In my sadness that my beloved Colts lost (we’ll get ’em next year!), plus the sinus headache I’ve been nursing since yesterday afternoon, I forgot to thank the “National Organization for Less and Less Women All the Time” for alerting us all to the elevated threat level that would be achieved last night when Focus on the Family ran this “offensive” and “controversial” ad: Whew, thanks for the heads-up NOW! Don’t you just find it “offensive” and “disgusting” when women... Read more
** 1 ** Would you look at that, it’s snowing…again. If I wasn’t so excited about the COLTS impending SuperBowl win, I might be depressed. Why is it that when it snows before Christmas it’s so magical, and when it snows after Christmas its so…pestilential? ** 2 ** I am going to be 26 in two weeks (18th). Last night Atticus and I were in the car, driving home from the grocery store. I was thinking about my birthday coming... Read more
Ladies, I have got to tell you that I am ready for winter to be over. I know the groundhog saw his shadow and we’re in for six more weeks, but I have got to say that I am pretty much over it. February has exactly 3 good things: Super Bowl (go Colts!), Valentine’s Day, my birthday. Whoever said “April is the cruelest month” must have lived in Florida in February. The winter blahs inspired me to go to etsy... Read more
I found this article from The Washington Post, via Facebook, and I felt that it was well-worth sharing. Pro-abortion groups like NOW and NARAL are still calling for CBS to pull the ad, though they have made it clear that they will run it. After all 1.5 million dollars is 1.5 million dollars to CBS, whether its coming from James Dobson or Cecile Richards. This article is from a writer who is pro-choice, and that is why she supports the... Read more
I’m blogging today over at Ladies Who Blog Book Club, on chapter 2 of “Feminism is Not the Story of my Life” by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, on femininity and feminism. I read all of chapter 2, waiting for her to get to the really good stuff. Then I realized that the chapter was over. Oops. My initial reaction, which I wrote in the margins at the end said, “This chapter is dated, re: lipstick feminism”. The point has been made by... Read more
This Sunday night I wanted to share one of my all-time favorite poems with you. I hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend. When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut; when death comes like the measle-pox when death comes like an iceberg between the shoulder blades, I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering: what is... Read more
** 1 ** Atticus and I put an offer on a house! It’s a lovely house; has two bedrooms downstairs, and the whole third floor is the master bedroom, with a private bath, and more than enough room for a baby area in the bedroom (or a sitting area before we have a baby). It was built in 1936, and it has an old school black and white checkered kitchen floor, as well as a charming little breakfast nook. it’s... Read more
I do not know if anyone else has this experience; when I heard certain love songs, I immediately associate them with Jesus. Some of them are Christian songs, most are not. But they all have to do with Love – they are songs that speak about unconditional love, and although they are written with an earthly beloved in mind, I can’t help but hear the words of these songs and think of my Divine Lover, one who created and completes... Read more
I originally posted this in September of 2009. I am re-posting this as part of Dawn’s 101 Wednesday carnival! 101 Wednesday is where you have a chance to post something basic about our Catholic faith, life, teachings. Head over to No Heavy Lifting to participate! On Why I Go to Adoration I belong to a group called Spirit and Truth here in Indy; the group was actually started, as far as I can tell, by St. Stanislaus Kostka parish in... Read more
The second question on my personal narrative portion of the MSW application asks the following question: “Social work is committed to social justice. What is social justice?…” Ha! Imagine my surprise when they asked me to summarize what I just spent two years learning about, “What is social justice?”, in a page or less. Should I laugh or cry? Social justice is a very broad term. Though many try to, I do not think it can be properly understood or... Read more
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