Connecting with sisters in my ward through a video conferencing Relief Society meeting today meant so much to me! I hadn’t attended church for more than a year before the COVID-19 outbreak. Not attending church didn’t mean I was inactive or no longer cared about church but that physically I felt uncomfortable and therefore stopped […]
President Nelson stands for women and it is clear from his October 2019 counsel at the General Women’s Meeting. He calls for greater righteousness. Here are a few things that stood out to me: D&C 25 is written to everyone. [Become more righteous:] Put aside worldly things. Women are “Society’s guardians of morality.“ “If the […]
For some reason I feel a special kinship toward all women and girls. I consider them my sisters and want to help them in their lives. I love them. They’re fearless, loving, smart, beautiful, and have many, many good qualities. I love hearing good and encouraging thoughts. Some men inspire me but when I hear […]
I listened to a talk by Belle Spafford (former General Relief Society President) given in 1975 called “Latter-day Saint Women in Today’s Changing World” and I think it’s very applicable today. The entire talk was excellent but two specific things stood out to me: First, Latter-day Saint men are taught to honor and respect women. […]
My feelings were sad all day. Yesterday, the all too familiar voice in my mind whispered to me something that I told myself wasn’t true but a small part of me believed it, and it made me sad. Today, bummer thoughts were in my mind all day and said damning things and by evening time I’d had it. […]
I wish I could take the lead because I can juggle 10 things at once without getting stressed. I can’t stand the phrase “behind every good man is a good woman” because that saying is chauvinist and a bunch of crap; women do not belong behind men. Women are lovely and demure and smell nice […]
I just re-watched the 2015 October session of Women’s Conference. I love being part of a group of women that call each other ‘Sister’. I love knowing that every woman watching conference believes like me. I love knowing that as women we can relate without saying “You know what I mean?” I love the tenderness […]