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The Power of Pink

December 12, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Prolife 3 Comments

Gaudete Sunday 2010Don’t you just love the third week of Advent? Don’t you just love the color pink?(Ordinarily, no.)(When it’s purple, pink and greenery, though, I absolutely LOVE it.)It’s a pity about the color pink—a pity that it’s been hijacked, anyway, by certain causes that support the Demon Empire. (I’m not going to link but I’m talking … [Read more...]

If you do nothing else today…

March 27, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Pregnancy, Prolife, Spiritual Growth Leave a Comment

...read this beautiful, amazing, hope-filled story:Nella Cordelia: A Birth StoryHave a tissue (or three) on hand. … [Read more...]

The Big White Barge

January 29, 2010 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Prolife, Reviews 30 Comments

Here are ten facts about our family van.Because you asked.1. We won our van in a church raffle. It cost us a whopping $100.00.2. It is the largest vehicle I have ever driven. (Surprise surprise.) Once upon a time, we bought our first minivan—a Honda Odyssey, which I loved. I was pregnant with our third child at the time and I remember thinking, … [Read more...]

Respect Life Sunday (Revisited)

October 4, 2009 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Minnesota Me, Prolife 12 Comments

Subtitled: 11 Years Ago Today......We were living in Boston and had just discovered (that morning) that we were expecting our son Jem. This on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi and on Respect Life Sunday, to boot!I was so pleased.Because it was Respect Life Sunday, John & Joe (& Jem) and I decided to take part in a Pro-Life march that … [Read more...]

January 22, 2009

January 22, 2009 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Prayer, Prolife 27 Comments

A Day of Fasting and Prayer“I, the Lord, have called you for the victory of justice,I have grasped you by the hand;I formed you, and set youas a covenant of the people,a light for the nations,to open the eyes of the blind,to bring out prisoners from confinement,and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.”(Isaiah 42: 6-7)On this unfortunate … [Read more...]

Election Day 2008

November 5, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, Politics, Prolife, Special Events 21 Comments

Well, I think that we are close enough to the end of the elections that I may return to my normally scheduled posting.Except that come tomorrow life won’t be normal. It will be new and exciting and full of hope.I hope.I hope that whichever presidential candidate wins, we as a nation can be at peace with it. I pray that hearts will heal and that, … [Read more...]

McCain’s Pick

August 30, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Minnesota Me, Politics, Prolife 46 Comments

So where were you yesterday when you found out that McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate?I was upstairs doing mom-type things—folding laundry, making my bed, tidying up our classroom. My husband phoned to say the word was out—and he gave me the name of a woman (a woman?) I’d never heard of.Surprise! It wasn’t—as per the local … [Read more...]

In His Image

April 22, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Miscarriage, Motherhood, Prolife, Spiritual Growth 30 Comments

Yesterday, on the one-week anniversary of finding out I’d miscarried, I delivered our child into the world. God gave us the grace of seeing his perfect little body, unmarred by blood and entirely recognizable.I was in awe, truly.*After that, however, the rest of the miscarriage was more than a bit intense. As per my doctor’s instructions, I had to … [Read more...]

On the 35th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade

January 22, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Minnesota Me, Prayer, Prolife 4 Comments

A Prayer for Lifeby Pope John Paul IIO Mary, bright dawn of the new world,Mother of the living,to you do we entrust the cause of life:Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbersof babies to be born,of the poor whose lives are made difficult,of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,of the elderly and the sick killedby indifference or out … [Read more...]

The Movie Juno: a Review

January 9, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Minnesota Me, Prolife, Reviews 9 Comments

The movie Juno is being called a mini-blockbuster and took third in box-office sales this past weekend. I’m not surprised; I dragged my husband to it a couple weeks ago (It was our anniversary; he was feeling amenable) and we both loved it.Well, “love” is a strong word for my patent attorney husband. He did really like it, though, as far as I can … [Read more...]

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