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St. Joseph in Argentina

We love you, Joseph

By On March 18, 2010 · 8 Comments

March 19 is Father’s Day in Italy. Why March 19? Because it’s universally the feast of St. Joseph, patron of fathers. So, wish your beloved, your pastor ( a spiritual father) and men who are godfathers, mentor or work with youth (spiritual fathers) a happy father’s day, and send them

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Childishness About Children

By On March 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

In a ‘Cathy’ cartoon, one character asks, ‘Aren’t you worried about running out of time to have a baby, Cathy?’ After a few comments, Cathy poignantly concludes, ‘I’m torn between wanting to have one and wanting to be one.’

Sadly, this may sum up the inner conflict of a number of young adults.

–Kimberly [...]

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Tell People How Much NFP Sucks

By On February 25, 2010 · 31 Comments

Many couples find themselves between a rock and a hard place, namely, between the Rock & NFP. They (particularly Christians) choose NFP for any combination of reasons, including moral, practical, relational and medical. Some NFPers are well formed in their faith and gung-ho from the beginning, but some [...]

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Infertility Blog Hopscotch

By On February 23, 2010 · 4 Comments

After discovering Nicole’s My Endometriosis Story, I found more blogs about women and families suffering through infertility. Then I found more blogs by checking out their blogroll, then I found more. You get it: Infertility Blog hopscotch. [...]

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Baby Born After 18 Miscarriages

By On February 22, 2010 · 2 Comments

Angie Baker, 33,  suffered eighteen miscarriages in thirteen years. Then came her little miracle, Raiya, born this past December.

This BBC article is sparing with details, and I want [...]

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Ditching the Pill for Good (for…..)

By On January 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The surprising part of this article isn’t that it gets that the Pill isn’t a panacea. Nope, it’s a frank article that questions the health benefits and one size fits all approach to women’s wellness that currently passes as health care. The surprising thing is that [...]

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“Contraception: Why Not” Miracle Stories Wanted

By On January 20, 2010 · 2 Comments

Listening to Janet Smith’s “Contraception: Why Not” is a pivotal moment for most people in their love and family journey from contraception to NFP. I’ve seen it in action, and I’ve heard the stories. One woman I know, on the Pill of 8 years for “medical reasons,” listened [...]

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Hipster Parents: Your Twitter Wallpaper Has Arrived

By On January 6, 2010 · 4 Comments

Posts have been a little heavy lately. I now break for hipster art that promotes home and family. While doing a little Twitter catch up, I found an article about

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Belated Holy Family Day

By On December 28, 2009 · 6 Comments

I was resting from blogging Sunday, but wanted to share a great homily on the feast of the Holy Family, December 27 this year by Fr. Robert Barron (h/t to Fr. Jason Cargo for [...]

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Love hurts

UP & The Gift of Infertility

By On December 23, 2009 · 14 Comments

Have you seen the movie UP? It looked cute, and my Dad recommended it, so we thought we’d give it a go.

“Cute” is no longer an adequate word to describe this film for me because what could have been a schmaltzy animated film ended up [...]

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Are You a Real Mom?

By On December 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Best NFP Related Web Sites

By On December 13, 2009 · 5 Comments

Number five in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective NFP Promoters is Creative Presence, which includes an updated and effective web site that utilizes pictures and other media well. Here are a couple of my favorite web sites, including

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