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Even Sporadic NFP Use Has Many Untold Benefits
My husband and I were one of those Catholic couples who got married not knowing about Natural Family Planning (NFP). We planned to have kids right away and were ultimately shooting for six kids (five for a basketball team and… Continue reading
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Farmers’ Markets Around Cincinnati
… that we want to visit this year. We subscribe to Cedarmore Farm’s CSA, which makes visiting farmers’ markets largely unnecessary, but still. And we have yet to check out Grassland Graze, which is just minutes from us. It would… Continue reading
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SMASH Reviews plus Cod Liver (Not Oil)
Salmon, Mackerel, Anchovies, Sardines, and Herring: They’re good for you! Continue reading
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Marian Consecration in the Lives of Eight Pinoys
Marian Consecration? What’s that? That’s the typical response one gets when asked about this particular devotion. That was my response when I first heard about it. Today, the last day of Mama Mary’s month, PinoyVoices shares what a few good… Continue reading
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How to Trust Like Mary
Tradition holds that Mary was in the midst of prayer when the Archangel Gabriel came with his message. At that moment, her mind, her soul, her heart, her very body, was prepared to receive. “Hail, full of grace,” he greeted… Continue reading
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Is Contraception Really What Filipinas Want?
This past week, I ran across three interesting posts online, from three different Pinays. The first comes from a single woman studying at one of the top universities in the Philippines. In it, she tells Facebook that she is for… Continue reading
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“Do The Next Thing”: A Curriculum
Image: Neil Cooper “Classical relaxed unschooling” sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? But it describes our CURRENT style of homeschooling so well. Notice I said CURRENT; I’m not the same homeschooler I used to be when we got started 18+ years… Continue reading
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Of Suffering, Safety Nets and Kings
Image: Pietro Jeng Over the past few weeks, PinayVoices has been hopping because of our posts on divorce. It can be draining. It’s exhausting to talk to unhappy women who, blinded by anger, can’t get past their own view of things… Continue reading
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Know Thyself
Image: Tim Wright If there’s any piece of advice I’m taking myself this year and giving to others, it would be this: know thyself. When we’re in our teens, we’re still figuring out our identity and our purpose in life. As… Continue reading
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Planned Parenthood, My Daughter, and Me
Let me get a couple of things out of the way. My 26-year-old daughter recently got married. She’s also pregnant. I did hesitate to write this because her story isn’t my story to tell. I don’t write this either to… Continue reading