Further words on miscarrying at home without medical intervention

A friend texted last night. At 18 weeks, she had an ultrasound that showed the baby died at about 13.5 weeks. She was in shock, and having planned a homebirth, wanted to miscarry naturally at home, and would I please share my experience with her? After typing this mighty long text to her, I thought …

Real men let their wives change diapers

One day before I became a wife and mother, I was at someone's house when her brother (who lived in their basement) offered to change the baby's diaper. It made me feel uncomfortable. Gross. Something struck me about that. Why should this grown man be helping a young child with his diaper problem? It sat …

Reasons (not) to attend SSPX chapel

Two dear families we know have recently become regulars at the local SSPX chapel, prompting my husband and me to examine and question whether this is the direction that Our Lord wants our family to take. In talking to one friend recently, she presented some reasons that simply don't seem to justify attendance at the …

Back from the brink of babylessness

Two newsletters in my inbox today warn of "extinction" of the human race and otherwise called a "population implosion." Dr Lawler's says "The cohort of grandparents outnumbers the cohort of grandchildren" could more accurately be written "The cohort of sterile old people outnumbers the cohort of grandchildren" for the problem lies precisely in the contraception …

What happened when I miscarried at home

Earlier this month, I shared that I was waiting at home to miscarry naturally. In all, it was a three-week wait. I knew at 10 weeks 4 days that something was wrong; had an ultrasound at 11 weeks 1 day that confirmed it; and passed the child and all the afterbirth at 13 weeks 4 …

Busy prepping for the future

We are prepping for heaven. With that in mind, we feel and think that stockpiling food for an uncertain future on this earth is without a place in our family life. Here are our reasons why: It's not Biblical. Luke 12:16-59 clearly shows that planning for the future on earth with stockpiling isn't part of …

Did we respond to the wrong crisis?

I wrote this post in May 2020, and it's been in the draft folders since. So, rewind to the midst of the confusion of the initial lockdowns of the so-called covid pandemic, and consider ... did we respond to the wrong crisis? You see, as of May 20, 2020, there were 744 covid deaths in  …

Traditional Catholic Catechism

How and why to choose Baltimore Catechism memorization as faith formation for your children. After purchasing and perusing several different Catholic religious education programs, I finally landed on memorization of the Baltimore Catechism as the faith formation we will use for our family. Our children attend a classical school where they are accustomed to memorization …

Catholic thoughts on miscarriage

I am currently in the waiting game of miscarriage. Thirteen days ago at 10 weeks 4 days, I unexpectedly began to cry. I don't cry. Like ever. So, I knew something was up. I also had zero energy or enthusiasm, and the first words out of my mouth to a friend -- without even thinking …

Cancel culture canceled child pornography

As a Catholic, I am forced to participate in "Virtus" updates in order to be active in any ministry at our church. This month's bulletin, however, is a missive on how we shouldn't use the phrase "child pornography" any longer, but now their renamed phrase, "Child Sexual Abuse Materials," but only by the acronym CSAM. …