This week I came across this article by Mary Beth Bonacchi about the dire side effects surfacing among girls who were recently vaccinated with Gardasil. She did not address my original concerns about protecting girls in the event of sexual assault (Bonacchi contends that girls are “100% safe” if they remain chaste before marriage to an uninfected [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Gardasil: Wait
Posted in Catholic Exchange, parenting, tagged Bonacchi, Catholic Exchange, cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, HPV on March 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Miracle Mondays: “Writing Your Tragedy…” Guest Post by Jane Lebak
Posted in Adoption, tagged anencephaly, Grief and Loss, writing on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When we think of “miracles,” most often we think of a happy ending to a personal challenge — a prayer answered, or an unexpected divine intervention. And yet, as C.S. Lewis would say, “God shouts to us in our pain.” He does indeed answer our prayers, but His answer isn’t always “Yes.” Sometimes it’s yes; sometimes [...]
EMN Mailbag: “How soon should my sister adopt another sibling group?”
Posted in Adoption, tagged Adoption, EMN mailbag on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Heidi: My sister in law and her husband have adopted two very sweet boys, 3 and 6. She is doing a great job, though they both need to grow as parents. She is wanting to accept another sibling group over the summer to achieve her great desire for a large family to love. My [...]
EMN Mailbag: A domestic violence survivor writes
Posted in domestic violence, EMN mailbag, tagged domestic violence, Streams of Mercy on March 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
UPDATE: Please be sure to read the comment posted by my sister Kathy, who is herself a domestic violence survivor. I don’t often refer to her by name, but since she does so in the comments I wanted to mention, publicly, that Kathy has given me an invaluable education about the dynamics of domestic violence. [...]
“A Mother’s Devotion” at Mommy Monsters
Posted in Adoption on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Greg Popcak said something the other day that got me thinking about how we pass relationship-based faith on to our kids. Come on over to Mommy Monsters today and check it out!
Happy Feast of the Annunciation!
Posted in abortion, acts of mercy, tagged abortion, Annunciation, grief, mercy on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Annunication, the day the angel appeared to Mary and announced that God had chosen her to be the mother of the Incarnate Christ. Her gesture of obedience — the “yes” to God’s plan for her to become a mother while she was still unmarried, and to raise His [...]
Wee Cook Wednesday: Quickie Lenten Lunch Idea
Posted in Wee Cook Wednesday, tagged Lent, recipes, Wee Cook Wednesday on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Let me start by saying I’m a born-and-bred meat lover. Meatless Fridays in Lent … especially one or two of those Fridays … I seriously have to REMEMBER to be good and eat tuna fish. So the other day while wandering around the grocery store and spied these little bags of “Smart Chili” goodness on [...]
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