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  • About
  • My Novel: Aliisa’s letter
  • Remembering Steven
  • Healthy Birth Practices
    • Preparing for Birth
    • Waiting for Labor to Start
    • Pelvic Measurement: Will the Baby Fit?
    • Emotional Support and Guidance During Labor
    • Is the Intervention Necessary?
    • Pushing Positions
    • Mom & Baby: Skin to Skin
    • A New Perspective: Home Birth
  • Family Health
    • Essential Oils
    • Colds Flu and Garlic
    • Calendula for a Healing Salve
    • Measles and the MMR
    • What about Vaccines?
    • Easing Painful Periods
  • Affiliate Links
  • Privacy Policy
  • Abortion - Faith - Health

    Is Medical Research Supporting Planned Parenthood?

    January 27, 2016 - By Carol

    For the past five months I have been studying the book of Acts. The book provides a picture of  the early church,  the work of the Holy    Spirit and the challenges that believers faced. Times and circumstances are different now, but the challenges are similar. When we pursue truth…

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  • Abortion - Family

    The March Goes On Despite the Wind Chill Factor in Chicago

    January 18, 2016 - By Carol

    At times the wind chill on Sunday was -11° F in Chicago. Yet, many people turned out for the March for Life. The message was pro-woman, pro-baby, pro-life. A large group of college students were present. We were cold but in good spirits. Linking with Sue’s Wordless Wednesday

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  • Abortion - Faith

    Why I Participate in the March for Life

    January 15, 2016 - By Carol

    Sunday is the March for Life in Chicago. For the past three years I have participated in the march that takes place in my community. This year our community is joining the Chicago March for Life. I wasn’t sure that I wanted to ride the bus into Chicago, and so…

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  • Abortion - Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    Rubella: Virus & Vaccine

    October 6, 2015 - By Carol

    The letter R in MMR stands for rubella. When I was a kid we called it the German measles. (Not to be confused with regular measles–or rubeola–which was in the news this year.) My siblings and I all had rubella when we were growing up; we got a fever and…

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  • Abortion - Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    The Uncomfortable Truth About Vaccine Research

    August 26, 2015 - By Carol

    Gut wrenching videos. Do you wonder what kind of research requires live baby parts? The barbaric procedures we have seen in undercover videos did not happen overnight. Biological research has been taking place for years with ever increasing boldness. I was shocked when I came across a link to a…

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  • Abortion - Health

    Miscarriage and Abortion

    August 5, 2015 - By Carol

      Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak.  Heal me, Lord, for my body is in agony.   Psalm 6:2  NLT The reality of abortion is before us. The videotapes taken undercover show barbaric practices. What about the women that received abortions? Did they suffer? In the fifth video…

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It gives me joy to be a woman, a wife, a mother and grandmother. For many years I was a childbirth nurse, assisting mothers and their babies.

 

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