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Hi, Mommy.
... ...I'm your baby. You don't know me yet, I'm only a few weeks old. You're going to find out about me soon, though, I promise. Let me tell you some things about me. My name is John, and I've got beautiful brown eyes and black hair. Well, I don't have it yet, but I will when I'm born. I'm going to be your only child, and you'll call me your one and only. I'm going to grow up without a daddy mostly, but we have each other. We'll help each other, and love each other. I want to be a doctor when I grow up.
You found out about me today, Mommy! You were so excited, you couldn't wait to tell everyone. All you could do all day was smile, and life was perfect. You have a beautiful smile, Mommy. It will be the first face I will see in my life, and it will be the best thing I see in my life. I know it already.
Today was the day you told Daddy. You were so excited to tell him about me! ...He wasn't happy, Mommy. He kind of got angry. I don't think that you noticed, but he did. He started to talk about something called wedlock, and money, and bills, and stuff I don't think I understand yet. You were still happy, though, so it was okay. Then he did something scary, Mommy. He hit you. I could feel you fall backward, and your hands flying up to protect me. I was okay... but I was very sad for you. You were crying then, Mommy. That's a sound I don't like. It doesn't make me feel good. It made me cry, too. He said sorry after, and he hugged you again. You forgave him, Mommy, but I'm not sure if I do. It wasn't right. You say he loves you... why would he hurt you? I don't like it, Mommy.
Finally, you can see me! Your stomach is a little bit bigger, and you're so proud of me! You went out with your mommy to buy new clothes, and you were so so so happy. You sing to me, too. You have the most beautiful voice in the whole wide world. When you sing is when I'm happiest. And you talk to me, and I feel safe. So safe. You just wait and see, Mommy. When I am born I will be perfect just for you. I will make you proud, and I will love you with all of my heart.
I can move my hands and feet now, Mommy. I do it because you put your hands on your belly to feel me, and I giggle. You giggle, too. I love you, Mommy.
Daddy came to see you today, Mommy. I got really scared. He was acting funny and he wasn't talking right. He said he didn't want you. I don't know why, but that's what he said. And he hit you again. I got angry, Mommy. When I grow up I promise I won't let you get hurt! I promise to protect you. Daddy is bad. I don't care if you think that he is a good person, I think he's bad. But he hit you, and he said he didn't want us. He doesn't like me. Why doesn't he like me, Mommy?
You didn't talk to me tonight, Mommy. Is everything okay?
It's been three days since you saw Daddy. You haven't talked to me or touched me or anything since that. Don't you still love me, Mommy? I still love you. I think you feel sad. The only time I feel you is when you sleep. You sleep funny, kind of curled up on your side. And you hug me with your arms, and I feel safe and warm again. Why don't you do that when you're awake, any more?
I'm 21 weeks old today, Mommy. Aren't you proud of me? We're going somewhere today, and it's somewhere new. I'm excited. It looks like a hospital, too. I want to be a doctor when I grow up, Mommy. Did I tell you that? I hope you're as excited as I am. I can't wait.
...Mommy, I'm getting scared. Your heart is still beating, but I don't know what you are thinking. The doctor is talking to you. I think something's going to happen soon. I'm really, really, really scared, Mommy. Please tell me you love me. Then I will feel safe again. I love you!
Mommy, what are they doing to me!? It hurts! Please make them stop! It feels bad! Please, Mommy, please please help me! Make them stop!
Don't worry Mommy, I'm safe. I'm in heaven with the angels now. They told me what you did, and they said it's called an abortion.
Why, Mommy? Why did you do it? Don't you love me any more? Why did you get rid of me? I'm really, really, really sorry if I did something wrong, Mommy. I love you, Mommy! I love you with all of my heart. Why don't you love me? What did I do to deserve what they did to me? I want to live, Mommy! Please! It really, really hurts to see you not care about me, and not talk to me. Didn't I love you enough? Please say you'll keep me, Mommy! I want to live smile and watch the clouds and see your face and grow up and be a doctor. I don't want to be here, I want you to love me again! I'm really really really sorry if I did something wrong. I love you!
I love you, Mommy.
Every abortion is just…
One more heart that was stopped.
Two more eyes that will never see.
Two more hands that will never touch.
Two more legs that will never run.
One more mouth that will never speak.
