These Mountains We Climb

Loss. Faith. Triumph.

How it began

In 2012 I began a blog called lemmonythings.com and watched it go viral over the course of a few years, gaining millions of views and inspiring conversation about faith, trials, family, and the things in life that we all go through that binds us together. I was published in Deseret News, the Huffington Post, LDS Living, and various other publications, earning me “Mormon Blogger of the Month”, “WordPress Blogger of the Month” and followers from every walk of life who took the blogs within Lemmony Things and incorporated the words into church talks, other blogs, articles, and youth lessons.

But life changed.

While blogging on Lemmony Things, I was married within the LDS church, living in Idaho, and playing the role of the perfect Mormon. It wasn’t until after a divorce, a crisis of faith, a move across state and a complete change of life and heart that I decided to put Lemmony Things away and start fresh. So I started These Mountains We Climb–stepping forward in faith and deciding that authenticity and living according to one’s conscience is truly the only way to live.

Welcome to my blog, friends. I don’t care what you believe, what you’ve done or where you’re headed. I just know that you’re a child of God–and that’s enough for you to belong.

me and my boys

If you don’t care about Ukraine–you are distracted.

March 1, 2022

It’s hard to get to church every Sunday these days. My soul has been heavy lately–and that makes it harder. Between work, toddlers, toddlers (did I say toddlers?) and crazy schedules, it can take every last ounce of energy. But last Sunday we committed to making the last service of the day–and we sat in … More If you don’t care about Ukraine–you are distracted.

This isn’t a ‘progressive’ time: It’s a wicked one.

April 1, 2021

I lay here and watch my two-year-old sleep with his hand still clenched around a half-bottle of milk. Trucks and dinosaurs and stop signs from his rotating night light dance across the ceiling and his comforter and his face. Each time the big T-Rex rotates over him it highlights those long lashes and those little … More This isn’t a ‘progressive’ time: It’s a wicked one.

In the eye of the storm He remains in control.