These videos tell the story of one young family’s fight with cancer. Mom of the family had cancer, and she was pregnant when she was diagnosed, but the entire family fought the disease, which is how it has to be. Nobody fights cancer alone. God bless husbands and wives who go through this journey with their spouses. They are doing eternity work. Read more
This post for Catholic Vote was the first post I wrote after being away so long. I felt like someone trying to ride a bicycle for the first time in years; all wobbles and uncertainty. So, I went with something I believe to my core and have written about many times before: Many Christians on both sides of the political spectrum have made a false god of their political parties. They trim their faith to fit their politics. I knew... Read more
I’m back. Sort of. As I explain in this post I wrote for the National Catholic Register, I feel like a shipwreck victim who has washed up on a strange shore. I’ve been so completely immersed in that nether world of cancer treatment and fighting for my life that this normal world seems odd to me. The values of this world are backwards to me now, more so than they already were backward to me as a practicing Christian. The... Read more
I stopped off at Catholic Vote this morning to write a post adding to another post by my friend Kate O’Hare. Kate took on the questions circling cancer and euthanasia. Cancer is one of those dread diseases that euthanasia salesmen use to convince people that the compassionate thing to do for people is to kill them. Then, they buttress this cold-blooded thought salad of an argument with claims that people are begging for the opportunity to be killed. Uh-huh. These... Read more
I want to thank each of you who has written to me with your kind words and excellent advice. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers. Please continue praying. I need it. Have a blessed and Holy Christmas this year. Remember always that you are God’s precious child. I wrote a post about cancer and Christmas and my house for the National Catholic Register. I was thinking of each of you when I wrote it. Here’s... Read more
This is another article I wrote for the Register. This one is about my surgery for breast cancer. I am having surgery today, beginning at 8 CST. It will run until about noon. I would appreciate your prayers, my friends. Rebecca BY REBECCA HAMILTON (Credit: Andrey Mironov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) I don’t believe that anyone ever asked me what I would do if I got a bad breast biopsy result. But if they had, I’m pretty sure... Read more
I wrote this post about family and thankfulness for the National Catholic Register. Here’s part of what I said: God’s blessings are circled with thorns, dressed with responsibility and laden with tenderness. God’s blessings are always blessings of love. St. Paul told us that “faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” Everything else — our achievements, our missions for the Church, and our many toys — will drop away from us and be left behind. Nothing abides... Read more
My uncle died last Sunday. I’m going to Dallas early next week for my appointment about the mass in my breast. All these things, plus a number I haven’t written about, have struck me mostly mute of late. I apologize to all of you for being MIA so much of the time. I have quite a lot to say about the things happening in the world, and I’ll try to get back to writing speed as soon as I can.... Read more
Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned of a “third world war against humanity.” He described ISIS as “savage outlaws of religion.” From Al Arabiya News: King Abdullah II of Jordan warned Tuesday of a “third world war against humanity”, in the wake of the Paris attacks, describing the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group as “savage outlaws of religion.” During an official visit to Kosovo, Abdullah said both Europe and Islam were under attack from the “scourge” of terrorism... Read more
Jenny McCarthy gives another viewpoint on the Charlie Sheen/HIV discussion. I didn’t know that the actors were obliged to reveal communicable things such as herpes, but I think, considering the intimate contact they engage in, it’s a good idea. It sounds as if Sheen failed to disclose. Do you agree with Jennifer that he should have? From Fox411: Jenny McCarthy is not throwing her support behind Charlie Sheen in light of his revelation this week that he was diagnosed as... Read more
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