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Easy Conversations, by Jaclyn Foster
[For the prequel, see this post] Utah, 2018 It was one of our last weeks in married housing south of BYU campus before moving to the...
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Jun 2, 20211 min read
Swimming Lessons, by Kerry Pray
I tried to write a sad poem because the ache had gone from my head to my chest and I Couldn’t remember why it was I’d decided to take a...
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Mar 26, 20211 min read
Linear Time, Anon
A thousand years ago I stood on the passenger seat of your car, head through the skylight, arms high up in the darkness, hands waving at...
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Mar 26, 20211 min read
My Wish, by Sariah Starr
I wish I could understand it. I wish I could explain it. When he’s here the grief is overwhelming. The grief that it’s not her. The grief...
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Sep 17, 20191 min read
The Tropics, by Alma Linda Martinez
In the evening when the boys have gone to be with you my fingers trace the edges of book bindings. I trace them like old memories of when...
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Aug 23, 20192 min read
Still my Husband, by Sariah Star
My husband is still my husband even though my body has nothing left to give him when we are stripped of all mortal attachments. When we...
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Aug 22, 20191 min read
How it Ends, by Zhen
You were not one to see details in faces, until hers – flecks of gold in her eyes, age-worn parentheses framing pink lips, undulating...
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Jul 31, 20191 min read
by Something More
Some days are easier When I don’t see you like that Where we are just friends And we laugh And eat And cry Some days are harder When I...
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Jul 8, 20192 min read
Letting Go, by Alma Linda Martinez
Six years down the road perhaps there will be another woman who will stir heaven in my solar plexus. Perhaps the sound of her laughter...
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Apr 22, 20191 min read
A Closeted Grief, Anonymous
A random algorithm played one of your songs today. I listed to it once, twice, three times before I stopped to ask myself why we push on...
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Apr 11, 20196 min read
Holding Hands, by Sharon
“There’s a family moving into the ward.” I look up from my laptop and pull out an earbud. “What?” “They’ve got a daughter, a little older...
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Oct 22, 20181 min read
The New Name, Anonymous
My husband and I named my wife In the corner of a Wendy’s parking lot. Me, scrolling through baby names — Him, eating a cheeseburger....
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Sep 21, 20184 min read
Estelle Hafen's Story
When I was in 8th grade I knew I was going to kill myself. It felt inevitable really. I was miserable. My heart hurt so much. I felt like...
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Sep 12, 20188 min read
Lynnette's Story, by Kerry Spencer
When I see her in my head, as I saw her that first time, she is slightly back-lit, slightly bow-legged, with her slightly masculine round...
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Jul 19, 201815 min read
On Cleaving: Kerry Spencer's Story
Here is a secret: both my husband and I are gay. That this is still a secret to so many people has been less about shame—though, we’re...
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Jul 19, 20187 min read
Amanda Farr's Story
I can remember lurking in the corner of the BYU library, way back in the winter of 2004 reading some of the very first posts on Feminist...
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Jul 19, 20188 min read
Way in the Closet, Serving the Lord: Judith Mehr’s Story
I am a well known artist in the Mormon community and have received numerous commissions to paint portraits of LDS general authorities,...
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