Stephanie Nielson
| Stephanie Aurora Clark Nielson | |
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| Born | Stephanie Aurora Clark June 27, 1981 |
| Pen name | NieNie |
| Occupation | Mother, Housemaker |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable awards | Blogluxe Most Inspiring Blog 2009 |
| Spouse | Christian Nielson |
| Children | Claire, Jane, Oliver, Nicholas, and Charlotte |
| Relatives | C. Jane Kendrick |
| Website | |
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Stephanie Nielson is a Mormon mommy blogger, burn survivor, and author of the blog "The NieNie Dialogues". She is also the younger sister of another popular blogger, C. Jane Kendrick.
In 2008, Nielson was in a serious plane crash with her husband Christian and burned over 80% of her body. She was in a coma for three months and then underwent multiple surgeries, skin grafts, and physical therapy in a painful, ongoing treatment regimen. Her recovery process led to a large increase in publicity including interviews with Oprah Winfrey,TODAY, and a popular YouTube "Mormon Message" video for the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
A year after her accident, she hiked the "Y", a rocky path near her parents' house, with her family and dozens of fans to demonstrate how far she had come.
Nielson is known for her positive approach to life, especially motherhood, influenced in part by her strong religious convictions. Her fans credit her with inspiring them to become better mothers and for "portraying motherhood as a celebration, not a grind" as well as "...'the highest calling on earth: a job full of color and vibrancy and of the utmost importance.'"
As with many other Mormon mommy bloggers, Nielson has attracted attention for her large base of readers who are either not Mormon, not mothers, or both. A recent Salon article entitled "Why I Can't Stop Reading Mormon Housewife Blogs", by Emily Matchar, a self-described "young, feminist atheist who can't bake a cupcake" but is "addicted" to several Mormon housewife blogs, including Nielson's, examined this interesting phenomena.
In response, MMB (Mormon Mommy Blogs) argued that although the article was right that these blogs provided something missing in other people's lives, this missing piece was spiritual.
This interpretation would likely be close to Nielson's own, as she noted on a Mormon radio interview, among other places that she felt her readers were reaching the spirit of God through her writings. Blogging is highly popular (and officially encouraged) among Mormons as a way extending the Mormon community and of spreading the divine word, and the resulting community of Mormon blogs has come to be known as the Bloggernacle.
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