It’s a wild feeling, being pregnant. I was recently talking to a friend about pregnancy when she explained that she’d heard it described as something that happens to you, not necessarily by you. I took a moment to soak that in. Trust me, I certainly feel things happening to me. Each day brings a new wave of emotions, changes, and discoveries about my own body and the body I am growing. Take last night, for example:

I believe we are connected to the people who came before us for a reason. But there’s often the question how do I even find these stories?

Years later, Sarah said “Yes, I crossed the plains with a handcart once but I am thankful that I never had to again. I couldn’t do it."

When I was 14 years old and in the eighth grade, my dad took a new job that required us to move about 45 minutes north of where I grew...

For ages, people have been documenting personal history. Hieroglyphs, murals, paintings, photographs, videos…it’s all part of an...