Breastfeeding Modestly
I am not a mother, let alone a breastfeeding mother, but there are some things that one does not have to experience to understand. Like the importance of breastfeeding modestly.…
ReadmoreI am thankful 6/20/2010
For my father. As a child people often said that I was like my father. And I hated it. My father was very firm and controlling, the sort of person…
ReadmoreTerms: Natural Family Planning and Fertility Awareness
In the most common usage that I have seen, natural family planning (NFP) is most commonly understood in the US to mean the system of family planning approved by the Catholic Church.…
ReadmoreBecoming Aware of Fertility Awareness
Shortly after I turned 19 I decided to spend a Saturday morning at a Catholic bioethics conference. It was free, and the topics looked interesting, so I signed up, even…
ReadmoreAdulthood
Apparently I am not yet an adult. This morning found me thinking a very 12-year-oldish1 “adults are so incompetent.” I immediately realized that I should not think of “adults” as…
ReadmoreI am thankful 6/13/2010
For my husband and the way that he accommodates my idiosyncrasies. Last night he got out of bed and covered part of his laptop with a pillow because the little blue light was…
ReadmoreLet’s Talk Natural Family Planning/Fertility Awareness
I am thinking about doing a series of posts on Natural Family Planning/Fertility Awareness. There are plenty of good bloggers out there who post about NFP regularly, so I never felt…
ReadmoreNFP and Me Part I: I owe my life to the Couple to Couple League
I may owe my life to the Couple to Couple League. If not my own life, then at least the lives of a few of my siblings, and I would…
ReadmoreFrittata
A few weeks ago Kristy tweeted about making a frittata. I confessed the horrible truth that I had never made a frittata, and Kristy kindly emailed me her recipe. Tomato,…
ReadmoreRoad Trips, Baby names, and Submission
Last month Josh and I spent a lot of time in the car. I kept my sanity and did not keep track of the time or miles, but it was…
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