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    Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 7:18 pm

    I bought two boxes of size 6 Huggies on clearance today, saving me $54.22 off the regular price!!! That doesn’t happen every day! The diaper company changed the packaging, and the grocery store wanted to get rid of the old style! I wish I could have bought more, but there were only two boxes left.

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    Keep hanging in there.
  • Barack Obama, What daughter wants to build her dreams on the memory of having killed her own unborn child?

    | January 23, 2012

    When celebrating the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Barack Obama said,

    “I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose and this fundamental constitutional right… While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue—no matter what our views, we must stay united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant woman and mothers, reduce the need for abortion, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption.” Barack Obama

    What exactly is wrong with abortion that the rate needs to be reduced?

    “And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.” Barack Obama

    What daughter wants to build her dreams on the memory of having killed her own unborn child? How is that equality? Abortion = one dead, one wounded, and one free to continue to sexually exploit. Abortion gives men the right to “use” women without consequences. Abortion exists so men can pursue a lifestyle of sexual irresponsibility without accountability. Abortion exploits women. Men (partners and even doctors) often coerce women into believing that abortion is the only solution. Abortion provides an easy out for the man, certainly not for the woman. Women are often coerced into having abortions. Women are being deceived at the most basic level. The woman is deliberately deceived about the abortion itself, its effects on her and on her living, growing child. After being used by men, women are then violated with the abortion cover-up. Abortion is a violent act against both the mother and the child.

    Speaking of the dreams of our daughters, Barack Obama, don’t you know that we have known for YEARS that unborn babies dream?! Literally!! Why don’t they have the “same rights, freedoms, and opportunities”?

    “Using ultrasound techniques, it was first shown that REM (rapid eye movements) which are characteristic of active dream states have been demonstrated at 23 weeks.” J. Birnhaltz, “The Development of Human Fetal Eye Movement Patterns,” Science, 1981, vol. 213, pp. 679-681

    “REM have since been recorded 17 weeks after conception.” S. Levi, Brugman University of Brussels, American Medical Association News, February 1, 1983

    Hey Feminists, “Choice” is Killing Our Girls! STOP ABORTION NOW!

    | January 23, 2012

    It’s a Girl! Documentary Film – Official Trailer

    Words of Death: It’s a Girl
    http://liveaction.org/blog/words-of-death-its-a-girl/

    WHAT is this CHOICE they talk about???

    Baby Melinda was one of the smallest babies ever born, and her family rejoiced today as she went home from the hospital for the first time. She was born four months early weighing only 9.5 oz. … Meanwhile, on another wing of the hospital, choices are made to end the lives of other babies – just as human, just as precious, often bigger than Melinda.

    More on abortion:

    The end of abortion (will not be pretty)
    http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/the-end-of-abortion-will-not-be-pretty

    Private Abortion Clinics Given the OK to Advertise Services on British TV
    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/private-abortion-clinics-given-the-ok-to-advertise-services-on-british-tv/

    Sounds Like That Sex Ed Thing is Really Working. NOT! … BIOLOGY and MORALITY need to be taught – not Sex Ed.

    | January 20, 2012

    Study: Many Teen Moms Surprised They Got Pregnant, Thought it Couldn’t Happen During First Sexual Encounter
    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/study-many-teen-moms-surprised-they-got-pregnant-thought-it-couldnt-happen-during-first-sexual-encounter/

    “In a survey of thousands of teenage mothers who had unintended pregnancies, about a third who didn‘t use birth control said the reason was they didn’t believe they could pregnant…”

    “Some of the teen moms were asked what kind of birth control they used: Nearly 20 percent said they used the pill or a birth control patch. Another 24 percent said they used condoms…”

    “Nearly a quarter of the teen moms who did not use contraception said they didn’t because their partner did not want them to…”

    Unbelievable. Like I always said, they need to be taught BIOLOGY and MORALITY – not sex ed… But you know, nothing changes much as people get older – adults still are often surprised when they get pregnant. So weird.

    Well, It’s About Time Evangelicals Rethink Birth Control

    | January 15, 2012

    American Evangelicals beginning to rethink birth control, argues author of new book
    http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/american-evangelicals-beginning-to-rethink-birth-control-argues-author-of-n

    “Mid-twentieth-century evangelical leaders followed the mainstream and bought into birth control, and, briefly, abortion…”

    “‘Raised within a religious movement that has almost uniformly condemned abortion, many young evangelicals have begun to ask whether abortion can be neatly isolated from the issue of contraception,” reads the publisher’s description of the book. “A significant number of evangelical families have, over the last several decades, rejected the use of birth control and returned decisions regarding family size to God…’”

    “At a Christian conference last October in Chicago, Carlson spoke about what he called a simple truth, namely that ‘faithful Christian communities produce an abundance of children, and in doing so, they change this world.’ He also pointed out that since the inception of Christianity there has been what he called a consistent ‘reproductive consensus’ that those of Christian belief oppose abortion, infanticide, a contraceptive mentality, and easy divorce.”

    | January 12, 2012

    I think every child needs a brother AND a sister. Better yet, brothers and sisters. True friends for life… So that means a minimum of four siblings, but at least six would be better. :-D … When I think of people who have lots of siblings, I can see how much they mean to each other… “How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.” Mother Teresa

    The Hand that Rocks the Cradle…

    | December 25, 2011

    In Europe, Children Growing Hard to Find
    http://mommylife.net/archives/2011/12/in_europe_child.html

    “When citizens are taking pictures of couples with children because it is so rare to see such a sight you know the country has failed. In Europe, if you have three or more children, it is common to be stopped and asked to pose for a picture.”

