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College, and Parenthood, and Marriage, Oh My!

On: August 3rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm | Number of Comments » 4

Remember the scene in The Wizard of Oz after the tornado of events spins Dorothy’s house out of control? Her life was still sepia toned, and her bed finally becomes still underneath her. She looks up, taking in the calm after the storm, and says, “oh”. Then she so famously walks to her door, opens [...]


I’m Just a Girl

On: March 28th, 2009 at 5:52 pm | Number of Comments » 9

My Mother-in-law is getting married. She recently dis-invited us to the wedding stating that since James disassociated himself from the Jehovah’s Witness religion, the others invited would be uncomfortable being around him. He did no such thing (we both sent a letter which she insists was a letter of disassociation, but was actually [...]


“Palin is Committed to Life” – huh?

On: September 24th, 2008 at 2:45 pm | Number of Comments » 3

Today on a discussion board someone made a comment about voting for McCain/Palin because of Palin’s commitment to life. This person said that we should make stopping abortion our number one priority. I disagreed. Here is how I responded:
Palin is only committed to fetal life, she’s rather anti any other type of [...]


Bush Tries to Take Away Women’s Rights

On: July 19th, 2008 at 11:37 am | Number of Comments » 0

Clinton vows to fight “insulting” abortion planAbortion Proposal Sets Condition on AidThis bill will potentially limit birth control options and emergency contraception, especially for poor women, which will lead to more abortions and unwanted pregnancies. This is the perfect example of why church and state need to remain separate. If some people don’t [...]