For those of you out and about during the summer, Mormon pageants are a sight to behold. I saw the Hill Cumorah Pageant when I was a teen. One of my old acting buddies is now the choreographer for the show, and it is an amazing experience to watch. From California to New York, these shows are a must see, and are free to the public!
Pageant season continues with the Hill Cumorah, Nauvoo, and Oakland pageants in July and the Castle Valley and Clarkston pageants in August. For more information Go Here.
Paul and I have set a goal to be actors in the Hill Cumorah Pageant sometime in the next ten years!
Jenny Hatch
Category My LDS Faith
Deseret News: Mitt’s LDS roots run deep
“NANTES, France — Elder Romney didn’t even have time to put on his shoes.
The 19-year-old missionary was in his apartment when a woman burst in to say some Frenchmen were beating up one of his fellow Mormons down the street.
The barefoot Mitt Romney, who had been in France for just six months, joined his roommates in rushing into the snowy night.
They found a team of rugby players, drowning their sorrows after a lost match, hassling two female missionaries. The women had cried out “Allez-y!” which means “go on,” rather than “Allez-vous en,” meaning “go away.” The male missionary who leapt to their defense had been punched out. Romney ended up with a badly bruised jaw.
“There were about 20 guys, very large and very muscular, and we were a group of very young and very small American guys,” Romney would recall 40 years later. “If you get into a fight with Muhammad Ali, you don’t return the punch, you just put your arms up.”
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But his family’s history, like that of his church, is an ever-present part of his life: In the first-floor hallway of his home the portraits of five generations of Romneys hang in an unbroken line: Miles Archibald, Miles Park, Gaskell, George and Mitt.”
Jenny Hatch
FYI Mormon missionaries are still getting beat up, My nephew Michael had his nose broken and his shoulder dislocated last year by a couple of drunks in the Ukraine.
Healthy Families Make A Healthy World!
Unassisted Childbirth and Thieves Essential Oils Blend are the answer for plagues of any kind!
I have been taking a blogging break for the month of May, just too busy, but a headline announcing plague at the denver zoo caught my eye yesterday and I thought I would repost an entry I did in September about the Thieves Blend of Essential Oils. It is below:
Here are a couple of highlights from the past few weeks.
Paul and I were part of the Denver WestWord Article on Unassisted Childbirth last week. Here is the link.
Laura Shanley has a round up of the various Unassisted Childbirth Media Stories from the past few weeks on her blog. Go Here.
And Here are the Links to all of the Freebirth articles: (This outpouring of Media Interest in UC Birth has been extremely gratifying to those of us who have been promoting it for many years!)
The Independent 3-20-07 (UK) – Oh, baby!
Guardian 5-9-07 (UK) – Going it alone
Marie Claire 5-10-07 (UK) – The women having ‘extreme births’
Globe and Mail (Canada) – 5-15-07 – DIY delivery
Channel 2 News (Alaska) – 5-15-07 – Great Expectations This video clip contains the UC Birth of Twins at home alone, one was a footling breech.
Reuters – 5-22-07 (UK – London)- Freebirthers dismiss fear and bring babies home
The Age – 5-27-07(Australia) – No doctor, no midwife — women go it alone
Same family, different story from Australia – A ‘relaxed, beautiful’ entry for Carter
And here are the links to the various online versions of the many UC Birth articles that have been written in the past month: Bornfree web site.
And here is a quick overview of some headlines for parents, so many different voices and opinions. Mothers and Fathers really need to just follow their hearts and not listen to all of the fear mongering about babies.
The Global Baby Bust
Having large families is an “eco crime”
Children “bad” for planet
Vegans sentenced for starving their baby
Stay-at-home mother’s work worth $138,095 a year
California Midwife Under Fire
Navelgazing Midwife – Oh, The Homebirth Debate Blog – Insights into the psyche of the fraud named Amy Tuteur MD (Pseudonym for a couple PR guys from Eli Lilly out to destroy and shut down the debate around home birth with statistics!!!). Go Here
Marsden Wagner’s new book Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First – Go Here
Unassisted Childbirth forum at Mothering – Go Here
Here are a couple of links used in the various debates that I engaged in at Salon and the NHS Blog Doctors comment sections.