    Twelve Days of Christmas: Homeschooling and Big Families

    | December 18, 2011

    Twelve Days of Homeschool

    And an oldie, but a goodie:
    The Twelve Days of a Large Family Christmas

    Hat Tip: http://mommylife.net/

    Dangers of Popular Birth Control Pill

    | December 7, 2011

    Yasmin/Yaz birth control pill users launch lawsuit
    http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/EdmontonHome/20100310/birth_control_100310/

    “A group of Canadian women are filing a lawsuit against the makers of Bayer’s popular oral contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin, alleging they were not adequately warned about higher than usual risks for stroke and other health problems.”

    “The pills, sold under the name Yaz and Yasmin, are used by thousands of Canadian women and teens. For most, they work well. But some users are reporting racing hearts, strokes and, in some cases, gallbladder problems leading to surgery…”

    “‘I went paralyzed all down my left side and I lost my ability to communicate. It was terrifying,’ she remembers.”

    Health Canada warns birth control pill has high risk of clots
    http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/health-canada-warns-birth-control-pill-has-high-risk-of-clots

    “‘…Drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives (marketed under the brand names Yasmin and Yaz) … may be associated with a risk of blood clots that is 1.5 to 3 times higher than other birth control pills.’”

    Doesn’t Just Affect Your Heart

    | December 6, 2011

    Teen Sex May Affect Brain Development, Study Suggests
    http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/12/02/teen-sex-may-affect-brain-development-study-suggests/

    “Specifically, the animals that mated earlier in life had higher levels of depressive behaviors, changes to the brain and smaller reproductive tissues compared to those that had intercourse later or not at all.”

    “Having a sexual experience during this time point, early in life, is not without consequence…”

    Contraceptive Mentality

    | November 23, 2011

    Contraceptive pill linked to increased prostate cancer
    http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/contraceptive-pill-linked-to-increased-prostate-cancer

    “Researchers have found yet another link between the contraceptive pill and cancer – this time, a cancer in men.”

    “A study conducted at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto that looked at 87 countries found a statistically significant relationship between use of the contraceptive pill and prostate cancer.”

    Cardinal Burke: Attacks on unborn are rooted in ‘contraceptive mentality’
    http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-burke-attacks-on-unborn-are-rooted-in-contraceptive-mentality

    “The so-called ‘contraceptive mentality’ is essentially anti-life,” the cardinal insisted. “Many forms of so-called contraception are, in fact, abortifacient, that is, they destroy, at its beginning, a life which has already been conceived.”

    “Through the spread of the contraceptive mentality, especially among the young, human sexuality is no longer seen as the gift of God, which draws a man and a woman together, in a bond of lifelong and faithful love, crowned by the gift of new human life, but, rather, as a tool for personal gratification,” he explained.

    Correcting this “contraceptive thinking,” he said, is “essential to the advancement of the culture of life.”

    “Researchers link birth-control shot Depo Provera to memory loss”

    | November 14, 2011

    ASU researchers link birth-control shot Depo Provera to memory loss
    http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2011/11/01/asu-researchers-link-birth-control.html?page=all

    Michelle Duggar Expecting 20th Child at Age 45

    | November 8, 2011

    20 kids and counting! Michelle Duggar announces pregnancy
    http://www.jillstanek.com/2011/11/20-kids-and-counting-michelle-duggar-announces-pregnancy/

    Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar: ‘We’re Expecting Again!’
    http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20543449,00.html

    Jim Bob agrees: “If we had lived by fear after Michelle had preeclampsia after her second delivery, we would have missed out on all our wonderful blessings,” he says. “So many of her pregnancies have gone extremely well.”

    What Would You Do If You Had No Fear?

    | October 23, 2011

    Why I never should have had eight children
    http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/why-i-never-should-have-had-eight-children

    “I remember standing in my kitchen, full of fear and anxiety, telling myself that I had no business – no business! – having another baby. Not now, not ever.”

    “All my shortcomings and sins came to the forefront of my mind, and I stood there reeling from the truth of it:”

    • I can’t cook.
    •  I can’t grocery shop.
    •  I can’t bring the kids out alone without help.
    •  I have nooooo patience.
    •  I am not crafty in the least.
    •  I can’t sew.
    •  I can’t throw a party.
    •  I’m not athletic or outdoorsy.
    •  I don’t know how to make a pretty home.
    •  I don’t know how to make anything fun.
    •  I am lazy and a procrastinator.
    •  I’m used to being served, not serving.
    •  I am sarcastic and cranky.
    •  I am a complainer.
    •  I like to be alone.
    •  I hate to be interrupted or inconvenienced.
    •  I am not particularly good with children…

    “‘Discouragement is not from Christ, as Christ only encourages. Discouragement is from the devil!’ I remembered it then, and my fears and anxieties were banished.”

    “Childless Men May Have Higher Heart Risk”

    | October 23, 2011

    Study Shows Men With No Kids Had 17% Increased Risk in Death From Heart Disease or Stroke
    http://men.webmd.com/news/20110926/childless-men-may-have-higher-heart-risk

    What Would You Do If You Had No Fear?

    | October 23, 2011

    Diocese of Phoenix Natural Family Planning Promo Video