The Founder Series is a column by and about Utah founders and how they got to where they are today. Click here to read past articles in the series. M om’s Stuff was born entirely out of necessity. It was created to provide protection and healing for my family’s skin. In the early 1990s, my husband took our first trip down the Colorado River. My hands suffered because of the harsh environment we were in, as I pulled on ropes and tried to lash rigging down.