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Happy [Belated] Father's Day!

I know this is a few days late, but this meditation has been brewing all weekend through my busy, hectic workdays and my dear husband's slow ones. But this is not for him – he already got the Star Wars trilogy for Father's Day and one custom card complete with a hand-drawn Darth Vader from our six-year-old. No, this is for […]

Song of Songs

Thisentryis part 2 of 4 in the series He Who Sings Prays TwiceOf all the heavy debates on Catholic Liturgy that seem to cause a threatening snarl and an intimidating stripe of raised hair down the backs of even the most gentle child of God, that on appropriate music is the only one which actually […]

The Vocation of Marriage and Parenthood

When Funky encouraged me to write a post about my desire for a large family and my friendships with people who already have large families, I could hardly believe my good fortune: this is my opportunity to fulfill my subversive plot to…..(cue B movie horror music)……change Ales Rarus into a MOMMY BLOG!!! (maniacal laughter echoing). […]

Shut Up and Fill the Prescription

Thisentryis part 1 of 7 in the series Plan B There has recently been a great push in the world of women's health to consider prescription birth control (oral contraceptives, IUD, DepoProvera, etc.) not only a "right" but indeed a necessity - the "standard of care," if you […]

Poison Pill

At my 21-week prenatal appointment, my doctor asked if I had read the August edition of Prevention magazine, and urged that I do so, as she is mentioned in one of the articles, though not by name. My gynecologist is the only one in the Allentown, PA area that is […]