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Three simple words. Three impossible words. I. Need. Help. I calculated this pregnancy incorrectly. I was sure I’d be early, so now I look back and I think–I started asking Peter for help too early. He’s exhausted, what with six weeks straight of getting up with both kids in the night (Penny almost always needs…

A quick addition to my post from this morning: I’m not the only one preparing for the birth of this child. Peter found William in his crib this morning, pajamas entirely off. Peter asked, “William, what are you doing?” William, who had his giraffes under the covers with him, said, “I’m feeding my baby.” He…

I’m 40-weeks pregnant with our third child. This was a planned pregnancy. And it’s been an easy one. No health concerns. No morning sickness. A supportive husband who has borne the brunt of my need for sleep, for someone to unload the groceries and take the children sledding. And yet I’ve found myself bemoaning my…

Three recent articles about abortion caught my attention in the past 24 hours. One, a piece in the NYTimes about how New York City is the abortion capital of our nation: “Abortion: Easy Access, Complex Everything Else.”  Two, a report from the Associated Press about an egregious abuse of power in the case of an…

When it comes to God, it’s far too easy to get distracted. I want a few more moments of sleep. I try to pray, but instead I listen to the sounds of children downstairs or my mind wanders to today’s “to do” list or I’d rather read a book or check email or any number…

I’m still pregnant. The photo to the left is a reminder of what is coming, soon. For now, I’ve never been so pregnant. Penny was almost 3 weeks early. William was almost one week early. This time, I’m about to reach my due date. And in the end, I’m grateful for the time we’ve been…

Time has an article this week, “Good News About Grief” that debunks some of the myths about grieving. It counters the standard Elixabeth Kubler-Ross “Five Stages of Grief” paradigm, and suggests that we don’t grieve in stages, we don’t need to express our grief, grief is harder on men, grief has an ending point, and…

A few months back, Ike Ditzenberger, a young man with Downsyndrome, scored a 51-yard touchdown for his high school football team. It made the national news. In fact, he reportedly got a movie contract out of themoment. More recently,

“Can I hold my daughter please?” My wife Margie delivered our daughter Chloe on May 16th, 2003. I was in my twentieth year as a Police Officer, and I knew there was something not right in the doctor’s look and voice. Chloe aspirated during her entry into the world, and as they cleared her lungs…

I have a new post at her.meneutics: “Blessed are those with Alzheimer’s.” It begins:  Americans are living longer and longer. For many individuals, this comes as good news, and yet for the larger culture, it brings social change, significant increases in health-care costs, and a higher prevalence of diseases such as Alzheimer’s. According to the Alzheimer’s…
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