Ardeth G. Kapp

I mention this because I know many couples struggle with the sorrow of childlessness. Some couples I’ve known even consider divorce, each one thinking the other is responsible.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > February 1989

Ardeth G. Kapp

I mention this because I know many couples struggle with the sorrow of childlessness. Some couples I’ve known even consider divorce, each one thinking the other is responsible.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > August 1989

Tamara A. Ilich

But trying to change myself didn’t change my childless state. I prayed for myself, but now my prayer did not concern my childlessness.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > August 2000

Summer Thorp

Here are some suggestions these couples have offered. Respect Others’ Privacy People may be curious about a couple’s plans to have children after they marry.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 2007

Craig T. Evers

We got the impression that the calling of parenthood was not going to be for us. “Why don’t you just adopt?” or some variation of that question—complete with a “success” story—usually follows our announcement that we are childless.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > February 1989

Stacy Muramoto Harline

Stacy Muramoto Harline Ensign August 2005 When my husband, Glen, and I had been married for only six months, my doctor told us it was very unlikely that I could ever have a baby. Glen accepted what the doctor said and severed all hopes of ever having

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > August 2005

Alan D. Harrison

Alan D. Harrison Ensign June 2003 As newlyweds, my wife, Merrilie, and I were ready to build on the covenants we’d made in the temple as well as heeding our patriarchal blessings that encouraged us to begin a family. But over the following eight

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > June 2003

Neal A. Maxwell

There are those who are unmarried, through no fault of their own, or yearning but childless couples.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 2000

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Russell M. Nelson

Russell M. Nelson Ensign November 1990 Not long ago a beautiful young mother asked me for guidance with a very difficult decision she was facing. It pertained to an important surgical operation that was being considered. Consequences of her choice

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 1990

Ensign July 1991 91907_000_043Priesthood Fireside Focuses on ServiceEnsignJuly 199176–77Priesthood Fireside Focuses on Service The theme of the May 5 fireside commemorating the restoration of the priesthood was service—more spirituality in

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > July 1991

Ensign September 1989 Help for Childless Couples Thank you for the recent articles on childlessness and miscarriage.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > September 1989

Marcella Huber Gallacher

Childless, I wanted to run away as the boys from the teachers quorum handed flowers to each of the mothers in our ward. Single adults, childless couples, widows, and lonely children are only a few of those who may feel this yearning to be completely accepted.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > June 1992

There are those married couples that are faced with the challenge of not being able bear their own children. Judging childless couples unfairly can result in stereotypes, isolation, and greater feelings of guilt.

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There are those married couples that are faced with the challenge of not being able bear their own children. Judging childless couples unfairly can result in stereotypes, isolation, and greater feelings of guilt.

http://www.providentliving.org

There are those married couples that are faced with the challenge of not being able bear their own children. Judging childless couples unfairly can result in stereotypes, isolation, and greater feelings of guilt.

http://www.providentliving.org

Ensign August 1980 Fred Macy 03125_000_041Volcano’s Eruption Finds Members CopingEnsignAug. 198071–72Volcano’s Eruption Finds Members Coping By Fred MacyPublic Communications Coordinator, Portland Oregon Region Interviews with three stake

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > August 1980

Ensign June 1980 Childless Couple Thank you for printing the article by Larry Cragun, “Please, Father, Bless Us with Children” (Mar. 1980). It is impossible to put into words the pain and hurt, the anxiety, and the feeling of total helplessness my husband and I have gone through as a childless couple.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > June 1980

Spencer W. Kimball

These parents met every situation with calm dignity and poise. “In these days of limited families, or childless ones, when homes often have only one or two selfish and often pampered children, homes of luxury with servants, broken homes where life moves outside the home, it was most refreshing to sit with a large family where interdependence and love and harmony were visible and where child...

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > December 1971

Robert E. Wells

In time she married a childless widower, and they had one son together. Solidarity and love between couples help generate solidarity and love among siblings.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > June 1999