If you’re against abortion,Like and share this..By: Anesha LaShay
- rich with symbolism: of submission to authority; of surrender to God; of the imitation of Our Lady as a woman who uttered her "fiat!"; of covering our glory for His glory; of modesty; of chastity, of our being vessels of life like the Chalice, the Ciborium and, most especially, Our Lady;
Letter To Mommy
Friday, October 14, 2011, 2:59 AM
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canning and more canning
Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 11:40 PM
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I have been putting food up for the coming winter. Sometimes I feel like a squirel storing up their nuts,but this is something that I truly enjoy. I hate paying out of season prices for produce and I never know how long its been in the can/freezer section of my local grocery store. So I try to can or freeze whatever I can. It cuts our grocery bill in half during the winter. Plus it makes me feel a little better knowing there are no chemicals in my familys .food
So far this season I have made bread and butteat I am going to enter r pickles, watermelon preserves ( I do not strain mine as we like it with bits of watermelon in it.), cantolope Jam with chunks of cantolope in it, froze some string beans, and squash.
I am also busy planning for my entries in the county fair this year. I may enter my seven up cake, upside down pecan pie and my jams. I am not really sure what I am going to enter but cant wait for the fair cause that means the holiday season isnt far away and I just love to cook and decorate for the holidays.
A trip to the Amish Farms
Sunday, July 31, 2011, 2:15 AM
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Today was another beautiful day here in good ole Saint Mary's county. I feel so blessed to live in this county with all the local farms within a 30 minute drive.
The best farms that I have found are the Amish farms in Loveville. The men and woman that run the little farm stands are always so polite and friendly. They are always willing to talk and share their knowledge with anyone who ask. They are always willing to share growing tips for anything you are trying to grow. Share recipes for jams,jellys,breads and whoopie pies. The most important thing is they are extremely honest and they are always willing to try and correct the situation if they might have done something wrong or if they think the vegetables are not up to their standards.
This is the total oppisite of what my neighbors had told about the Amish. My neighbors had described them as a stand offish people who looked down on anyone not Amish. So untrue. I have found them to be a great people keeping with their tradtions and customs. They revere God and live by his 10 commandments. Yes they are different in as such as they do not use electric, do not drive automobiles, never work on Sunday and treat each other and others with respect and kindness. I wish some of the people that I know could learn alittle from the Amish when it comes to treating people. I love their spirit and I have never ever met a harder working people.
I always look foward to my trip to Amish country.
Mother's Day
Sunday, May 8, 2011, 12:51 AM
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Tomorrow will be Mother's Day. My sons will call but since they live 2 hours away and both have to work I will not get to see them. We will be celebrating Mother's Day sometime during the next 2 weeks. And thats fine by me even if I am a little disappointed but a phone call will do. I know my sons Love me and care about me. And that is all that is important to me.
I will spend my day entertaing Tim's brother Billy and cooking for Tim's mom. I really get a little PO"D that they never seem to remember that I to am a mother and I would like to have a day off from cooking but when I brought that up to Tim the other day he said if the boys were his then he would get me a card or something but since they arent his it is their responsbility to do something for me for mothers day. But he expects the boys to remember his birthday and to remember him on Christmas and he goes around telling everyone how he looks at my sons as his own. But I think that is only when it suits his purpose. He has never had children. So he doesnt know what its like and how just alittle card will make a person feel a little better.
Well needless to say that really ticked me off and I reminded him that my mother was no longer with us and how lucky he was to have his. And that since she was not my mother it was not my responsability to see to it that she had a Mother's Day dinner or a card or anything. That it was his and Billy's responsabiliy. He said I was being selfish and if I was with him I should do all I can to make his mother happy and to have a great Mother's day.
Being with Tim is no piece of cake thanks to his mother but I will see to it that she has a great day and I had planned to do that all along. I was the one who reminded both Tim and Billy Mother's Day was coming up. I am the one who suggested they get her a new microwave since hers stopped working a couple of weeks ago. And it was I who suggeted a Southern style dinner of Pulled pork bbq. But no I am selfish and mean. But this was planned back in April except for the gift. I know what Mothers Day means to Tims mom and I was going to make sure that she had a great day. No matter that she didnt even raise her sons she passed them off to other family members because her boyfriends didnt want the kids around. I was detrermined that these two grown men remembered Mother's Day no matter how they were treated by her as a child.
I can not wait till my Mother's Day but till then I will grin and bear it with Tim's mom.
