(Prolifer)ations 8/24/07
On the pro-life blogs….
Vital Signs links to an excellent August 23 Washington Times commentary with the reminder: “If Rudy Giuliani, or any other presidential candidate, believes his ability to win pro-life votes depends solely on promises about what sort of judges he would nominate, he is mistaken.”
What’s the new in color of the Internet, of the world? Stay hip. Read Reasoned Audacity.
Ah, it’s that time again. The 2nd annual Wash for Life is September 15. Read details at Prolifeblogs.
Mark Pickup in HumanLifeMatters writes on the human journey, “During the last few days of [my 92-year-old mother’s] life she… was unconscious. The nursing staff asked if the family still wanted meals brought for her. I said, “Yes” even though they remained uneaten…. I did not want the routine maintained for my mother’s sake – she was unaware… I wanted the nurses to continue bringing the meals for their sake…. I believe it might have helped to refine the humanity of her nurses.”
For those who want to get involved in the movement but don’t know where, Fr. Frank Pavone has a suggestion.
NationalProLifeRadio links to the latest goings on at Tiller’s mill – construction trucks with the company name taped over. Is there something to be ashamed of? [Photo courtesy of Operation Rescue]
JivinJehoshaphat links to a jaw-dropping commentary by infamous Princeton Professor Peter Singer wherein he admits “abortion ends a human life” but it should nonetheless be legal. He argues “birth is an arbitrary line, but since criminal law requires dividing lines, birth is the best we have,” says JJ.
Jivin also links to what he thinks may be “one of the worst researched articles on stem cell research ever,” in the Aspen Times. I agree. Need proof? How about, “Use of embryonic stem cells is illegal in the United States.”
Obviously, feminists haven’t gotten to the Argentinian government yet to terrify it into silence. Forest Nymph links to this piece, “Officials investigating laboratories that are hiding potential abortifacient effect of morning-after pill.”
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Well, why all this hiding and sneaking around? Abortion is just a choice, right?
Sally,
Jill posts things quite quickly some days, so if this gets close to being dropped I’ll move it to another post…but for now…
My name is not Sally but that was the name that my father chose for me.
That sounds like the Irish. We are always naming our kids after relatives whether we like the name or not (We’ve got score of Danny’s, Tommy’s and Michaels)…and then “calling” them a name we actually like.
Her name was Beatrice Margaret Dierdre Eileen Frances Kathleen O’hare…but we called her “Nancy”…
So what is your given name. Sally is often short for Sarah.
It’s funny that you are interested in genealogy because I had to do a lot of “ancestry.com” when looking for my birth family. It took me 3 years of searching. I finally stumbled across my fathers obituary. (He had just died, three weeks before my birthday) Went back to the 1958 Chicago phone book, searched the adoption notices at the law library, found out my birth name (Frances, if you can believe it) last name Emmerich, and researched every Emmerich that ever came to America. I probably know more about that family than any of them do.
It was tricky, because my birth brother is incarcerated, my sister is married and has a diff. last name, my birth mother was married four times and her second husband adopted my sibs so their last name changed also…crazy. I’m very close with the sister. She’s a sweetheart. My birthmom has been diagnosed with a plethora of mental illnesses but denies having any, and the bro is doing time for having a fondness for young boys.
They all live in the Minnesota area.
So your mom was a Mennonite? Really fascinating.
I went to a Mennonite “museum” in Indiana last year. It was waaaay interesting. I love the Amish. If I wasn’t Catholic, I’d seriously consider that lifestyle. Have a hard time with the Anabaptist part tho. Really like baptizing ’em when they’re babies. But I love the pacifist part. (Don’t get me wrong, I understand that sometimes you have to fight, but ALWAYS as a last resort…look at us! There is almost always another way, no matter how hopeless it seems).
I know what you mean about wanting a large family. I would have had twelve if that’s how it had worked out. Dinnertime is always interesting! And basically, there is always a crisis so it’s never dull. With 5 sons it got a little overwhelming at times. For awhile I rebelled by painting everything pink, but then I capitualted and went with “sturdy” and “brown”…poor daughter wore pink everyday of her life for 4 years…but now that the older ones are away at school or married, I’m slowly painting things pink again! I still wear men’s clothes. My sister in-law finally talked me out of wearing denim this summer. Oh God forgive, I think I’ve joined the Khaki crowd!
You garden? Veggies or flowers?
Were you the vet or was that Laura?
I have some dog questions. How long do you think it will take to make friends with Laura? LOL
Time to read the “rest of the story” and catch up on the posts…I’m glad to finally get to know the real you. You seem awesome. Tell me more about your son and daughter…
Posted by: mk at August 23, 2007 6:30 AM
A long overdue welcome to the blog, Sally! :)
It is nice to “meet” you, finally~ :) Have I mentioned that you are beautiful, and your son and daughter are beautiful too, from the pictures I saw?
I want to introduce myself too. I am 26 years old, and have three children, who are 7, 5, and 2. They keep me busy! I home school them during the day,
and try my best to keep this house clean, although it does seem that it is messed up right behind me much of the time. I spend a lot of free time painting murals around my house, and drawing portraits for people. You can see some of those at my website if you click on my name.
I am kind of ADHD-like, very scatterbrained, going from one thing to another all the time. I can go into the kitchen, turn the water on to fill the coffeepot, hear one of the kids in the other room, leave the water running, and an hour later, I’ll come back in the kitchen to find the water still running. Yes, I am that scatterbrained!
I love jalepeno poppers, they are absolutely delicious! I don’t think it’ll hurt you to have a few every now and then. ;)
I’m sorry about your spinal cord injury. I know that must be so painful.
How big is your garden? I have always enjoyed eating foods straight from gardens. Especially tomatoes…they are my favorite. I can’t stand the store bought tomatoes— they just don’t compare!
Posted by: Bethany at August 23, 2007 7:25 AM
Welcome Sally!!!!! Thank you for opening up! Good morning Bethany!
Posted by: Heather at August 23, 2007 7:35 AM
“JivinJehoshaphat links to a jaw-dropping commentary by infamous Princeton Professor Peter Singer wherein he admits “abortion ends a human life” but it should nonetheless be legal. He argues “birth is an arbitrary line, but since criminal law requires dividing lines, birth is the best we have,” says JJ.”
This Peter Singer guy is a real nut. He supports infanticide in certain situations. …..he said about his own mother:
“Singer’s mother had Alzheimer’s disease, which rendered her, in Singer’s view, a “nonperson””
jasper, wow. He does sound like a nut!
Jill,
Just a suggestion but you might want to consider using permalinks when you do proliferations.
Most permalinks are at the bottom of posts. Some are in the title.