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Podcast: Mormon Stories Podcast
Episode: 1685: Unraveling the Progressive Mormon Dream - Larissa & Jeff Kindred Pt. 2
Description: In this Part 2 of 3, we return to Jeff & Larissa's story. Now married, Larissa gives up her University Studies to help Jeff through Med school. They share their struggles with infertility, the adoption process, and adopting black children as orthodox Mormons. Â Larissa faces difficulties in early motherhood and building resentment as they settle into traditional LDS gender roles. Larissa feels she is losing herself wrapped up in her husband's life, while at the same time trying to silence that part of her that is unhappy, seeing it as "wrong." Â Larissa is called as a RS President, even as she becomes more vo...