The website of the Pre and Peri Natal Psychologists – Go Here
Tips for ten month Mamas
A Declaration of the Rights of Childbearing Women
Monty Python Birth Sketch: And people wonder why we don’t want to have a hospital birth?
I have also participated in two online chats at blogs where Unassisted Childbirth was being discussed. Go Here and Here.
Here is a link to a synopsis of my comments at Salon: Go Here
And my Comments at the NHS Doctors Blog starts with this one: Go Here
I posted quite a few entries on that blog, so keep scrolling down for the rest of my comments.
I tend to let myself go when debating with medical people, they are just so full of themselves.
The chats are filled with lots of rage against those of us who birth alone, but I want to take the chance to testify right here on this entry, that I believe bubonic plague is very much tied to unassisted childbirth.
If the hospitals are overun with patients hacking and dying from plague and/or any other disease (certain forms of staph infection only exist in hospitals!), it is the last place in the world a healthy woman should be giving birth to a healthy child. Preparing for a quiet home birth is the best investment a healthy mom can make to insure the safe arrival of her child, despite what those individuals with MDs after their names have say about it. And they have plenty to say, I’ve been talking to some of them all week!
Speaking of prepration, I was asked to do the Food Basics booth at our Church Preparedness Fair last saturday! It was really fun and I was thrilled to be a part of it.
A little video:
My dear friend Esther baked twenty loaves of bread for the booth. All but one and a half loaves were chowed down by the people who attended. We teach a bread class for young moms to learn how to make this amazing bread which only costs 25 cents a loaf to make from scratch.
I also recorded this version of Be Still My Soul a few sundays ago:
Here is a link to the plague article at Reuters:
Plague in Denver
I’ll start blogging again when Allison and I get back from New York. Too busy right now with rehearsals for our Faure Requiem performance next week with Colorado Repertory Singers. Michelle is graduating and we have a boatload of activities to attend around her commencement from high school. She has decided to accept the scholarship from her Dads alma mater, so each moment we get to share with her until she leaves home is very precious. I’ll start blogging again when and if things slow down.
Jenny Hatch
Thieves blog entry:
With Cold and Flu season just around the corner, I am really excited about this new line of products from Young Living. I have been a Young Living Essential Oils Enthusiast for ten years, and have actively worked a business on and off (mostly off) for some years now. I absolutely love these new products. My favorites are the toothpaste, lozenges, and the oil blend.
Recently I started cleaning everything with the Thieves household soap – it does it all – toilets, hardwood floors, etc… Here is a run down of all of the products. A great place to start would be to order the Thieves Kit, which contains a variety of products from the Thieves line.
All are available on my Young Living Web Site
Thieves Kit – Code # 3173
How to use:
Thieves® Essential Oil Blend: For dietary, aromatic, or topical use. When using as a supplement, dilute one drop in 4 fl. oz. of liquid such as goat’s or rice milk. Diffuse for short periods of time (1/2 hour or less) in the work or home environment. Possible skin sensitivity. If pregnant or under a doctor’s care, consult your physician. Always dilute before applying to the skin or taking internally. Keep out of reach of children.
Thieves® Hard Lozenges: Dissolve one lozenge in mouth, as needed. Swallowing lozenges whole may cause choking. Keep out of reach of children and do not expose to excessive heat or direct sunlight.
Thieves® Spray: Spray on any surfaces that you feel need to be cleansed, such as kitchen and bathroom counters. Not for use on infants or on sensitive areas of the body.
Thieves® Bar Soap: Use as any regular bar soap. For external use only. Store in a cool, dry place. Keep out of direct sunlight and away from ultraviolet radiation sources.
