Carmen Rasmusen Herbert
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Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: When my 8-year-old chose to fast
The law of the fast, including fasting one Sunday a month, has been a particularly difficult law to keep for my 8-year-old son. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: What running with my mom taught me about perseverance
Mostly, I think my purpose in running is to prove to my mama that I can do hard things, just like she taught me to. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: Lady Gaga explains 'Shallow' meaning and it's deeper than you think
Using our talents to bless others can agitate the stagnant water of sadness that Lady Gaga talked about, and open the floodgates to a stream of selfless service that brings more happiness and fulfillment than any amount of fame. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: Gillette vs. Egard Watches — who got the masculinity ad right?
If we really want to teach our young boys — and as a mother of four, this is my deepest, most earnest desire — to become good men, we have to treat them as if they already are. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: Don't be your 'selfie'
Your face does not need “tuning.” Let’s let the world see us as we are, untouched. Why not? Let’s stop trying to be beautiful. Let’s be brave. → Read More
The heartbreak of a mother being separated from her child is real
We all want the best for our children. The best is a loving home. A safe home. A free home. That is what these mothers want for their babies. I don’t fault them for wanting that, for sacrificing for that, for risking everything for that. → Read More
Finding rainbows in the storms of life
Flowers and trees remind me that even in the dormancies of life, stunning color is still a sure part of the future. It is a sure part of your future. → Read More
Can you say you love parenting? What an Instagram challenge helped me find out
This amazing little challenge has helped me to recognize that I have a choice in my attitude and behavior. I can choose to focus on the good. I can choose to respond with love, even in most difficult situations. I can choose to love parenting. → Read More
How Aly Raisman and I disagree on modesty
Choosing to cover up your most precious and sacred body is not an act of weakness, and showing off your skin is not an act of valiance. → Read More
Fergie's controversial national anthem and missteps at the Olympics — why bullying needs to stop
If we ever want to dispel this darkness that creeps ever thicker, we need to do more building and less bullying. → Read More
How our family movie night succeeded by failing
“Tell a trusted adult,” my son told me. I am that trusted adult, along with my husband, and if my boys are covering their eyes, I’m going to keep that trust by shutting the image down. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: Christmas may be over, but it's just a new beginning
The end of each year can be a wonderful and magical time, just like the birth of Christ, but it’s what comes next, throughout the year and during our lifetimes, that is really exciting. → Read More
How a twist on service helped turn my grumpiness into gratitude
The best way to get out of a grumpy mood. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: How a twist on service helped turn my grumpiness into gratitude
I love this time of year when we look for the good in our lives and turn to God in gratitude. Tonight, I’m grateful for my saint of a spouse as well as warm baths, good books and locked doors. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: Can the absence of mothers cause mental disorders in children?
If you are wondering whether you are enough, you are. Staying home for your season doesn’t mean you can never pursue interests again. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: 'Me too' — speaking out against sexual assault
To all the good men out there protecting, respecting and standing up for women, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, especially my husband, who has always set an example for my boys to follow. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: How using parenting TIPS kept me from pulling out my hair while reading with my preschooler
“Don’t think about how you’re going to do everything right now,” Uplift Families presenter Matt Townsend said. “Do one thing, and then you’ll see clearly what to do next.” → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: Service, whether with Light Up Puerto Rico or by wiping away tears, it is the same
I don’t know of any more beautiful feeling than knowing that God can trust you to be his angels on earth. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: 'You can't kill music' — how a song Alex Boye and I sang brought me hope after Vegas tragedy
I believe music can soften and strengthen, bring comfort and love, and uplift and carry those with heart-heavy burdens, all while allowing those to grieve and weep and work through what it is they need to work through. Music can change lives. → Read More
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: 'Rising' for the national anthem
To rise means “to move from a lower position to a higher one.” What if that could mean opening our eyes to the problems around us and seeking ways to collectively rise above oppression? → Read More