Deseret News family policy reporter talks about her youth and what she learned about 'seeing' from blind parents

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🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

During rare times when circumstances shift, including the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals have an opportunity “to look into our soul and see if we like what we see there.” Life for Deseret News reporter Lois Collins was a constant invitation to see things differently. Raised by blind parents, Collins had the opportunity to learn how to “see” in every sense of the word. Of her mother, Collins once wrote, “She taught me not to worry about the things you can't change, but never to walk away from those you can.” Now, after some four decades as a journalist writing about families and family policy, she joins the Church News podcast to talk about her parents, Frank and Mary Collins, and help listeners look inside themselves — and others — and see if they like what they find there.

The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

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0:00.0	I didn't think anything of the fact that my parents were blind.
0:11.3	There were so many people who thought that my parents couldn't do this or couldn't do that,
0:16.9	who missed seeing what my parents could do.
0:20.3	And I think we just need to spend a little bit more time believing that people can do
0:24.2	wonderful things and that people are wonderful.
0:26.7	And most of my career has been spent writing about families that people might not see as real
0:33.9	or relate to.
0:35.1	And I have spent a lot of my career
0:37.5	showing that people are not that different.
0:40.4	That crisis can happen to anyone
0:42.2	and that people can be helped
0:43.5	and that we can love each other
0:44.8	and take care of each other
0:46.7	and reach out to each other.
0:48.8	But it's a matter of giving voice
0:50.5	to people who don't always have a voice.
0:58.9	Thank you. voice to people who don't always have a voice. I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news.
1:01.8	Welcome to the church news podcast.
1:03.9	We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church
1:08.4	of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1:15.7	Thank you. news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As the COVID-19 pandemic began to accelerate across the earth,
1:20.0	Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke of this rare time of enforced solitude
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