When I first became pregnant, I was so excited. My husband and I made really cool announcements for our immediate family. I can barely picture them now. Just after we told people I started to miscarry. It took over a week to progress and occur. I was very sad, but ok. What I wish I … Continue reading
Author Archives: sacredstruggler
A Birth Story: Daughters are WoMEn Too
The way my daughter entered the world prepared me for the life she faces, the life I’ve faced. The rape of our bodies and minds by those to whom our words seem surreptitious. People will assault her by disregarding her words, want, and will insisting that what we wear- our skin, our suit, our smile- is more indicative of our intent than our intentional verbal insistences. Continue reading
Civil Religion: The Idol no Patriot Dares Mention
“Yet there is power — wonder-working power — in the goodness, and idealism, and faith of the American people.” Oh wait a second, that’s not how the hymn goes. I do believe the ‘wonder working power’ is in the blood of the lamb. But who needs the blood of the lamb when you’ve got the … Continue reading
The third Thursday
While we lift our voices up in praise and adoration and thanksgiving, others are lifting up their voices in anguish and lament. Continue reading
My Silent Sunday
My next attempt at ‘read it, experience it’ is Quakerism. If you have followed me for any length of time, you will know that I have not felt at home in the church for some time and have long been experimenting with other denominations and churches. While on vacation I picked up a book called … Continue reading
On Bravery
“You are brave,” she told me. “You had your liberal, lesbian friends of color and their kids over to your house with your in-laws there. That’s pretty brave.” But I’m not. I’m not brave enough to put a favorite quote on my wall because it has a swear word in it. I’m not brave for … Continue reading
My ‘Spread the Happy’ Venture
After my failure at operating Thetan, I began a new venture. Though I have continued to read dianetics, I get nothing from it other than an annoyance with his penchant to define everyday words. I took the Scientology test, but apparently I need to go to a Scientology church to get the results and the … Continue reading
