Sharing my experiences so far in plural marriage We’ve decided to share our experiences over the past year of living in our plural marriage. I’ve experienced more over the past year and learned more than I can ever hope to share, especially in this short post. I’m writing this post after midnight though and that seems to be a common theme in the life of a man in a plural marriage. It’s hard sometimes to find quiet moments for introspection and reflection. One of my biggest struggles so far has been finding time for myself. I knew that my life would be more busy and I have always been
Thanksgiving is a wonderful opportunity for us every year to count our blessings and reflect on the role that gratitude, selflessness, and love should play in our lives. In honor of this holiday, we’ve decided for our weekly blog post that we, as a family, will share some of the things that we are most grateful for. Colton is thankful for his wives Colton is thankful for his two wives, who are beautiful not only in outward appearance, but also in their characters and the values they have and express. He acknowledges that he is a less than perfect man, but with them standing beside him, it certainly helps
As I look back on everything that has happened over the last year It’s crazy to compare where we were when we started, to where we are now. In doing that comparison, I can see how blessed we are, and how strong we are in choosing to live this way. As well as how far we have come in adapting to this lifestyle, and finding our own groove in it. When we got married, we had no idea what we were doing, or how things should look or be, in a plural situation. I thought that I’d have a better idea, having grown up around plural marriage…but then I
When I think back on my first year in a plural marriage there is so much I could talk about- probably way more than anyone is interested in reading in one sitting! It took me a long time to decide on what I thought most people would be interested in reading about. I tried narrowing it down to a few topics, or maybe just a few experiences that provided growth. How do you condense a year’s worth of experiences into a few paragraphs and still have it be interesting to those reading? So I decided to try and do a little of all of it, realizing that there will
I’ve always loved religious music. From many different beliefs, it tends to uplift and focus our thoughts upwards, on our “higher” selves and that in turn helps us to focus our goodwill outwards to those around us. The music of Mormonism is, naturally, the religious music that speaks the most to my heart, since it’s the music of my background, my heritage, and my faith. In recognition of the fact that sacred, worshipful music plays such a large and beautiful role in our lives and that we are surrounded by so much of God’s natural handiwork in this choice land that we live in, we’ve decided that on the
I’ll start this with a brief summary of part one and then pick up where I left off last week. To summarize: I was born and raised as faithfully as any youth is in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I was exposed to very negative views of plural marriage as a child and discovered later that there was also a happy and blessed side to it. It wasn’t always just a trial and a hardship. I began to struggle with my testimony in relation to the LDS Church and the original teachings of the “New and Everlasting Covenant.” A few years after this, I began