mothers Archives - Women in The Church of Jesus Christ https://womenseekingchrist.org/tag/mothers/ Who We Are, What We Believe, How We Live -- Glimpses into Latter-day Saint Life Sat, 09 May 2009 20:24:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Video: Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! https://womenseekingchrist.org/2009/05/09/video-happy-mothers-day-mom/ https://womenseekingchrist.org/2009/05/09/video-happy-mothers-day-mom/#respond Sat, 09 May 2009 05:00:51 +0000 http://mormonwoman.org/?p=1071 The post <i>Video</i>: Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! appeared first on Women in The Church of Jesus Christ.

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]]> https://womenseekingchrist.org/2009/05/09/video-happy-mothers-day-mom/feed/ 0 First Person: “Mothering: It isn’t just for Moms anymore” https://womenseekingchrist.org/2008/05/05/first-person-mothering-it-isnt-just-for-moms-anymore/ https://womenseekingchrist.org/2008/05/05/first-person-mothering-it-isnt-just-for-moms-anymore/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 05:49:32 +0000 http://mormonwomen.wordpress.com/?p=160 Motherhood gets a lot of attention in the Church, as well it should. Sometimes, though, that can be difficult when women ache for children and cannot have some of their own. Read two women’s stories about their struggles with infertility, and about how they came to understand how they could be mothers even when they […]

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Brooke’s Story

Michelle’s Story

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Sheri Dew: Of all the words they could have chosen to define her role and her essence, both God the Father and Adam called Eve “the mother of all living” (Moses 4:26))—and they did so before she ever bore a child. Like Eve, our motherhood began before we were born. Just as worthy men were foreordained to hold the priesthood in mortality, Alma 13:2–4, 7–8 righteous women were endowed premortally with the privilege of motherhood. (See Spencer W. Kimball, “The Role of Righteous Women,” Ensign, Nov. 1979, 102.) Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women. It defines our very identity, our divine stature and nature, and the unique traits our Father gave us.

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