Christina M | December 23, 2005
Dear Santa, I know it’s kind of last minute, but I thought I ought to contact you before Christmas, just to make sure there are no misunderstandings between us. I haven’t been perfect, but I’ve been a pretty good girl, and I thought we should clear some things up just to be certain. As you […]
Christina M | December 15, 2005
Christina M | December 9, 2005
Yesterday at Mass, our Communion song was “I can only imagine.” Now, I have to admit that at times I’ve found this song less than inspiring as a liturgical offering. The word “I” is repeated so much, I sometimes find myself wondering who the song is about: Jesus, or me. Joel glanced at me as […]
Christina M | December 7, 2005
I liked Write Wing Nut‘s choice of words so much I decided to repeat it. At the bottom of her post, she tagged me (infected, as she put it). So here I am, ready to bare all. Or bare ten. Ten random things about myself, that is. 1. I homeschooled for six years, but had […]
Christina M | December 7, 2005
Today I come before you to make a confession. It is not a confession of guit, but of something that many Christians hesitate to acknowledge. It is something that should not, but sometimes does, carry a stigma: I suffer from clinical depression. I take medication for my depression, and in small doses it helps me […]
Christina M | December 3, 2005
At National Review, Katherine Jean Lopez recently posted an article about a Supreme Court case regarding parental notification for abortion. Specifically, New Hampshire is coming under scrutiny, and the Family Research Council has filed an amicus brief. In this brief, the FRC does something we sometimes forget to do: gives a theoretical example of a […]
Christina M | December 1, 2005
OK, they didn’t really. We already had a good marriage, and in fact I’m not terribly fond of “Married with Children.” That’s where it all began. You see, My Charming and Patient Husband loves the show, whereas I can tolerate it in small doses. His favorite episode is the one he calls his “birthday episode,†[…]