‘Relief and joy’: Songwriter shares her unexpected reaction to the new Young Women names

When singer-songwriter Emily Susan Pack saw the Church’s announcement about the new Young Women age-group names, she says she felt “relieved and grateful and joyous.” But this reaction wasn’t what her online followers expected.
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