To Veil or Not to Veil
Thursday, May 5, 2011, 12:00 AM
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I veil whenever I go into mass or into the chapel. I do it out of respect for my Lord. I do not do it because someone told me I had to. It was fine for our Holy Mother Mary to Veil herself whenever she went into the house of the Lord or whenever she was somewhere and they were speaking of the Lord. Am I better than she and for that I do not have to show the same respect as the mother of my Lord did. No I being a mere Sinner I must show even more respect. I am honored to veil as a simple way to respect my Lord.
For 2,000 years, Catholic women have veiled themselves before entering a church or any time they are in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament (e.g., during sick visits). It was written into the 1917 Code of Canon Law, Canon 1262, that women must cover their heads -- "especially when they approach the holy table" but during the Second Vatican Council, Bugnini (the same Freemason who designed the Novus Ordo Mass) was asked by journalists if women would still have to cover their heads. His reply, perhaps innocently enough, was that the issue was not being discussed. The journalists (as journalists are sure to do with Church teaching) took his answer as a "no," and printed their misinformation in newspapers all over the world. Since then, many, if not most, Catholic women have lost the tradition.
I remember the first Sunday mass that my mother didnt worry about my sister and I having on our veils. It was way back in either 1974 or 1975. When I asked why, her answer was simple . She said because no one else was and that veils werent needed any longer. And that was it no more veils. It was Years later that I rediscovered the veil and I am so glad I did. I no longer feel exposed during the mass. I no longer twirl my hair around my finger during the sermon. I actually listen fully.
After so many years of many women forgetting or positively refusing to wear the veil, clerics, not wanting to be confrontational or upset radical feminists, acted as if the issue didn't exist. When the 1983 Code of Canon Law was produced, veiling was simply not mentioned (not abrogated, mind you, but simply not mentioned). However, Canons 20-21 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law make clear that later Canon Law abrogates earlier Canon Law only when this is made explicit and that, in cases of doubt, the revocation of earlier law is not to be presumed; quite the opposite:
Canon 20 A later law abrogates or derogates from an earlier law, if it expressly so states, or if it is directly contrary to that law, or if it integrally reorders the whole subject matter of the earlier law. A universal law, however, does not derogate from a particular or from a special law, unless the law expressly provides otherwise.
Canon 21 In doubt, the revocation of a previous law is not presumed; rather, later laws are to be related to earlier ones and, as far as possible, harmonized with them.
Canons 27 and 28 add to the argument:
Canon 27 Custom is the best interpreter of laws.
Canon 28 Without prejudice to the provisions of can. 5, a custom, whether contrary to or apart from the law, is revoked by a contrary custom or law. But unless the law makes express mention of them, it does not revoke centennial or immemorial customs, nor does a universal law revoke particular customs. 2
Christian veiling is a very serious matter, one that concerns two millennia of Church Tradition -- which extends back to Old Testament tradition and to New Testament admonitions. St. Paul wrote.
1 Corinthians 11:1-17:
Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ. Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you. But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ: and the head of the woman is the man: and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraceth his head. But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven. For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head. The man indeed ought not to cover his head: because he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man [c.f. Genesis 2-3]. For the man was not created for the woman: but the woman for the man. Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels. But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things of God. You yourselves judge. Doth it become a woman to pray unto God uncovered? Doth not even nature itself teach you that a man indeed, if he nourish his hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman nourish her hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering. But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the Church of God [i.e., if anyone want to complain about this, we have no other way of doing things, this is our practice; all the churches believe the same way]. Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together, not for the better, but for the worse.
According to St. Paul, we women veil ourselves as a sign that His glory, not ours, should be the focus at worship, and as a sign of our submission to authority. It is an outward sign of our recognizing headship, both of God and our husbands and a sign of our respecting the presence of the Holy Angels at the Divine Liturgy. In veiling, we reflect the divine invisible order and make it visible. This St. Paul presents clearly as an ordinance, one that is the practice of all the churches.
Now, I ask You to please re-read the Biblical passage about veiling and note well that St. Paul was never intimidated about breaking unnecessary taboos. It was he who emphasized over and over again that circumcision was not necessary -- and this as he was speaking to Hebrew Christians! No, the tradition and ordinance of veiling is not a matter of Paul being influenced by his culture; it is a symbol that is as relevant as the priest's cassock and the nun's habit.
