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

"Our best mothering happens when we mother authentically—not when we’re trying to do it like someone else."

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week in the United States. We didn’t know this when we planned this week’s episode of “All In”—where Cathy Burningham shared her family’s decade-long struggle with infertility. But we like to believe that God knew and made sure that those who are struggling with infertility know that He is aware of them.

Latter-day Saint Anastasia gave birth to a baby boy in Kyiv, Ukraine. Two days later she and her newborn son were rushed out of the hospital to flee from a city under attack.

Temple ceremonies have occasionally been depicted on mainstream TV, which may prompt questions from those unfamiliar with the Church.

I’m not trying to love people into coming with me. I’m just loving people. They and God will figure out their journey; my job is to love them along the way.

Life frequently throws us curve balls and our best-laid plans often go awry. But even in those moments of frustration, anxiety, or discouragement, God is always aware of us.

For many Latter-day Saints, leaving Ukraine meant bidding farewell to loved ones remaining behind and beginning a very foreign journey with an unknown future.

When most people think of Mother’s Day, they think of cards and flowers and declarations of gratitude. But, for a large population of women, Mother’s Day can be a day of discouragement.

“Yes, mothers are honored, revered, and made to be saints—perfect even. But are moms perfect? Is that what is expected of us, needed from us? Will we fail in our role if we are anything less? These are questions many mothers, myself included, have struggled with.”