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The Girl’s Guide to Baby Making & Infertility, Part 8

It was anything but "love at first sight" for me and Andy.  My first day at my new job was his last.  He had quit his job to to seek his “dot com fortune.”  I was introduced to him briefly, but never thought about him again.  A group of co-workers went out to dinner about a month later an ...

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By mariebiddle| 6 Comments | Adversity, Faith, Families, Infertility, Love, Motherhood, Strength, Trials
Exercising Faith in the Priesthood:  One Small Miracle

One summer a couple of years ago I worked at an overnight camp.  Throughout the week, I bumped into and shared things with dozens people so there were plenty of opportunities to come into contact with unwanted bacteria.  One day I noticed a small bump on my thigh. By the end of the week, the bu ...

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By Carina| 1 Comment | Faith, Prayer, Priesthood, Testimony
The Girl’s Guide to Baby Making & Infertility, Part 7

Andy and I knew if we were to sustain our sanity we needed to get away for a few days. People that knew what was going on with us personally surrounded our world. We needed to be in a place where we could fly under the radar and nobody knew our names.  Havin ...

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By mariebiddle| 4 Comments | Adversity, Faith, Families, Infertility, Prayer, Trials
Finding Little Miss Sunshine

SFS:  What are your favorite scriptures and how have they inspired you? “My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; and then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high.” ~D&C 121:7-8 “For behold I have refined ...

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By HannaDalia| 6 Comments | Adversity, Atonement, Faith, Personal Growth, Prayer, Trials
Seeing IS Believing

I would like to tell you my conversion story, not because of its importance, but because of the miraculous change that it made in my life.  Even though I was 57 years old, it taught me that it is never too late for Heavenly Father to turn your life around.  He has given me back everything I mis ...

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By teresadelp| 3 Comments | Becoming Mormon, Faith, Gratitude
Asperger’s Syndrome:  Finding the Center of the Storm, Part 2

Part 2 of 2 My humble prayers were answered as I spoke with a friend of church.  As I described my son’s struggles and his odd behaviors, she asked me if I had taken him in to be tested for Asperger’s syndrome. I didn’t know what Asperger's was, so I asked her to elaborate. She explained ...

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By catherinedooley| 1 Comment | Asperger's, Faith, Families
Asperger’s Syndrome:  Finding the Center of the Storm, Part 1

“And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.”  ~Ether, The B ...

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By catherinedooley| 5 Comments | Adversity, Asperger's, Faith, Families, Motherhood, Prayer, Strength, Trials