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Education? Marriage?

I have grown up as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I believe in it with all of my heart and soul. But sometimes I struggle.  I don't have a problem with necessarily people, I have an issue with culture. The culture that exists in Utah. Now don't get me wrong, I am an active member of my church. I attend my meetings and all the activities. I know and love many amazing people who live right here in this great state of Utah. But sometimes I think that we confuse doctrine with culture. And that breaks my heart. Let me give you an example. Young woman and higher education. From the time we are young we are taught that the most important calling we can have in life is to be a wife and a mother. Now don't get me wrong, I do believe that. I believe in the doctrine of the family.  But God helped me see that things are different than maybe I believed. Now going to college has never been something that I doubted. I always knew that I would go. But