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Hi I'm Stephanie
I am the mother of 5 living children and 1 angel. I lost my 14-month-old little girl in an accident. I'm a Mormon.
About Me
I am a student turned journalist, turned criminal defense lawyer, turned full-time mother, turned spare-time blogger. In 2008, the youngest of my 4 daughters died in a tragic accident. I have been making my way through grief with the help of the Savior and blogging about my journey. In 2009 I gave birth to our first little son and in 2011 we had another baby boy. I find joy in my family, reading, ice cream, great food, learning new things, traveling the world, being social, and seeing the hand of the Lord in my life.
Why I am a Mormon
I am a practicing Mormon because as a teenager I read the Book of Mormon and spent a year studying the history of our church and the life of Joseph Smith. I also was praying that whole year to know for myself whether the church was true or not. I went on a trip back East to the place where the church began and where Joseph Smith had his prayer answered about which church was true. There I got a profound answer from God that Joseph Smith was in reality a prophet of God and that he really did see God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ in answer to his humble prayer to know which church to join. I felt a physical burning in my heart -- and it wasn't heart burn -- and I just KNEW that this was the Lord telling me that all I had been studying was true. After my daughter died, my reason for being a Mormon took a new shift. I am a Mormon because I want to be with my daughter again. I want to raise her, as her mother, from the little girl she will be when she is resurrected and gets her little body back, to the woman she will grow to be. Mormons believe that families can be together forever. We believe that those who have lost children they have been sealed to will have the opportunity to raise them after Christ comes again if we live worthy. I am going to do all I can to live worthy of that great blessing. My heart tells me that one day I will have that blessing granted me if I continue on the path set out for me in the teachings of gospel of Jesus Christ.
How I live my faith
I get up every morning with hope born of faith. I try my best to be a good mother to my children and a helpful and equal partner of a wife to my husband. I try to listen to what my heart tells me I am meant to do or say or write on any given day. I share my hope and my new enhanced perspective on the treasure it is to be a mother -- even of a whiney, sick, or tired toddler -- with others through my blog. I volunteer at my children's school whenever I can. I work with girls aged 14 and 15 at church. I teach them lessons on a few Sundays each month and plan and produce fun purposeful activities for them one night each week. I LOVE these girls I serve. I pray for them and am there to help them in anyway and through any teenage drama they bring to me. I help them learn how to be strong members of their own families no matter what their family circumstances are.