COVER ART “Mujeres” by Herikita
I am a painter that makes illustration commissions. I was born in Cali, Colombia which is a tropical city that appears in all my paintings. I love to paint about being a woman, a girl, and a mother. @herikitaconk
LETTER FROM EDITOR “The Spirit of Elijah” by Margaret Olsen Hemming
ESSAY “Family History: Made for You But Not for Me” by Ramona Morris
ESSAY “Tracing My Family History of Cancer” by Katie Rich
ESSAY “Cheering Squad” by Susan Christiansen
WOMEN’S WORK “A Historian at Work” – An Interview with Ardis E. Parshall by Rachel Rueckert
ESSAY “Interwoven” by Melissa-Malcolm King
SABBATH PASTORALS “Stories to Give Life” by Holly Andrus
ARTIST FEATURE “Family History in Art” – An Interview with Sara Lynne Lindsay
POETRY “Suffragettes at the Saltair” by Jamie Littlefield
ESSAY “(Il)literacy” by Kif Augustine
ESSAY “Family Constellations” by Heather Sundahl
ESSAY “Sister Wives” by Ashley Groesbeck
FLANNEL BOARD “Incorporating Ancestral Traditions Into Modern Spiritual Practices” by Preethi Harbuck
POETRY “Burning the Diary” by Anita Tanner
ESSAY “Bessie’s Time Capsule” by Rebecca Bateman
ESSAY “Hail Mary” by Michelle Magnusson
ESSAY “Choosing to Serve a Mission” by Kendra Bybee and Sareta Dobbs
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Margaret Olsen Hemming
Managing Editors Rachel Rueckert
Art Editor Page Turner
Layout Designer/ Editor Rosie Gochnour Serago
Exponent Generations Editor Emily Updegraff
Sabbath Pastorals Editor Fara Sneddon
Poetry Editor Abby Parcell
Fiction Editor Mette Harrison
Subscription Manager Kirsten Campbell
Proofreaders Susannah Bingham Buck, Cherie Pedersen, Karen Rosenbaum
Additional Staff Heather Sundahl, Carol Ann Litster Young, Sam Layco, Natalie Prado, Sherrie Gavin, Emily Gray, Pandora Brewer, Melodie Jackson, Mary Johnston
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
President Barbara Christiansen
Treasurer Susan Christiansen
Secretary Kirsten Campbell
Members Katrina Vinck Baker, Tirza Davis, Lindsay Denton, Margaret Olsen Hemming, Rachel Rueckert, Carrie Salisbury, Heather Sundahl
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SPECIAL THANKS
Rebecca Bateman, Pamela Beach, K Dawn, Tara Carpenter Estrada, Herikita, Sara Lynne Lindsay, Erica Nelson, Nicole Parish, Crystal Powell, Elizabeth Sundahl and Amber Lee Weiss
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