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How To Have a Happy Home

By Jan

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July 27, 2010

It’s really hard to watch the news these days and hear once again that a family has been destroyed by selfishness and lack of self-control. All of our families are at risk. We need to help one another stay committed to our husbands and our children. The world cannot offer us enough to forsake them […]

Mothers Teaching Children in the Home

By Jan

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May 31, 2010

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| Family, Home, Proclaim the Gospel

It’s funny, when a woman tells other women to stay home and raise children, she gets blasted for it, like Sis. Beck did. When the Brethren say anything like that, they are pretty much ignored. Either way, nowadays, this is still a hot topic that gets women upset. Eliza R. Snow said, “We want to […]

Books-To Read or Not To Read

By Jan

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December 8, 2009

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| Home, Scriptures

Did you know that Brigham Young abhorred reading novels? I quote, “There are women in our community, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, and sixty years of age, who would rather read a trifling, lying novel than read history, the Book of Mormon, or any other useful print. Such women are not worth their room.” Brigham Young […]

The Past is Still Relevant

By Jan Tolman

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June 12, 2009

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| Home, Motherhood

I found an interview with Belle Spafford (General Relief Society President) and I have to admit, I was expecting it to be full of outdated ideals and irrelevant expectations. I was surprised to see how relevant everything still was. Certainly times have changed. People’s thinking has most definitely changed. Yet, I see how truths have […]

What’s For Dinner!

By Jan Tolman

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March 17, 2009

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| Preparedness, Recipes

If there is no eating in heaven, I’m not going! On the other hand, I bet heaven has the freshest gardens and the most sumptuous spreads of pot luck foods EVER. Just look at all the food at any given Mormon function: “Please bless the refreshments that they will nourish and strengthen our bodies.” Most […]