Mormon Mommy

A friend of mine shared an article with me, anticipating that I'd enjoy reading it.
And I did.

I gladly read the article by Emily Matchar. She calls herself a “childless overeducated atheist feminist” who ashamedly confesses to being obsessed with reading "Mormon Mommy Blogs." She admitted to being addicted and very reluctantly used the word “uplifiting” to describe them.

The article was quite thought-provoking for me and has put me in a good mood and all around, ironically, happier attitude about my career as a housewife/mother-of-three. While the stereotypes suggested in the article were a bit too generalized for me, what stood out to me the most was how she characterized "us" by our happiness! What a compliment! I know all of "us" are unique in our backgrounds, priorities, and we have our differences in education & family life, but "we", and maybe I'm being guilty of generalizing as well, but "we", as Latter-day Saint Mommy bloggers do share a similar search for truth, happiness, enlightenment, intellectualism, honesty and love. Those quests come through in blog posts about child-raising, husbands, children, family life, home-decorating, recipes, chocolate chip cookies, friends, vacations, more children and, yes, sometimes even cupcake baking. Or sometimes about something completely different.

So when I read this article that payed a little tribute to what we try to create day in and day out, I have to believe I am doing something right.

We all are. Good on ya!

*words and thoughts adapted from SEVERAL other sources, too many to site, to form my own. thank you.*