Thieves® Dentarome Ultra Toothpaste: Brush teeth and gums thoroughly morning and night.
Thieves® Fresh Essence Plus Mouthwash: Rinse mouth with one tablespoon or capful of Fresh Essence Plus Mouthwash for 30 – 60 seconds or as needed.
The Thieves Products are also available individually for purchase:
Thieves Hard Lozenges – Code # 3282
Thieves® Hard Lozenges are a soothing, therapeutic blend of 7 natural essential oils and will refresh you mouth and breath. Lightly sweetened with stevioside and the low-gylcemic sugar maltitol, these lozenges deliver the power of Thieves®, the university-tested essential oil blend, along with the flavor of natural peppermint and lemon essential oils. For fresher breath and relief, try these lozenges.
Thieves Fresh Essence Mouthwash – Code # 3683
Thieves® Fresh Essence Plus Mouthwash contains a special formulation of essential oils that gives you incredibly fresh breath. The unique liposome technology (using soy-derived lecithin) binds the essential oils to the mucous membrane inside the mouth for longer-lasting effects on teeth and gums.
Thieves Essential Oil – Code # 3423
Thieves® was created based on research about four thieves in France who protected themselves with cloves, rosemary, and other aromatics while robbing plague victims. The proprietary Thieves® oil blend was university tested and found to be highly effective in supporting the immune system and good health.
Thieves® oil blend is an integral ingredient in Thieves® Household Cleaner, Thieves® Spray, Thieves® Wipes, Thieves® Lozenges, Thieves® Dentarome Plus and Thieves® Dentarome Ultra toothpastes, and Thieves® Fresh Essence Plus Mouthwash.
Thieves Cleansing Soap – Code # 3679
Thieves® Cleansing Soap is fragrant with the rich aroma of naturally antiseptic Thieves® essential oil blend. Moisturizing plant oils and botanical extracts help promote healthy, smooth skin. A natural soap for sensitive skin. How to use: Use as any regular bar soap. For external use only. Store in a cool, dry place. Keep out of direct sunlight and away from ultraviolet radiation sources.
Ingredients: Saponified Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, and Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil; Vegetable Glycerin; Syzygium Aromaticum Flower Bud Oil; Lycium Barbarum Seed Oil, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Meal, Simmondsia shinensis (jojoba) Seed Oil, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cinnamomum Verum Bark Oil, Eucalyptus Radiata Leaf Oil, Rosemarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract. 100% pure therapeutic-grade essential oil Organically grown in accordance with the California Organic Foods Act of 1990.
Thieves Spray – Code # 3265
The Thieves® Spray is ideal for use on door handles, toilet seats, and any surface that needs cleaning. The small one ounce bottle is also the perfect size for any kind of traveling. How to use: Spray on any surfaces that you feel need to be cleansed, such as kitchen and bathroom counters. Not for use on infants or on sensitive areas of the body.
Ingredients: Pure grain alcohol, deionized water, Thieves® essential oil blend, fractionated coconut oil and soy lecithin. 100% pure therapeutic-grade essential oil.
Thieves Wipes – Code # 3756
Tired of using dirty sponges you have used a hundred times, only to spread the dirt around on the surfaces in your home? Try our Thieves® Wipes! They are ideal for use on door handles, toilet seats, and any surface that needs cleaning. Simply use and throw away. How to use: Wipe on any surfaces that you feel need to be cleansed, such as kitchen and bathroom counters. Not for use on infants or on sensitive areas of the body.
Ingredients: Pure grain alcohol, deionized water, Thieves® essential oil blend, fractionated coconut oil and soy lecithin. 100% pure therapeutic-grade essential oil.
