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One Final Word
My dear friend Michele slipped into eternity on Wednesday, February 1. She was a remarkable woman who left a legacy of faith, determination, and love. For three years she courageously battled the ovarian cancer that eventually robbed her of her life. A few days before she died, one of her docto
posted 8:43:41pm Feb. 10, 2012 |
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The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
My husband told me that there are rumors that I've died. I'm happy to report that I'm still very much alive. My cancer has gone to stage four but we are controlling it with chemo, the cancer numbers are currently in the normal range. I've stopped blogging to concentrate on my daughters and writing a
posted 7:07:55pm Aug. 23, 2010 |
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An update and a prayer request
Several people have asked about Michele's condition, and have promised to pray for her. On her behalf, I thank you for that. I spoke with her a little while ago, and she asked that I come here and tell you what's going on, and to ask you to pray for her. She isn't able to post here herself right
posted 4:55:36pm Apr. 06, 2010 |
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Rest in peace, Internet Monk.
A man known in the cyber world as The Internet Monk, has died. Michael Spencer lost his battle with cancer tonight.
My prayers go out for his family and for all those who loved and will miss him. :(
posted 11:52:00pm Apr. 05, 2010 |
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The peace that passes all understanding, pt. 1
I'm coming out of my normal hiding place to make a few comments.
The internet is a strange place. It is often a wonderful place, a helpful place, a unifying place. But it is also alienating, cold, and is the perfect medium in which to depersonalize others.
Through it, I have seen people reach out
posted 4:39:08pm Mar. 25, 2010 |
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posted October 9, 2008 at 9:34 am
Yuck. I live about an hour from that city. I’m not TOTALLY sure but I don’t think this is typical behavior.
As for expressing an opinion different than yours, your opinions have come in the form of one smear after another.
posted October 9, 2008 at 10:45 am
“The left hate it when you express an opinion that they don’t agree with and want to shut you up. Don’t agree?”
Nope, not in the slightest; this is one incident in which an individual made a wrong choice. Besides, I’ve never heard of a “pro-abortion” individual; what is that? Is that a person who advocates abortion for every pregnancy? Never heard of that movement before. How do you know that was his motivation for aiming the car at the protesters? I am a member of the ‘left’ and I believe you have the constitutional right to say whatever you believe as long as you are not physically preventing anyone from receiving the legal health care inside.
Furthermore, kindly refer to people who support choice as pro-choice. The pro-choice movement is about abortion reduction, not through signs or protests but through the MUCH more effective way of advocating for adequate sex education, availability of birth control, and supporting candidates and legislation that would help improve socioeconomic status, fight for equal pay for women, and make college affordable and health care a ‘right’ not a ‘privilege’ for every American. I doubt you would like your movement to be called “pro-poverty”, pro-women’s oppression” etc.
Lauren
posted October 9, 2008 at 11:49 am
Lauren,
Great comment.
I never understood the term “pro-abortion” either. Perhaps it just bolsters the so-called “pro-life” people into continuing their moral superiority complex.
posted October 9, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Considering the behavior of the sort of people who do the protesting, my sympathies are with the driver.
Of course I remember one hilarious incident back in the 90s when the pro-lifers were actively campaigning for Bill Clinton even though they did not know it, when one protester handcuffed himsef to the muffler pipe of a car. And then the person came out and started the car.
Then she put the car into gear.
The protester screamed like a stuck pig!
Everyone laughed at the protester and cheered the person to start driving.
A group of onlookers surrounded the protesters and started chanting, “Kill! Kill! Kill!”
The protester under the car managed to release himself and ran for his life, followed by the other protesters who left their signs as trophies for the mob.
We don’t have fun like that any more.
posted October 9, 2008 at 12:28 pm
One can’t be pro-life while at the same time support the death penalty. You can be anti-abortion/anti-choice but claiming the mantle of supporting life means supporting all life.
posted October 9, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Lauren and Sherry, someone who is pro-abortion favors legal abortion. If you’re so concerned by the phrase, there must be something about abortion you don’t find good. What is it? And if abortion isn’t a good thing and you don’t want to say you support it, why keep it legal? That seems inconsistent.
Someone who is pro-abortion is also someone like Barack Obama. He supports keeping abortion legal for any reason throughout pregnancy. He supports forcing taxpayers to fund abortion, he opposes any limits on abortion like informed consent or parental notification or a ban on partial-birth abortions. His record is very clearly PRO-abortion as he’s never voted for any abortion limit either on the state or federal level.
posted October 9, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Wow. I never knew this blog existed. Luckily there are some intellegent women who visit and can push back with intellegence. Nice points Lauren. You speak for me, too.