Christina M | August 9, 2007
Well, that time is upon us again, mid-August: back to school sales, curriculum planning, trying to get kids back into the habit of sleeping at night and waking up during the day. And with it comes my latest Short Stack recommendation: The Well-Trained Mind, by Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer. I started reading it […]
Christina M | August 8, 2007
1. People who style their hair during Mass.2. Bathing suit tops as clothing.3. Beer slogans on shirts.4. Smacking gum. (Oh, don’t get me started. No, pushing the gum to the side of your mouth to receive Holy Communion does not suffice. Ever heard of the Communion fast?)5. Lectors in sweat pants.6. 7 year olds who […]
Christina M | August 7, 2007
Spoiler alert. It’s a boy! The results are mostly good. The typical markers of Down Syndrome are absent, and all of the organs and limbs look good. He’s a very active tyke already, with a taste for the thumb. It also turns out that the blood screening did not turn up factors that increase our […]
Christina M | August 6, 2007
Well, last week was stressful, and this week promises to be at least as much so. I took the triple screen last week, which I do know has a possibility of false positives. It came out showing higher than usual odds of my baby having Down Syndrome, so tomorrow I’m scheduled for a level II […]