For these… I am feeling a bit guilty that I complained to MaryAlice about having to go outside in the pouring rain to pick this eggplant for our dinner. Now that the eggplant parmesan is cooking, I am enjoying the smell, and reveling in the joy of having grown our main course! Read more
There is much dispute as to if the current health care bill will allow for government funded abortion. Health care reform is needed. But health care is irrelevant if you are dead. Health care reform that ensures abortion as an “essential health benefit” is inherently unjust. As Juris Mater has pointed out to us before, the single most dangerous place to be as an American is in your mother’s womb. Thus far, amendments introduced to explicitly exclude abortion have been... Read more
I’m not sure I agree with all his arguments, but I thought this article in Christianity Today was an interesting piece about the problems of abstinence education and the trend of later marriages in Evangelical Christian circles (much of it can be applied to Catholics as well). Here’s a tidbit: Virginity pledges. Chastity balls. Courtship. Side hugs. Guarding your heart. Evangelical discourse on sex is more conservative than I’ve ever seen it. Parents and pastors and youth group leaders told... Read more
As I loaded the dishwasher yesterday after lunch, I realized something that only someone who loads and unloads the dishwasher quite often would realize: The side that holds our bowls looked empty compared to the side that holds our plates, when usually the opposite is true. This got me to thinking about why we use so few bowls on the weekends, and the answer is that rather than eating cereal or oatmeal for breakfast, we’re usually eating something much more... Read more
At the playground yesterday, while pushing my children in the swings, I noticed a pretty, young mother approach with three very young children and a fourth on the way. Yes! I could barely wait 5 seconds to strike up a conversation. Me: Beautiful children, they look like they’re about as close in age as mine are. Her: They’re very close in age, 14 months apart, 20 months apart, and my youngest and the new baby will be 13 months apart.... Read more
You may have caught this tidbit in yesterday’s news–a new toy available in Spain, “Bebe Gloton“, is a breastfeeding babydoll sparking controversy over whether or not toymakers have gone too far in replicating real life. Little girls wear a breastfeeding halter with flowers where nipples would normally be. When the doll’s mouth is brought close to the flowers, sensors initiate a sucking sound and motion for the baby’s lips. Wow. My initial reaction to seeing the doll yesterday was a... Read more
The great state of Texas hosted a wonderful reunion this weekend. Juris Mater, Kat and Bets all made the trek to our home for 3 amazing days. There have been many changes since our days as Princeton roommates, but we still love every minute we can spend together. Mr. Incredible proved to be just that…babysitting 7 children under 4 so we could have a ladies night out.The usher at church on sunday leaned over the pew in which we normally... Read more
I’ve seen this floating around on some other blogs. Since my romantic side is still under development, I figured answering these questions was a pretty low key way to let you all know a little bit about my relationship with Mr. Red 😉 Enjoy! 1. Where or how did you meet? 6th grade homeroom 2. How long after you met did you start dating? Late senior year of high school 3. How long did you date before you were engaged?... Read more
We are home from vacation and exhausted, but we had a wonderful time! All my prep last week paid off as we had a very stress-free departure last Saturday morning. We have enough children now that prepping for vacation is a ton of work, and in years past I grew resentful and stressed prior to our departure. This is the first year that I completely cleared my calendar the week leading up to vacation–and it paid huge dividends on Friday... Read more
I am due to give birth to our third child in just under three months and I find myself wondering whether I can do it. This isn’t the typical brand of motherly angst as the family prepares to undergo a drastic transformation. Instead, I just find that my “nesting” looks much different than that of most of the put-together mothers I know. I read countless blog accounts of pregnant ladies who love washing little clothes in Dreft and lovingly stenciling... Read more
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