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

<p>During rare times when circumstances shift, including the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals have an opportunity “<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/shelter-in-place-spiritually-and-physically-elder-holland-says-as-isolation-orders-continue-around-the-world?lang=eng">to look into our soul and see if we like what we see there.</a>” Life for<a href="https://www.deseret.com/authors/lois-m-collins"> Deseret News reporter Lois Collins</a> was a constant invitation to see things differently. <a href="https://www.deseret.com/1997/5/11/19311614/no-mother-s-day-will-ever-mean-more-to">Raised by blind parents</a>, Collins had the opportunity to <a href="https://www.deseret.com/2017/8/17/20617902/is-the-right-of-way-the-right-to-die-what-you-think-you-know-about-crossing-the-street-might-kill-yo">learn how to “see” in every sense of the word</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.deseret.com/2017/5/8/20608902/two-utah-women-offer-two-different-road-maps-to-growing-old-in-an-aging-america">help listeners</a> look inside themselves — and others — and see if they like what they find there. </p> <p><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/podcast">The Church News Podcast</a> is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> across the globe. Host <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/author/sarahdeseretnews-com">Sarah Jane Weaver</a>, reporter and editor for <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/">The Church News</a> 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<a href="https://kellieannhalvo.com/"> KellieAnn Halvorsen</a>.</p>