Dentarome Plus Toothpaste! Code # 3738
Thieves® Dentarome Plus Toothpaste contains well-proven ingredients-thymol and eucalyptol-found in clove and thyme essential oils, along with gentle, odor-absorbing baking soda. Also contains the powerful oil blend of Thieves®, which was the subject of research published in the Jornal of Essential Oil Research. Dentarom Plus is usually preferred by adults. How to use: Brush teeth and gums thoroughly morning and night.
Ingredients: Baking soda, deionized water, vegetable glycerine, xanthan gum, ionic trace minerals, thymol, eugenol, steviocide (Stevia rebaudiana), the essential oils of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), peppermint (Mentha piperita), and the blend of Thieves [clove (Syzygium aromaticum), lemon (Citrus limon), cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus radiata), and rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)]. 100% pure therapeutic-grade essential oil.
Dentarome Ultra Toothpaste – Code # 3744
New Thieves® Dentarome Ultra Toothpaste is an advanced formula of all-natural ingredients that gently clean your teeth and freshen your breath while harnessing the powerful action of pure, therapeutic-grade Thieves® essential oil for fresh breath. How to use: Brush teeth and gums thoroughly morning and night.
Ingredients: Calcium carbonate, essential oil concentrate containing peppermint essential oil, Thieves® essential oil blend (a powerful blend of clove, cinammon bark, lemon, Eucalyptus radiata, and rosemary, zinc oxide, deionized water with papain, xylitol, vegetable glycerine, essential oil base (thymol from Thymus vulgaris), Eucalyptus globulus, and methyl salycilate from wintergreen, xanthum gum, zinc citrate, and stevioside. 100% pure therapeutic-grade essential oil.
All You Ever Wanted To Know About THIEVES HOUSEHOLD CLEANER
Ordering Information: All are available on my Young Living Web Site
Thieves Household Cleaner – Code 3743, 14.4 oz.
Wholesale/Distributor: $21.50
Preferred Customer/Autoship: $24.89
Retail Customer: $28.29
Dilution Proportions for Thieves Cleaner – NOTE: one capful cleaner = ½ tablespoon
Light degreasing (1:60)
1 capful cleaner : 3.75 cups water
1 bottle makes 30 quarts of light degreaser (.32/quart)
Med. degreasing (1:30)
1 capful cleaner : a little less than 2 cups water
1 bottle makes 15 quarts of medium degreaser (.64/quart)
Heavy degreasing (1:15)
1 capful cleaner : a little less than 1 cup water
1 bottle makes 71/2 quarts of heaver degreaser (1.27/quart)
Pots & Pans (1:100) ½ capful cleaner : 3+ cups water
1 bottles makes 50 quarts of dishwashing liquid (.19/quart)
Hand Cleaner (1:1) ½ cup cleaner : ½ cup water
1 bottle makes 1 quart of hand cleaner ($19/quart)
Floors ( 1:100) 1 capful cleaner : 6.25 cups water
1 bottle makes 50 quarts of floor cleaner (.19/quart)
Walls ( 1:30) 1 capful cleaner: a little less than 2 cups water
Fabrics, Carpet spotting, etc. (1:40)
1 capful cleaner : 2 cups water
Carpet (1:100) 1 capful cleaner : 6.25 cups water
Glass ( 1:320) -1 capful cleaner: 5 quarts water
All are available on my Young Living Web Site
Jenny Hatch
Healthy Families Make A Healthy World!
Frontline: The Mormons
The Mormons
Press Reaction – Go here
My reaction:
I think the overall production, The Mormons, was excellent. I believe the director did a great job handling the various difficult topics around Poligamy and The Mountain Meadow Massacre.
My favorite parts of the documentary were found here: The Family and the Essence of Religion.
Act 4 – The Family – Go Here
Act 5 – Those who can and can’t conform – Go Here
I loved this section of the presentation. While some gross generalizations about our mormon culture were spewed by some ex-mormon voices, I can wholeheartedly agree with the various issues outlined by critics in terms of Mormon Mother guilt and depression. The bar is so high in some wards and stakes that the pressure to be the ultimate mother can be very stressful. I believe this perfectionism contributed to my nervous breakdown after the birth of our first baby. And the breakdowns of various women I have known. The pressure to serve and do and be anxiously engaged, especially when pregnant and nursing is over the top in some wards.
