Faith and Trembling
~ by Rene’ Sometimes, when I look at family photos taken when our six children were small and under our direction, I cry for dreams lost and expectations dissolved. Our oldest child was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and has other problems that continue to this day and continue to affect our family even as he is an adult. Our youngest child has cerebral palsy and demands one-on-one care and will live with us for our lifetime. Having a child with disruptive behavior...
Read MoreStarting Over: Facing Midlife Financial Crises
~by Annelise There are many women in my circle of interaction who are in the throes of severe financial duress. After praying, fasting and begging the Lord for this cup to pass, relief has been slow. Couples have been stretched to the limit, children have been caught unawares, and the faith of good people is being tried. In my conversations I’ve caught glimpses of their suffering: “We prayed to know if this was a good investment. We thought we felt the Lord’s...
Read MoreMormon Woman Writes about Struggle with Depression in Poem: “Descending”
~by Marsha Steed Keller Sometimes we do it all. Sometimes we think we can do it all, and sometimes the ‘all’ falls into a pile of broken dreams, shattered promises and difficulties at our feet. Once I had it all, and then one day I woke up to the realization that nothing I thought I had existed any longer. Now that I have a degree in Psychology, I realize I was in a major depression, but at the time, I just thought that I wasn’t ‘good enough’ and needed to ‘try...
Read MoreWhen things go wrong…
Have you ever had one of those days where everything you hoped would work out…didn’t? In fact, not only did none of what you planned work out….it went horribly off track and beyond the word “wrong”? I feel like those days happen to me all the time. And I used to get so upset at the world…and everyone around me….and at myself. I’m not a control freak, really. I just appreciate when things go according to plan, you know? Then after the...
Read MoreA Tale of Three Headaches
~by Heather L. In one recent weekend, I had three headaches. The first I was blessed to know was the kind I have regularly. I knew I just needed to endure it for a day or so. Sure enough, the next morning it was gone. That evening, though, I ended up with a different headache that was so bad that I finally had to excuse myself from our visiting friends and go to bed. As I lay there with this excruciating headache, I began to pray for relief. Instead of tensing up, worrying about how much it...
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