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“Love you forever,” I said as I tucked my 5-year-old daughter into bed. “Even after you die?” she said, her blue eyes wide. The question nearly knocked the wind out of me. “Yes,” I stammered. [...]

In the Phoenix suburb of Queen Creek, the property seemed far from the city’s sprawl and roaring traffic. Its windmill, cow pastures and rustic brick farmhouse evoked earlier times — the front [...]

Click here to read this story at Deseret Magazine. On the morning of my daughter’s fifth birthday party, I made a cheese tray for parents and set out craft projects for kids before anxiously [...]

The alarm cuts the cold, dark air. It’s 4:30 a.m. As I snatch the phone from the bedside table and turn off the noise, I ask myself: Why am I doing this? It’s Saturday, after all. I spent the [...]

A decade ago, I attended a summer camp unlike any other. Called Tomorrow’s Women, the organization had flown more than 20 young women from Gaza, Israel and the West Bank to Santa Fe, New Mexico. [...]

I stared into my laptop, struggling to hear my manager on Zoom while my 5-year-old son sang loudly next to me. After missing St. Patrick’s Day at pre-school during the stay-at-home order, [...]

When my youngest child was three months old, I was preparing to return to my job as a content lead at a marketing agency when my manager called. After reconfirming my start date the following [...]