This is our last (foreseeable) time being able to park in a “Expectant Mothers or Parents With Infants” spot at Mass. Today is Marian’s last day as an infant because she turns 1 tomorrow! And no, I’m not pregnant. We are in a new season after 5.5 years of back-to-back babies. 🎉
@acrimonyand@Ozzzmund Had friends in a Baptist church (before my conversion to Catholicism) go down this road. Feast days, blowing a Shofar. Then I learned it's spreading, known as the 'Jewish roots' movement. It's insidious. They discount anything written by Paul since it won't square w/ all that.
Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame, 1942-2020) wrote this fairy tale in 1992, on a king that allows a demon to take a child from his kingdom in exchange for the ability to fly.
2 year old outdoorsman wailing and gnashing, furious that I will not outfit him with crocs to play outside in severe thunderstorm.
Also pictured: 20yr old me, sure that God has arbitrarily decided to erect barriers between me and sin, likely only for spite...
Hidden benefit of having many children is getting to relive that magical period between ages 2-5 when language is developing and their world is still full of undiscovered magic; Another immersion into the terrible wonder which later fades into the fog of the mundane.
@WealthWatchman@ChadMcenroe@acrimonyand Yeah, caught it in Jan of '21. They'd test your smell with a can of coffee grounds, I couldn't smell a thing.
My smell is still "muted" to this day. I can't tell when milk or meat have turned. That's burned me once or twice.
@corsair21c Yes. The faithful required, and were given, a living Church. Transmitted and guarded by a hierarchy ordained for that purpose; Shephards able to feed and teach a community of vastly diverse intellectual gifts, including the illiterate.
Baby Casey #8 is here!! Marian Grace was born on her due date 31 July 2022 at 10:24pm measuring 9 lb 7 oz; 21 1/2 inches long in an unintentionally unassisted home birth after 49 minutes of labor. @Pater_Casey did an amazing job of delivering her; midwives arrived 15 min later ❤️
@advThunder @owenbroadcast Yes, this. Sorry if I came off negatively there, it's been a little bit since I was deep in the background reasoning. I grew up strongly committed SDA, my parents still are.
Many memories of meatless potlucks in wood paneled church basements.
@owenbroadcast @advThunder They often justify it in part with Daniel 1:12
Also likely heavy influences by Kellogg around that period, coupled with Kosher dietary restrictions.