Wordless Wednesday

I'd like to smother HER with a pillow...

...or at least her horrid and disgusting ideas.  Virginia Ironside is a British journalist who recently said that if she had a deeply suffering child, she would want to put a pillow over its face. Are you kidding me? I'm suffering just listening to hear her say that.  Perhaps she'd like to put a pillow over my face?  Check out her version of what a loving mother is here on Hot Air. Abortion, apparently, is sometimes the loving thing to do.

You can't spell the word 'smother' without 'mother!'

On the feast of St. Faustina, let's counter the evil of Virginia Ironside's so called loving thing to do with this prayer from the saint:

O My God,
When I look into the future, I am frightened,
But why plunge into the future?
Only the present moment is precious to me,
As the future may never enter my soul at all.
It is no longer in my power to change, correct or add to the past;
For neither sages nor prophets could do that.
And so what the past has embraced I must entrust to God.
O present moment, you belong to me, whole and entire.
I desire to use you as best I can.
And although I am weak and small,
You grant me the grace of Your omnipotence.
And so, trusting in Your mercy,
I walk through life like a little child,
Offering You each day this heart
Burning with love for Your greater Glory.

— From her Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul, Notebook 1 (1)

Mormon Blogs

The blogs that I check out everyday and which are linked in my favorite blogs are mostly Mormon, with a few Catholic ones sprinkled in here and there.  The Etsy shops I buy from are run by LDS women.  There is much to admire in the LDS community, and while I disagree with the theology, I highly admire their love of faith and family and their spirit of evangelism.  It is refreshing and something to be desired.  Reading NieNie and CJane everyday makes me want to go to Provo, UT and meet them and their beautiful families in person. :)

Friday

Dang, seven days and no post. I'm getting behind.  Right now, I'm a bit overwhelmed with work, home and family, so I'll just post this (courtesy c jane enjoy it) which helped me so much today.  Enjoy!

7 Quick Takes

1.) John is going on a back packing trip with his brother and dad. John loves backpacking and needs this break in the great outdoors before his life becomes crazy again with commuting to Seattle everyday for school.  It'll be the twins and me.  I'm hoping to see a relative at Mass, because I can't handle both on my own!

2.) I pulled my post on "Favoritism in Families."  I still have it, but I think blogging about it would cause me more problems.  That being said, thank you, Dr. Gianna and Colet for your input! I really appreciate it.

3.) We have lots of apples, and that means baking an apple pie on Sunday and making some applesauce.  Maybe that will be my project when the kids are napping.

4.) We're thinking of asking for a respite weekend.  Since we don't know any fostering families in our county, it will be interesting.  Actually, the only fostering family I have had contact with is the couple who took the twins in for 10 days before we got them.  She was very nice and was really good at assessing the kids and where they were developmentally.  It's a lesbian couple who have 5 other children.  Not what I would necessarily hope for, but beggars can't be choosers when it comes to finding someone willing to do respite for us.

5.)  This Saturday is supposed to be really nice.  The kids and I will head to a park to run off their energy.

6.) In the spring I was offered shares in my company.  We could only afford one, and I just got my first dividend check.  There are perks to being an 'owner,' even though I'm a very, very small owner. :)

7.) John's brother and his wife and their five kids are moving to AZ very soon.  It will be so strange to drive past their house (which is in our neighborhood) and know that they're not there.  Maybe we'll have to take a trip to AZ. :)

A Trip to the Doctor

This morning I took the twins to the doctor because Cherub had diarrhea for 3 days, even though he had no fever and was eating fairly normally.  A couple of other kids at daycare had it as well, so it was something going around.  Their daycare has a 3 runny diaper policy: if you have three, you have to stay home for 24 hours.  Thank goodness that John doesn't start back to school until next week, because he has been able to stay with Cherub while he was out on Tuesday.  Both kids are home today as well with him.

The kids' social worker was at the appointment with me since their mom had been invited to be there as well.  Only, their mom didn't show up.  So, that was interesting.  The good news is that the kids are fine and their bodies are just trying to get rid of the virus via diarrhea.  (That rhymes.) 

Feast of St. Matthew

Yesterday was the feast of St. Matthew.  One of my favorite names ever is Matthew.  Maybe it is because that is my brother's name and I'm very fond of my younger (by 13 months) brother.

Happy feast day, Matt!

Matt with our niece, Lili.