{"id":10721,"date":"2019-07-22T08:30:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T14:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/?p=10721"},"modified":"2019-07-16T13:39:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T19:39:57","slug":"a-double-sided-parentage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/","title":{"rendered":"A Double-Sided Parentage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A lot of us complain about how hard it is to be a parent, but Boyd K. Packer made me think of parentage in a whole new way in his October 1984 talk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/1984\/10\/the-pattern-of-our-parentage?lang=eng\">The Pattern of Our Parentage.<\/a> We are not merely parents of naughty children. We are future gods raising future gods. This idea of double-sided parentage may help us be better parents. Certainly, more patient ones. Elder Packer says some things that cause deep thoughts to surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe can have as full an understanding of spiritual things as we are willing to earn.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Living in a world that is removing God and godly vocabulary is confusing. Why is it acceptable to use \u201cGod\u2019s name in vain\u201d when you don\u2019t even believe in Him? What does the use of His name as an expletive do for the non-believer? Why do people \u201cthank God\u201d when they don\u2019t have any desire to get to know Him? And isn\u2019t it interesting that there are so many names for a deity to choose from and they are all used in \u201cvain.\u201d (\u201cJeez!\u201d \u201cJesus H. Christ!\u201d \u201cGod Almighty!\u201d \u201cJesus, Mary, and Joseph!\u201d etc. &#8212;Many of these don\u2019t even make any sense.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you talk to a former member of our church about church doctrine, it is often evident that they have forgotten basic doctrines and lack the spiritual understanding that they once had. I can think of two reasons for this: 1) Proof that it\u2019s important to read the scriptures regularly so as to not forget the gospel, and 2) Perhaps a merciful Heavenly Father protects those of little faith by allowing them to forget the very covenants that might condemn them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In contrast, those who seek spiritual understanding have limitless ability to know God and His ways. After all, one day they will be like Him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMuch of what I know that really matters I have learned from being a father.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Our Heavenly Father has purposely begotten us to come to this earth that we might become fathers and mothers and children. The great lesson in this is to understand Him better in order to become like Him. We come into this world accepting the pattern that boys and girls will grow to be husbands and wives and fathers and mothers, but for what purpose? Well, to become good people, even great people. But do we realize that our parenting skills will influence how well our children adapt to Godhood? Is \u201ctraining up a child\u201d just as important an exercise for the father and mother as it is to the child?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIf a species ever does cross, the offspring cannot reproduce.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The lie of same-sex attraction is becoming more and more prevalent in our society, but it will be the downfall of our civilization. Who can survive when there is no more reproduction of our species? And to what end will become of this offspring? To become gods, which is our purpose and reward, is to fulfill the measure of our creation and have eternal increase and worlds without number. To believe anything else is Satan\u2019s attempt to destroy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/manual\/the-plan-of-salvation\/what-does-the-plan-mean-for-me?lang=eng\">Heavenly Father\u2019s Plan.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWhat could inspire one to purity and worthiness more than to possess a spiritual confirmation that we are the children of God? What could inspire a more lofty regard for oneself, or engender more love for mankind? This thought does not fill me with arrogance. It fills me with overwhelming humility.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Every time I think of the words to \u201cI Am a Child of God\u201d I shout for joy for its ringing truth. If everyone truly believed this simple fact, would there be the problems of suicide, depression, dysfunction, and prejudice?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Do we understand what purity of race is? It isn\u2019t skin color, heritage, or privilege. It is recognizing our relationship with everyone else on this earth. Years ago, we bought some music entitled \u201cAll One Tribe.\u201d It was a compilation of music from around the world. Sometimes, it\u2019s hard to distinguish music from Africa from Native American music. Likewise, it can be hard to distinguish someone from Bolivia with someone from Mongolia. We are all children of a loving and merciful God who waits patiently for us to figure this out; that we have more in common than differences, that we have one Heavenly Father and Mother who love us, watch over us, and want us to become like them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If we look more closely at the plan of our Heavenly Father, we will recognize a double-sided parentage at work. Heavenly Father and Mother have given us life. They care for us and watch over us. They want us to experience parenthood. We learn first-hand the pitfalls and joys of parenting. We learn to love our children, and from this, we recognize how much God loves each one of us, His children. Don\u2019t we want the best for each of those we raise, love, and care for? Our Heavenly Father has promised us that if we accept and treat Him as our honored parent He will gladly give us all that He has.