They cut desire into short lengths And fed it to the hungry fires of courage. Long after, when the flames died, Molten gold gleamed in the ashes; They gathered it into bruised palms And handed it to their children And their children’s children.1 “This is what the Lord has been preparing you for,” said the [...]
Gold to Give
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Uppity Mormon Woman Forgets Her Place
by Heidi Wessman Kneale
I HAVE A REALLY NICE CORSET, which I wore in a Relief Society historical play. Several of the women, including my Relief Society president, had never seen me in a corset before. When one of them (an older woman who remembered corsetry as an oppressive article of underclothing) asked me why I owned a corset, [...]
Elizabeth’s Quilt
by Julie Donaldson
THE STALE, LATE-AFTERNOON AIR hung heavily in the small chapel as the bishop stood at the pulpit reading the usual announcements. The stifling heat, close quarters, and crying babies bred inattention among the congregation—until the bishop suddenly paused and became more serious than usual. “Elizabeth,” he began, “went into premature labor last week.” Only then did [...]
Charity Overturned
by Holly M.
THE PHONE RANG —too early—something was wrong. It was our branch president. He must be mistaken, I thought, as I pulled on my jacket. I left my son eating breakfast with my husband, descended seventeen floors in an elevator, walked quickly through the lobby without waving at the guards, and took my first breath of cold, [...]
On Being Bald
by Angela W. Schultz
Introducing Segullah, Part III THE SOUND OF THE TELEPHONE awakened me from a sound sleep. My husband leaned over the nightstand to answer. Suddenly on edge, I mentally sorted the possible reasons for a phone call so early in the morning. Had there been an injury or an illness in the family? An emergency at Don’s [...]