St. Anne Center for Reproductive Health

I've been out of the blogs for awhile, so maybe this has already been discussed.  My husband heard this doctor on Gus Lloyd's show this morning.  I pray this good doctor is able to get his dream up and running soon!  For anyone in the Chicago area, you'll definitely want to check this out and help if/how you can!

There are some great resources on his website.  I would like to get him to Delaware to speak.  We have a couple of docs here tossing around the idea of getting NaPro certified!  Please keep that effort in prayer!

Why I haven't been blogging lately

No, it's nothing profound.  Just because of this little bugger.

Between the little dude, intermittent sleep, and my inability to say no to volunteer opportunities, I've been in a bit of a whirlwind.  I used to be so good and scheduled!  

Marshall is getting so big!  He's now eating solids, just started sitting up, and is getting very animated which is so fun!  He'll be 6 months old on Saturday, which pretty much makes me want to cry.  I can't believe how fast it has all gone.  And Jack just turned 6 and will be graduating kindergarten in a couple of weeks!!!  In.Sane.

My pro-life org is hosting a local Rally for Religious Freedom on June 8, which I'm really excited about (if there's one near you - GO)!  I'm also on the endowment committee, the dinner auction committee, and the athletic board at Jack's school, I'm vaguely working on some projects for/with the Diocese, and really need to get my business going.  So that's why it's been pretty radio silent up in here lately.

Rest assured, you're all in my prayers and I hope to catch back up with you SOON!  

The Infertility Companion for Catholics

My husband recently sent me this link the other day and I just ordered it from Amazon!  I'm really looking forward to getting it, although I could have used it 4 years ago!  :)  I really like the review in the link, in which the blogger admits that he and his wife have never struggled with IF and this book helped him be more compassionate with those who do.  And though I hope to never "need" this book again, I never thought I'd need it after the birth of my first son either.  Even so, it sounds like there is some really great info in here.  And it  might even help with my efforts to get a Catholic IF support group in my diocese!

Hopefully some of you will find this helpful as well!

A Haunting Facebook Status

Maybe I'm overreacting, but I just saw a facebook status update that is still haunting me.  It said, "Two years ago today, god blessed us with our 3rd, and FINAL, miracle. Happy Birthday to the most beautiful baby girl ever!"


Is it just me, or is it kind of sick to put "FINAL" in all caps like that?  First you're thanking God for this awesome blessing,of a beautiful healthy child, and then you're telling Him, "But I'll take over from here.  We're done trusting in your judgement for our family."  And then you're telling your daughter, "Yeah, you were an awesome blessing, but we sure don't want anymore like you!"

It just struck me deeply this morning and I had to get my thoughts out because it's still resonating...

I wanna be JUST like Hollywood!

Oh those classy folks in Hollywood are at it again!  I just LOVE those super-smart, intellectual folks out there on the Left coast.  They're SO darn tolerant, open-minded, and un-bigoted!  Wow, I wanna be just like them!

Here they are making fun of Rick Santorum.  Which is nothing new.  I mean, why wouldn't they?  He's one of those crazy religious fanatics!  This time they've elevated the discourse by comparing his campaign to an abortion!  And since he has absolutely NO idea what it would be like to lose a child or make the heart-wrenching decision to have to choose to give his wife life-saving treatments that could end up in the death of their unborn child, these folks are right on the money in their critique!  What does a man know about this issue anyway?  Oh, and their stealth little jabs at pregnancy centers and common sense restrictions on abortions - well, they're just so clever!

Take a watch, then just try to not want to be as classy as these profound learned pundits.*

Rick Santorum Aborts Presidential Campaign from Ashley Judd

*In case you don't know me or it wasn't obvious, this post was dripping with sarcasm.

A tale of two Easters

My, how life can change in a year.  Every Easter Sunday we take a family photo in front of our fireplace.  I don't remember how this tradition started, but it's gotten to be fun!

Last year I had just found out I was pregnant with twins.  In fact, we told Mike's family on that very day.  Here we are a year ago, when Marshall was just starting out:

And although we aren't a family of 5 like we originally thought we would be, our lives have changed so much from last year to now.  We are so incredibly thankful!  Thank you, Lord!

Kaitlyn

I planned to sit here at the computer and do a big long post on this tonight (if you're my friend on facebook, you've already seen my outrage!  Look for a post on it in the next couple of days.).  But then I got news about Kaitlyn's death and am simply asking you for prayers for her family.  I've posted her story on facebook a few times, but if you're new to her story, please go back an read some past posts on her family's blog.  I used to work with her aunt.  They're wonderful people and amazingly strong.  Just have the tissues handy.  She suffered from a very rare genetic disorder in which both parents have to be carriers to have a child with the disorder.

Lord, be with this family in their time of grief.

Hug your kids tonight.