Note, too, that St.Paul is in no way being a chavenist here. He assures us that, while woman is made for the glory of the man even as man is made for the glory of God, "yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, so also is the man by the woman: but all things of God." Men need women, women need men. But we have different roles, each equal in dignity -- and all for the glory of God (and, of course, we are to treat each other absolutely equally in the order of charity!).The veil is a sign of our recognizing these differences in our roles.
The veil, too, is a sign of modesty and chastity. In Old Testament times, uncovering a woman's head was seen as a way to humiliate a woman or to punish adultresses and those women who transgressed the Law (e.g.., Numbers 5:12-18, Isaias 3:16-17, Song of Solomon 5:7). A Hebrew woman wouldn't have dreamed of entering the Temple (or later, the synagogue) without covering her head. This practice is simply carried on by the Church (as it is also by Orthodox Christians and even by "Orthodox" women of the post-Temple Jewish religion today).
That which is Veiled is a Most Holy Vessel
Remember what St. Paul says, "But if a woman nourish her hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering." We don't veil ourselves because of some "primordial" sense of femine shame; we are covering our glory so that He may be glorified instead. We cover ourselves because we are holy -- and because the feminine beauty is truly a very powerful thing. If you don't believe me, consider how the image of "woman" is used to sell everything from bubble gum to Stocks. We women need to understand the power of the Feminine Being and act accordingly by following the rules of modest attire, including the use of the veil. .
By surrendering our glory to the headship of our husbands and to God, we surrender to them in the same way that the Holy Mother surrendered herself to the Holy Ghost ("Be it done to me according to Thy will!") the veil as a symbol is powerful and beautiful , just as when a man bends on one knee to ask his girl friend to marry him.
Now, think of what else was veiled in the Old Testament -- the Holy of Holies!
Hebrews 9:1-8
The former [Old Covenant] indeed had also justifications of divine service and a sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made the first, wherein were the candlesticks and the table and the setting forth of loaves, which is called the Holy. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies: Having a golden censer and the ark of the testament covered about on every part with gold, in which was a golden pot that had manna and the rod of Aaron that had blossomed and the tables of the testament. And over it were the cherubims of glory overshadowing the propitiatory: of which it is not needful to speak now particularly. Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle, the priests indeed always entered, accomplishing the offices of sacrifices. But into the second, the high priest alone, once a year: not without blood, which he offereth for his own and the people's ignorance: The Holy Ghost signifying this: That the way into the Holies was not yet made manifest, whilst the former tabernacle was yet standing.
...The Ark of the Old Covenant was kept in the veiled Holy of Holies. And at Mass, what is kept veiled until the Offertory? The Chalice -- the vessel that holds the Precious Blood! And, between Masses, what is veiled? The Ciborium in the Tabernacle, the vessel which holds the very Body of Christ. These vessels of life are veiled because they are holy!
And who is veiled? Who is the All Holy, the Ark of the New Covenant, the Vessel of the True Life? Our Lady -- and by wearing the veil, we imitate her and affirm ourselves as women, as vessels of life.
This really is only one superficially small act is:
So now the question I'd like answered is, "Why would any Catholic woman not want to veil herself?"
Thoughts from an Empty Mind
Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 1:55 AM
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Maybe I am crazy or maybe it is my Traditional Catholic upbringing but I could not help myself from Praying for Osama Bin Laden.
I know he was a terrible terrible person but I couldn't help myself. I have never had that strong of a pull to prayer in my life. I realize he deserved what he got in our man made way of doing things but I still prayed that G*D would have mercy on his soul. For as in the bible it says and this is not correctly stated here by me but it is close. Pray for thine enemys as you would your own family and it also states, Vengence be mine says the Lord. I can not judge any man, woman or child for their sins as I to am a sinner. We all sin in some form or another from time to time as we are only human. And there was only one perfect person in the world and we all know who that was.
OSB may have been Satans henchman but I can not judge him. I can hate what he stood for, hate what he did and hate what he could have done in the futher but I will not be lumped into the the same catorgory as he as a hater of all that is not the same as I am. He hated me only because I was an American. I had never done anything to him other than be born in the USA.
I have Muslim friends, Jewish friends, Christian friends and we do not always agree on religion , the world affairs but we all agree on one thing killing each other is not the way and hating one another because we do not see eye to eye is crazy. That is not what any of our religions teachs us.