I am so grateful for my mother. She was so clear about this issue. With her babies she would get released from all of her callings when she was three months pregnant and then stay home and focus on family until her baby was six months old. This example was so powerful for me when I would come up against the wall of social pressure to serve and do and be busy during pregnancy.
It all came to a head for me when I was expecting my fourth baby and was called to be the primary president. I was tandem nursing Jeff and Allison and was pregnant with Andrew, and the bishop wanted me to serve as a president to a 95 kid primary. Plus serve as a visiting teacher and take care of my family.
When I was six months pregnant I just bowed out and asked to be released from the presidency and all of my duties in the church. I felt tremendous guilt at the time, but it did not diminish my desire to put my all into my family. I have met mormon women who have decided to bottlefeed with baby formula rather than breastfeed, simply so they have more time and energy to serve at church. I believe this is a rather misguided placement of energies and efforts.
Now that I am older and more settled with my mother heart, if we welcome any more children into our home I will simply get released from all callings as soon as pregnancy is confirmed and stay away from church service and work for at least a year, if not more, while I take care of things on the home front.
At various times I have had four, five, six major callings at the same time. And again, in my old age, I have determined not to do more than three at a time. Right now today I serve as the sacrament meeting chorister, the welfare specialist, and a visiting teacher. And it is about all I am willing to do. The leaders of the church have been more vocal about Bishops not overwhelming families with church service, but as far as I can tell the status quo of mothers being required to do and be and serve is still very much a part of our culture, and I would like to see things relax somewhat, especially for the young moms with lots of toddlers.
As we watched this section together as a family, we were surprised and thrilled to see our dear friends, the Tilleman-Dicks profiled in this segment. We spent three years associating with this wonderful family in our Liahona Home Educators Denver Support group during the years that we home schooled.
Annette is a wonderful friend, and an amazing mother. When she found out I was expecting Benjamin she said to our group, “I’m jealous”. This from a mother who had experienced eighteen pregnancies and had eleven live children. Annette was so passionate about home school that when I explained to her that I was overwhelmed with caring for a new born and that we had decided to enroll our older children in a charter school in 2003, she grasped my arm and exclaimed, “Jenny, your children would be better off running wild for two year while you locked yourself in your bedroom than to send them to school.” I appreciated her insights, but still felt passionate that our children were not being served by homeschool while I was nurturing Ben.
Annettes children were some of the most spiritual I have ever met, and it was pure joy to hang out with them for three years of fellowship in our group.
One other segment that I loved was this final one:
The Essence of A Religion – Go Here
Overall I believe the presentation was excellent. And I am grateful to the director for the time and focus she put into this documentary. I also loved the music and artwork that made the visuals so pleasing to watch.
Jenny Hatch
Healthy Families Make A Healthy World!
Meridian Magazine: Toward a Joyful Marriage
Toward a Joyful Marriage:
“And again, verily I say unto you, that whoso forbiddeth to marry is not ordained of God, for marriage is ordained of God unto man” (D&C 49:15).
The Lord is very clear in His attitude about marriage. Marriage is designed and endorsed by Him. Marriage is ordained of God.
Ordained. To ordain means to authorize or order by virtue of superior authority. To ordain is stronger than approving of. It is closer to commanding. So marriage is ordained, endorsed, or commanded by God unto man. [i]
But what is God’s purpose for marriage? Did God design marriage as a refuge — a safe haven —from a troubled world? Or did He design marriage as a laboratory where each of us could conduct daily experiments in gospel living? Or did he design marriage as a spiritual challenge course to humble us, stretch us, and refine us.”
Jenny Hatch
