Sorry For the Lag

I'm very sorry to all you who eagerly look to my blog for something new. Lately my fatigue and nausea have increased and getting the essential daily things done is more of a challenge.

I pray God's mercy that I will not endure fatigue and nausea the entire length of my pregnancy but that it will be over soon. I have many things to share, but I'll just have to eat some humble pie and learn some patience before I can do that.

Check back on occasion, I promise to return with more regular, predictable posts soon.

-Meggan

Shiphrah Walking!

Shiphrah started taking some serious official steps, 5 and 6 at a time, on Monday October 17th when we had some friends over for dinner. Since then she has gained a lot of momentum, with the absence of a Birthday Walker, and is now walking like a professional! She bends down to pick things up without sitting to do so. She gets to a standing position without first crawling to a wall. I'm so excited that she is finally walking! She's so cute waddling around the house - the sound of little feet pitter pattering on our hardwood floors! I love it.

Horseback Riding!

G'Wanda took the girls to her choir retreat/fellowship and the owners also had two horses: Penny & Fancy. After they got some necessary energy out, they were calm enough to stroll with Moriah & Lily. Here is Lily petting the long face, getting acquainted.

High ho silver, away!

Look! All by herself!

Making the loop.

There's a good little equestrian!

Moriah, doesn't look so confident at first, but after a good petting, she's raring to go.

Look at her now!

All by herself!

Get along little doggies, get along, get along!

And don't forget the horse tire swing by the catfish pond!

My turn!

They had a blast!

The Freedom to Choose What Is Right

Now the Lord is the Spirit,

and where the Spirit of the Lord is,

there is liberty.

2 Corinthians 3:17

Reflection by Fr. Frank Pavone

Norma McCorvey (the former Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade)

used to work at an abortion mill named "A Choice for

Women." She now realizes what a cruel irony that

title was.

She saw first hand, just as pregnancy resource center

counselors see, that women don't get abortions

because of freedom of choice, but rather because they

feel they have no freedom and no choice.

They feel trapped, abandoned, desperate and afraid,

and have been led to believe that abortion is their

only option.

As Frederica Mathewes-Green has written, no woman

wants an abortion like she wants a Porsche or an ice

cream; rather, she wants it like an animal caught in

a trap wants to gnaw off its own leg.

"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."

That doesn't mean that the Spirit allows us to do

whatever we want or to decide for ourselves what's

right and wrong.

Rather, it means that the Spirit gives us the freedom

to do what is right, the power to choose what is

good, when we see it before us and yet feel pulled in

the opposite direction. Liberty means that we no

longer have to feel doomed to do what we know is

wrong.

We are the people of the Spirit of the Lord, and when

we take action on behalf of life, especially by being

present at abortion mills, we are acting on behalf of

true freedom, and imparting to those who are in

bondage the power to do what is right.

Gone Fishing

G'Wanda took Moriah and Lily to a choir retreat fellowship hosted by her choir director at her church. They had a potluck lunch, horseback riding, fishing and plenty of toys and some new friends too. Rods, reels, hooks, bait, etc were all provided. They had a great time!

Moriah with one of her catches, but not so keen on touching it.

Now she's a little more proud.

Lily caught a big catfish like this one, but it was too big to reel in and got away. Maybe next time.