God Needs Mothers of All Kinds

The daughter of a prophet’s wife, a young woman who recently adopted her first child, and a stepmother of teenagers—these are just three “kinds” of mothers highlighted in this week's "All In" episode. You may know many other types of mothers. There are those who are unable to have children of their own, single women, grandmothers, birth mothers who give someone else the opportunity of motherhood through adoption, and mothers who share their children with a stepparent. The world is full of women who are actively involved in mothering—for as Sheri Dew famously said, “Are we not all mothers?”

"Nobody's mother is everything, and we find mothers all over. People who mother us and teach us and nurture us in ways that maybe our mother couldn't. And so when I look at single parents or even people who have both parents, I think we have an opportunity to mother wherever we go. I think it's a responsibility women have, is to reach out and mother and be mothered by others." -Virginia Pearce

Show Notes

2:25- Put on Your Oxygen Mask First

4:47- Raised by the Hinckleys

10:36- Creating a Refuge

12:28- Nourish Yourself

13:22- A Mother of Adult Children

17:45- Mothering as a Widow

20:34- Supporting Your Children’s Interests

22:06- What Does It Mean to Virginia to be “All In” the gospel of Jesus Christ?

23:57- Miscarriage

28:00- Waiting in the Standby Line

33:30- Adoption

37:50- Learning about Love from Christ

39:25- A Birth Mother

40:37- What Does It Mean to Breaunna to be “All In” the gospel of Jesus Christ?

42:28- Expectations Vs. Reality

45:43- An Instant Love

47:35- Parenting Teenagers

50:03- The Magic of Family—Of All Kinds

52:04- Creating an Unlikely Friendship

58:11- What Does It Mean to KaRyn to be “All In” the gospel of Jesus Christ?

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