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of us complain about how hard it is to be a parent, but Boyd K. Packer made me think of parentage in a whole new way in his October 1984 talk, The Pattern of Our Parentage. We are not merely parents of naughty children. We are future gods raising future gods. This idea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[50,856,471],"class_list":["post-10721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-conference-odyssey","tag-families","tag-parenting","tag-strong-families"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Double-Sided Parentage &#8211; Relief Society Women<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Understanding how our Heavenly Parents parent us gains us a double-sided parentage. May we treat our children the way Heavenly Father treats us.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Double-Sided Parentage &#8211; Relief Society Women\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Understanding how our Heavenly Parents parent us gains us a double-sided parentage. May we treat our children the way Heavenly Father treats us.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Relief Society Women\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-22T14:30:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"775\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jan Tolman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jan Tolman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jan Tolman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e\"},\"headline\":\"A Double-Sided Parentage\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-22T14:30:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":864,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Families\",\"parenting\",\"Strong families\"],\"articleSection\":[\"General Conference Odyssey\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Double-Sided Parentage &#8211; Relief Society Women\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-22T14:30:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"Understanding how our Heavenly Parents parent us gains us a double-sided parentage. May we treat our children the way Heavenly Father treats us.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1\",\"width\":775,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/22\\\/a-double-sided-parentage\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Double-Sided Parentage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Relief Society Women\",\"description\":\"To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e\",\"name\":\"Jan Tolman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jan Tolman\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"},\"description\":\"My name is Jan Tolman. I am a wife, mother of six, and grandmother of six. Besides enjoying my research into the history of the Relief Society, I also read voraciously, make art quilts, and volunteer for too many things. I am also working on a Creative Writing degree from BYU\u2019s online program. Most of all, I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/reliefsocietywomen.com\",\"Jan\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/jtolman\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Double-Sided Parentage &#8211; Relief Society Women","description":"Understanding how our Heavenly Parents parent us gains us a double-sided parentage. May we treat our children the way Heavenly Father treats us.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Double-Sided Parentage &#8211; Relief Society Women","og_description":"Understanding how our Heavenly Parents parent us gains us a double-sided parentage. May we treat our children the way Heavenly Father treats us.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/","og_site_name":"Relief Society Women","article_published_time":"2019-07-22T14:30:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":775,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jan Tolman","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jan Tolman","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/"},"author":{"name":"Jan Tolman","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e"},"headline":"A Double-Sided Parentage","datePublished":"2019-07-22T14:30:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/"},"wordCount":864,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1","keywords":["Families","parenting","Strong families"],"articleSection":["General Conference Odyssey"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/","url":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/","name":"A Double-Sided Parentage &#8211; Relief Society Women","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1","datePublished":"2019-07-22T14:30:52+00:00","description":"Understanding how our Heavenly Parents parent us gains us a double-sided parentage. May we treat our children the way Heavenly Father treats us.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1","width":775,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/a-double-sided-parentage\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Double-Sided Parentage"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/","name":"Relief Society Women","description":"To know the history, purpose, and destiny of the Relief Society","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c793243c9f72af0edbcdc6094e363c7e","name":"Jan Tolman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jan Tolman"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/71eac3417cadc1fa72be104a7f5b71f401ad21c6ba0b655d71f46eb91b32392f?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"description":"My name is Jan Tolman. I am a wife, mother of six, and grandmother of six. Besides enjoying my research into the history of the Relief Society, I also read voraciously, make art quilts, and volunteer for too many things. I am also working on a Creative Writing degree from BYU\u2019s online program. Most of all, I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.","sameAs":["https:\/\/reliefsocietywomen.com","Jan"],"url":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/author\/jtolman\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/proverbs-to-pray-for-your-kids-775x450.png?fit=775%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10726,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721\/revisions\/10726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}