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Babies R Us gave us a free Babytalk and American Baby in their gift box and I have to say that Babytalk is much better, even without looking at all of the negative letters to the editor in your magazine. I couldn’t find a way to write a letter to the editor easily like I could on the letter to the editor page of Babytalk. Your magazine pushes bottles, vaccines, and expensive needless things like the classifieds – what a waste of paper! (more…)
Archive for the ‘Rants’ Category
Just in case they don’t print it…
Monday, September 17th, 2007Links to close tabs
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007I need to close most of the tabs on my Konqueror window so here are some links for my benefit, if not yours:
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Uncomfortable with term ‘planned’ pregnancy
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007It is hard for me to explain this because the term is so common now and I don’t know if any readers will understand, because it might be the only way they think about pregnancy these days: ‘planned’ or ‘unplanned’. I felt very uncomfortable today at the clinic when I was filling out forms and I was asked if this pregnancy is ‘planned’…I asked Luke and we said “yes”, but I wanted to say, “this pregnancy was hoped for, it was a gift from God!” We had been hoping for another baby since last summer. We can’t plan to have a baby a certain month and give birth nine months later though. It just doesn’t happen that way. Even when a woman is not breastfeeding and is in perfect health, the chances of conceiving are not 50-50.
Upon further reflection, it seems to me that this is yet another symptom of society’s rejecting God in everything. The words we use make important impressions on the way we think about things.
Was your baby planned? -is it bad if he wasn’t?
Does your baby sleep through the night? -is it bad if she doesn’t, if she wakes up every once in a while and nurses back to sleep?
Are you pro choice? -do you mean do I support the right to choose raising my baby with my husband, or giving him up for adoption…or do you mean something more sinister?
Do you work? -what does it mean if I don’t work for pay, but my work is infinitely more rewarding, my work is orienting our children toward God and Heaven?
Just a few things to think about…
Proofs of God’s existence
Friday, April 27th, 2007From another conversation with a different agnostic/atheist…
from our catechism, “My Catholic Faith”
How do we know by our reason that God exists?
-We know by our reason that God exists, because of:
1. The existence of the world.
2. The order and harmony of the whole universe.
3. The testimony of our conscience.
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Pedantic Mail Servers
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007Some mail servers these days are getting ridiculously aggressive about trying to block spam. A perfect example of this is (surprise surprise… not!) Microsoft’s mail hosting services such as Hotmail. If we try to email anyone at a Hotmail address, our mail server immediately gets a rejection before it even sends the content of the message, just based on the IP addresses on our mail server! This is a server that has never sent any sort of unsolicited email, including spam and viruses.
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“F” rating for “The Conception Chronicles”
Thursday, March 1st, 2007I am barely on page 7 of this book by Patty Doyle Debano, Courtney Edgerton Menzel and Shelly Dicken Sutphen, and already I am offended and disgusted. The authors seem to assume that:
every woman is taking birth control
every childbearing-age couple is rich enough to own a house, and stupid enough to think a baby needs a whole new addition to the house
those couples only want two or three children (thank God for the Catholic couples who say that it gets easier with five and six children and more, with more helpers)
we want to hear normal marital sex referred to as “unprotected”
the view that God made our bodies perfect and birth control absolutely should not be used is for barefoot women in long skirts who mutter prayers and actually love God…like me
Some of it is okay The above really bothers me, with the occasional swear word – the authors represent the kind of people I want to keep my family away from. Thank God I also checked out the book that inspired “The Sound of Music”, called “The Trapp Family Singers”, a heartwarming tale written by a truly Catholic mother. That’s what I’m going to read in bed while Catherine sleeps!
Dora
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007I never thought I would be doing this. I am writing a post to defend Dora.
A friend doesn’t like Dora because we are in an “English-speaking country”. Yes, and from its beginning, America has been largely made up of people from countries where people do not speak English. There are millions of people here in the USA who speak Spanish, others Asian languages, and many more. Through the centuries my family has spoken German and Luke’s family spoke Polish and a few other languages. As Luke says, “Not to mention that English is one of the hardest languages to learn.” (more…)
makeup
Wednesday, July 13th, 2005I don’t wear makeup. That could be seen as rebellious here in America, or you could think me a simpleton. Here’s my take on makeup: it’s a waste of time and money. I suspect that women and girls who wear makeup are insecure and vain, and they are just trying to impress others. You don’t need to wear makeup to look beautiful – in fact, you shouldn’t. God made you beautiful (even if you don’t think so) so why cover it up with paint? Why not stop buying makeup and give that money to charity or pursue a hobby with it?
my Mother my Confidence,
Corinne
There is no such thing as praying against someone
Thursday, June 2nd, 2005When a nun told Gerry Matatics that she would pray for him and Scott Hahn, he wondered if she was going to pray for him or against him. When my husband told someone that he was praying for her, she wondered roughly the same thing. Friends, there is no such thing as praying against someone! You can pray that God will kill someone. I really doubt that God will do that. God doesn’t work that way.
my Mother my Confidence,
Corinne
Women: beware of the birth control pill!
Friday, May 27th, 2005Side effects of the birth control pill include:
murder of preborn children; irregular menstrual bleeding or spotting; nausea; weight gain and/or water retention; headaches; dizziness; tender breasts; mood changes; blood clots (rare in women under 25 who don’t smoke); spotty darkening of the skin; vomiting; bloating; increase in vaginal infections; greater chance of blood clots, stroke and heart attack; worsening of migraine headaches, gall bladder disease, increase in blood pressure and an extremely rare liver tumor; painful or missed periods; depression; decreased libido; abdominal pain; chest pain or shortness of breath; eye problems like flashing lights or vision disturbances; severe leg pain; risk of cervical cancer; gallbladder disease; decreased appetite; vaginitis; urinary tract infection;
contact lenses may not fit due to changes in the cornea; aggravation of asthma; numbness;
speech problems; breakthrough bleeding; coughing up blood; fainting; heart attack; weakness on one side of the body; yeast infections; improvements or worsening of acne; reduction in blood levels of folic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin b12 and vitamin C; gallstones; jaundice or yellowing of skin and eyes; changes in carbohydrate metabolism (diabetic condition), especially if your parents or siblings have diabetes or if you become diabetic during pregnancy; inability to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases
My sources:
Birth Control Pill
The Pill – Oral Contraception – from the Birth Control Comparison website of Cedar River Clinics
Birth Control: Emergency Contraception – from the Birth Control Comparison website of Cedar River Clinics
The Pill: Side Effects and Current Issues
Birth control pill
Birth Control Methods
Sexual Health: Birth Control – Side Effects of Birth Control Pills
Birth Control Pills
Go Ask Alice!: Side effects of birth control pills
Birth Control Pill Instructions – Combined Oral Contraceptives
Overlooked Side Effect Causes Many Women to Stop or Switch Birth Control Pills
Health 24 – Woman, Content
Birth control pills
Abstinence is the only 100 percent accurate method of avoiding conception.