tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32844174.post864740609614228002..comments2023-07-10T03:59:41.138-07:00Comments on I Was Just Thinking: Long-time Listener, First-time CallerBarbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942988700815313215noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32844174.post-21825970256966634452008-09-12T20:41:00.000-07:002008-09-12T20:41:00.000-07:00Barb,I hope you come back and read this. I have ju...Barb,<BR/>I hope you come back and read this. I have just been over at the National Network of College Women's blog they have an article on Sarah Palin. They are linked to an article by Mary Hunt, one of the radical Catholic Feminist. I left a message there. I hope other Presbyterian women will read both the NNPCW blog posting and Mary Hunts article and respond. That organization is meant for all PCUSA college women. They should make it diverse. The NNPCW blog is at http://networknotes.blogspot.com/. If you go there you will see the link to Mary Hunt but it is at http://www.religiondispatches.org/art433.php.Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32844174.post-66359939092719228862008-09-11T14:16:00.000-07:002008-09-11T14:16:00.000-07:00On the other hand having children at a young age.....On the other hand having children at a young age...allows you to enjoy grandchildren at a relatively young age also.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420439959052867923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32844174.post-23435894228250499042008-09-11T14:00:00.000-07:002008-09-11T14:00:00.000-07:00You know, these same folks also don't think you sh...You know, these same folks also don't think you should have children TOO YOUNG either. I think the basic idea behind it all is that they hate children. <BR/> <BR/> Of all the people I know who have kids, I'm the youngest with the oldest since I had my first at 21. You know the same lady who wrote that article would probably be aghast that I "threw away my youth and potential" to have a baby. <BR/><BR/>You can't win.Julohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820423652844135856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32844174.post-22354509608830006282008-09-11T12:38:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:38:00.000-07:00Way to go Barbie, Glad to know what the subject wa...Way to go Barbie, Glad to know what the subject was since I couldn't ever connect to the 'stream' on the computer. I agree whole heartedly to what Viola and Beth said and will only add one more praise. We have good friends of 40 some years who are going to a birthday celebration of a brother who turns 60 next month. He is a special needs person with Downs symdrome. Forty five years ago when I was teaching we left out the 'special needs'..guess we were not politically correct -). Also 45 years ago these children were not expected to live past their teens. Well 'D' has 3 older brothers with wives, lots of cousins and lots of neices and nephews as well as some greats. His parents lived to see him grow well into his 40's. His abilities might be that of a 6-8 year old. He lives in a group home, swims in the 'special olympics',works under supervision every day, loves baseball and his family. He traveled to Alaska last summer with a 'special needs group', paying for the trip himself.<BR/>What a blessing he has been to family and those who have known him through the years. When our name is mentioned to him he says "oh clam chowder...I didn't like that." We are remembered though! He and his life have been a gift. Yes there have been difficulties through the years but we haven't been promised that all would be easy.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420439959052867923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32844174.post-11355193265367094092008-09-11T08:43:00.000-07:002008-09-11T08:43:00.000-07:00I applaud you, applaud you, applaud you!!! I'm so ...I applaud you, applaud you, applaud you!!! I'm so glad you stuck with it and made that call!<BR/><BR/>"Having a baby in your 40s is such a bad choice that women who choose to do so should suffer social disapproval - just like people who smoke or engage in other destructive behaviors." Wow! That woman makes me so livid I would really like to give her a sound punch in the nose . . . but instead, I'm choosing to pray, pray, pray for her. (My guess is she might prefer the punch in the nose!)<BR/><BR/>I had our two year old, Nicholas, at 42. He is the happiest, most loving adorable little bundle of sweetness you'll ever meet. And since he is talking in complete and complex sentences, (at exactly 24 months of age) he might even be the brightest of all our offspring.<BR/><BR/>Though he wasn't "planned" by us, he was certainly planned by God and has been such a huge, huge blessing and gift in all of our lives. He brings such delight to our entire family as well as everyone else he comes in contact with. <BR/><BR/>I just have the audacity to believe he is quite glad I allowed him to continue to grow in my 42 year old womb and allowed him the great privilege of knowing the joy of filling his lungs with air and breathing. He loves life and he loves his now 44 year old mama. He has his whole life ahead of him . . . and I believe the promise of God that He has a plan and a future for him!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01497077624955353830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32844174.post-88716614207772098122008-09-11T08:16:00.000-07:002008-09-11T08:16:00.000-07:00Barb,You are a life-giving, nurturing woman whose ...Barb,<BR/>You are a life-giving, nurturing woman whose life truly shines with the goodness of Christ. Don’t let the death people get to you. <BR/><BR/>I have a younger sister who was born when my mother was forty. She has been a blessing to those around her including her two daughters.<BR/>We live in a sick society.Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.com