Hi, I'm Becca

Mother, art quilter, writer, e-learning curriculum designer. And I'm a Mormon.

About Me

With six kids, you'd think I'd be too busy to do anything else, but I've found that using my talents--and involving my children in them--is delightful and fun. Consequently, my life is full of art and music, writing and fun.

I'm an art quilter (something I learned from my grandmother), my husband a painter (something he learned from his father), and our walls are full of children's drawings (most posted on paper; some, unfortunately, drawn right on the walls).

I write novels for fun, often typing or editing my work with one hand while I'm rocking my baby. My children have also started writing novels for fun, and they are fantastic little editors, reading my work and give me feedback, correcting errors, and generally rejoicing in the creative process together.

My husband is a professional musician, so I often help him with his work. One time, I even figured out how to make edible kazoos to help him with his job! We've even taken the children on tour with him. (That's always an amazing adventure.)

We educate our 5 boys and 1 girl at home. I have created extensive, complete, free online curricula for each of them (and I'm learning how to create web pages so I can post these online for other people to use to educate their children online free, too).

Why I am a Mormon

I'm a Mormon because I have read the Book of Mormon and I know it's true. I also know that God knows and loves me, personally.

Cascading from that knowledge comes a myriad of blessings--answers to prayers, instruction from ancient and modern day prophets and apostles that point out the road to happiness in a confusing, conflicted world, peace even when things are hard or unhappy, a knowledge of Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior, having the Holy Ghost touch my soul, knowing my family can be together forever.

I'm a Mormon because the more I learn, and the more I study from the Bible and other scriptures, the more truth I find in this Church, the closer I feel to God, and the happier I am. I find security, hope, and direction here, and feel an incredible feeling of peace, joy, love, and understanding.

Being a Mormon helps me feel closer to God and makes it easier to cling to his love despite the storms of life. It feels like home.

Personal Stories

In what ways have your prayers been answered?

My husband lost his job in the economic troubles of 2009, and has been unable to get a job since then. Determined to keep our family alive, my husband has worked hard to find gigs as a musician until he can get a "real" job. With the economic woes, though, musicians' pay for gigs has dropped to less than half what it once was, and there are fewer jobs to go around.

There have been many many months when we had no money--not just a shortfall, but absolutely nothing, having even spent the change that we dug out of the couch--for paying the mortgage. One such time, just before Christmas, with nowhere to turn for help, we turned to God in prayer and begged for the ability to stay in our home since we had nowhere else to go.

Our prayer was answered when my husband remembered a job he'd done two years before that had been caught up in red tape and never released. My husband thought he'd just call and check in with the company that had hired him. It turned out that they had decided to release the project after all, but they needed some work done on it to change the format. Since he called, even though they'd paid him to do the project in the first place, they offered to pay him more--enough to cover the mortgage and the bills for that month--to update the music and videos and help them get the project ready for release.

That time and many times since then, our prayers have been answered when it looked like there was no possible way, and we've been able to stay in our house.

Why/How do you share the gospel with your friends?

When we live the way we know we're supposed to, we are sharing the gospel with our friends. They can see the fruits of the gospel--the happiness in our home, the joy in our children, the strength in our marriage, the peace we feel even in the face of trouble.

There is so much out there teaching us things that aren't right. By living the things that ARE right, we have a chance to show people what joy the gospel brings, and that gives us chances to talk about it, too.

How I live my faith

One of the most fulfilling things about being a Mormon is the opportunity to participate in a community of people who believe in God, value family, and feel strongly that being connected in real life is important. In a fascinating web of caring, I have two women assigned to help me and make sure I'm safe and my needs are met; in turn, I am assigned to do the same for three other women. We try to visit each other every month or two, checking in and just sharing time and being connected. It's a wonderful way to find you belong to a community--both to be served and to serve.

I also find that going to church every week, I have chances to meet new friends, reconnect with old friends, and generally feel like I belong somewhere, that someone cares, and that I have a chance to be an important part of a group of people. This is especially valuable to me since we live a hundreds of miles from family. Without the community of Mormons, we'd be very isolated and lonely. As it is, we are surrounded all the time by people to love.

What do Mormons believe about the Bible? Do they regard it as Holy Scripture and the word of God?

Becca answered...

I have spent the last year reading from the Bible, both Old and New Testament. I have found so much joy and so many answers to prayers in the Bible. It is a wonderful book of scripture! When I was reading Isaiah's prophecies of Christ, and Matthew's account of the Savior's life, I was filled with such awe and love for Jesus, I knew I was reading Holy Scripture. I have read all of the Bible--more than once--and I know the Bible is the world of God.
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Richard Gaffney answered...

As a convert I was concerned that the bible was replaced by the Book of Mormon. How far from the truth that concern was, as the Bible is the LDS primary teaching tool and the Book of Mormon is simply another testament of Jesus Christ and serves to verify the truths found in the Bible. Cerrtainly the Bible is Holy Scripture and the Word of God, as is the Book of Mormon. I have come to love the Book of Mormon and cross-reference the Bible and Book of Mormon finding the same truths in both volumes of scripture.

Do Mormons practice polygamy?

Katia Maria answered...

No. I am aware that there is a religious sect that does practice polygamy, however, our doctrine is definately about a one man and one woman relationship within marriage.