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<\/a>— 1 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n o.O<\/strong> I will readily admit that I had never pondered the theological powers of Superman<\/a> before. The questions posed by Cari’s oldest son sound like the question from teaching Confirmation about whether or not God could create a boulder so big that He couldn’t lift it Himself. For the record, I’m with Lotus — Jesus is stronger than Superman.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The “Why I Am Not Homeschooling Daniel” post series.<\/strong> Post #1<\/a> started some good discussion and brought a few trolls to the blog. Post #2<\/a> served as some kind of explanation. Post #3<\/a> was all about my reasons for not homeschooling him. I’m also inviting people to email and tell me succinctly (75 words or less) what decision you made (public\/private\/parochial\/homeschool) and why you made it so that we can crowdsource some ideas for Bonnie<\/a>. Email me by Wednesday of next week (the email address is jen @ this domain) and I’ll print all the things that fit. **UPDATE** Someone just emailed me to tell me that Elena<\/a> rebutted what I had to say to her. In the interest of fairness, I’m linking the rebuttal here<\/a>. I still stand by everything I said 100% but I also would rather let y’all see what she has to say<\/a> and let you draw your own conclusions.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n More obsessing about food.<\/strong> Actually, it isn’t really obsessing as much as it’s reporting that if I eat in such a fashion as to not irritate the ulcers (which may have healed by now), my IBS symptoms go away. If I eat one thing on the forbidden list, I return to IBS hell. I haven’t had any Coke in almost a month and I still miss it even though I’ve found some alternatives that have less of a carb load and aren’t going to corrode my insides. I haven’t checked to see if I have celiac issues yet, mostly because I’m already having to limit my diet and I’m trying not to do too much at once. I’ll be with my parents this weekend and they have a scale so I’ll see if I’ve actually lost any weight at that point.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Orphans.<\/strong> Do you see these three adorable munchkins?<\/p>\n First row: Brett<\/a> and Iris<\/a>. Brett<\/a> still needs a mama. Iris<\/a> finally has a family committed to her. Kaia<\/a> has a family committed to her who will be traveling to her country at the end of July to meet her on July 26th! Click on their names to see their Reece’s Rainbow<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Hmph.<\/strong> Wipeout!<\/a> was pre-empted by some stupid basketball game. NBA basketball is overrated and I say this even coming from a city that just fought tooth-and-claw to keep their team.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n *facepalm*<\/strong> Could I ask a favor of the Catholic blogosphere? Could you please actually *READ* a news story in its entirety and not look for random soundbites to use as evidence that Obama is Satan? The FULL TEXT of the quote that everyone got so flipped out about yesterday is…<\/p>\n If towns remain divided ?? if Catholics have their schools and buildings, and Protestants have theirs, if we can’t see ourselves in one another, if fear or resentment are allowed to harden ?? that too encourages division. It discourages cooperation. (Source<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The word “theirs” in the phrase “Protestants have theirs” replaces “their schools and buildings”. He is referring to the fact that in most places, Catholics and Protestants live in separate neighborhoods divided by “peace lines” — barricades made of bricks, steel, and barbed wire. (I actually saw these in Belfast when I was there in 1998.) He is not calling for an end to Catholic education in general in either Northern Ireland or in the USA — he is calling for Catholics to integrate with Protestants for the purposes of working for peace the same way whites had to integrate with blacks in this country 50 years ago. Mining articles like that for soundbites is juvenile and shows an inability to play well with others, so can y’all please behave in a Christ-like fashion? I refrained from mining stories for Romney soundbites during the last election and I know y’all can do the same regarding Obama.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Promise Walk for Preeclampsia.<\/strong> Wanna sponsor me in the Promise Walk<\/a> this weekend? Preeclampsia affects 1 in 8 pregnancies in some fashion and 1\/5 of affected women lose their babies because the only cure is to deliver the baby, regardless of how premature they are. I’m blessed in that I had a doctor who caught it in time and got me transferred to the BIG hospital in Great Falls where my awesome high-risk specialist<\/a> could do an emergency c-section and where there was a Level III NICU for Daniel. If you can’t sponsor me<\/a>, please at least keep me and the other participants in prayer on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at ConversionDiary.Com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — 1 — o.O I will readily admit that I had never pondered the theological powers of Superman before. The questions posed by Cari’s oldest son sound like the question from teaching Confirmation about whether or not God could create … Continue reading
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