Hi I’m Pati. Why Ironrodwoman? Well my soul was “quickened” (awakened) by something that happened to my family that I wasn’t expecting and that I didn’t know how to deal with. My youngest daughter told us that she was a transgender and that rocked my world. I turned to the world for answers. That didn’t satisfy me. When I literally had no other option, I turned to the Lord. I am so sad to say that I it was my last resort. But it turned out to be the most beautiful journey that I have ever embarked on. Because of this the inspiration came to me very clearly to do Ironrodwoman. A story about the power of overcoming together with the Lord. The power of taking Him on our daily life travels. The feeling of transformation and becoming a new creature. The spiritual food that sustains us during our most difficult trials and just the second to second strength of holding to HIM like an iron rod. I want to share the happiness and peace it has brought me, especially with my family and friends. Together we can help each other overcome anything, holding on to each other’s hands, forming a human chain to His hand, His gospel, the iron rod.
For the last five years or so I have been fighting the urge to write about this. I talked to my wonderful daughters and we decided to do a blog to help each other with personal challenges. As we started to develop the idea, we wanted something more, we wanted a place to find ideas and help for all our day-to-day activities. I am a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and I need help. I want to be like the Lamanite mothers who raised the 2,000 stripling warriors. If we help each other we can do it! We welcome any suggestions, ideas, recipes, games, stories, etc. to make our journey easier. We want to fight this battle together, with the help of the Lord. And raise a great generation that will be prepared for the second coming of our Savior.