Young Women

A seasoned woman is

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A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experiences. Like a complex wine, she can be alternately sweet, tart, sparkling, mellow. She is both maternal and playful. Assured, alluring, and resourceful. She is less likely to have an agenda than a young woman-no biological clock tick-tocking beside her lover’s bed, no campaign … Read more

My young sisters, we

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My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don’t settle for less than what the Lord wants you to be… Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon… … Read more

What I would say

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What I would say to young women is: Pay attention to the real. Pay attention to what you’re really thirsting for. What do you really want? And I think that’s much harder to decipher in a culture that has no interest in it. What interests me is, are we going to wake in time? Are … Read more

I read every single

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I read every single letter. Some just break my heart. I’ve cried over letters that have come in, from young women and older women alike, saying to me, You know, you made me want to stop crash dieting and just be healthy. You are my role model. I want to be like you. Evangeline Lilly

My fifth mother is

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My fifth mother is Mother Nature – the things I had to learn on my own, the understanding I had to come to and still have to come to as a young woman, as a responsible mother, a responsible granddaughter and child. She teaches me willpower, honesty, and the things we need to heal ourselves … Read more