith

This dynamic mother of five grown children shares her love of travel, of reading, of science and her admiration of her own mother. Camilla serves as the Church’s Public Affairs representative in the San Francisco Bay Area, and she further contributes to her community by being a trustee of the National Public Radio foundation, the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library, the San Francisco Interfaith Council, and Clog America.

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Posted in: 61 - 70 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: education, faith, family, graduate school, LDS culture, LDS woman, Mormon women, motherhood, New York, philanthropy, service

September 8th, 2010 by admin

Seriously, So Wise

Seriously, So Wise

Author of Seriously, So Blessed

The anonymous creator, brains and author behind Tiffany/Amber/Megan/Nicole shares why she started Seriously, So Blessed, the highly popular Mormon mommy blog spoof. She speaks candidly about how she responds to Mormon culture as an author and as a member, and why humor is such a powerful tool for helping us look at ourselves in an honest light.

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Posted in: English, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, United States - Tags: blog, LDS culture, Mormon women, motherhood, writing

August 18th, 2010 by admin

Ties That Bind

Ties That Bind

Pauline Sanchez

Pauline Sanchez was born in her grandmother’s hogan on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. From the age of eight until graduation from high school, Pauline spent her school years living with a white family in northern Utah as part of the church’s Indian Placement Program. Pauline describes feeling lost within different worlds and how her native language helped her understand the value of her experiences. She is on the Advisory board at The Anasazi Foundation, a wilderness treatment program for troubled teens and their families. She, with her husband Ezekiel, were honored as the 2001 Arizona Parents of the Year, and in 2002 received the National Excellence in Parenting Award.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, United States - Tags: adoption, Arizona, education, family, Indian Placement Program, language, LDS culture, mormon heritage, motherhood, Navajo, Utah

August 4th, 2010 by admin

The Person Inside the Mom

The Person Inside the Mom

Saren Eyre Loosli

Saren Eyre Loosli, co-founder of the Power of Moms website, talks about how her educational background and her personal challenges as a mother of five young children led her to create a website that seeks to empower moms by creating networks of support and meaningful mothering resources. She also talks candidly about her own struggle to balance mothering with a desire to make an impact in the world, and how, ultimately those two goals are intertwined.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, United States - Tags: blog, education, family, graduate school, humanitarian aid, Mormon women, motherhood, philanthropy, writing

July 27th, 2010 by admin

Nothing Short of A Miracle

Nothing Short of A Miracle

Gina Traynor

From Dublin, Ireland, Gina talks candidly about her struggle with infertility. A lawyer by training and a convert to the Church, Gina overcame a fear of doctors and hospitals to complete IVF treatments, resulting in the birth of her daughter Ella. Gina reveals a deep gratitude for her supportive husband, although not a member of the Church himself, and their precious daughter.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Ireland, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad - Tags: convert, Europe, family, infertility, legal, Mormon women, motherhood, part-member marriage

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

July 8th, 2010 by admin

Help This Child

Help This Child

Vicki Dalia

Vicki Dalia is the mother of eighteen children, eight of whom are adopted. She also runs a family business and a non-profit orphanage in Guatemala. She sees the hand of the Lord guiding her work helping children. In this interview, Vicki tells of the trials and rewards of establishing the orphanage and offers a helpful perspective on parenting and living a gospel-centered life.

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Posted in: 51 - 60 years old, 61 - 70 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Guatemala, Lives of Service, Lives of Service, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, United States - Tags: adoption, conversion, convert, depression, family, humanitarian aid, Mormon women, motherhood, philanthropy, prayer, South America

May 19th, 2010 by admin

Five Under Five

Five Under Five

Catherine Arveseth

In four years, Catherine became the mother of five children, including two sets of twins. Catherine recounts her long struggle with infertility and how time in this personal “wilderness” helped her to see motherhood differently. Catherine also shares some of the complexities, joys, and coping strategies that help her live–and love–her busy life as a mother of five under five.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, United States - Tags: blog, faith, family, infertility, Mormon women, motherhood, patriarchal blessing, Utah

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