Update on Project Sunday and A Contemplated Reply (Attn: Rachel, Kathleen, Steve, Dan, and Lauren)

[carolynsinger]

So since my last substantive post I've been thinking a lot about what you all said. Partly this is because I've been reading An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor. One chapter in this book deals with living in a human body, or embodiment/ incarnation. She talks about how blessed it is, and points out that even God did it once.

At first, my

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[sveeb]

Thanks for the congrats! There are a few pics extant, but most of them are still confined to cameras and cell phones. Facebook holds a few of the better ones, but on my mother's profile. If you need help accessing them, I can send you a link through FB.

As far as the desirability of a large family to raise children, it's been my experience that I am extraordinarily jealous of my kids. I don't mind handing them off for babysitting as needed, but the idea of sending Seren to school terrifies me. I present her with the knowledge, vocabulary, and worldview that I want her to have, and I'll be damned if anybody else gets to come between me and her mind! Naturally, I'll need to temper my enthusiasm for shaping her mind when the time comes that I am legally obligated to send her to school, but I'm really not ready for that yet and have investigated home-schooling options (I think I'm justified in not wanting to hand her over to elementary teachers - after all, I trained alongside some of them).

I don't know what type of mother you may be. Chances are, you'll discover that around the same time that you discover who your child/ren are/is. If they are lucky, you will be as strong and quick to absorb new ideas about parenting as you have been about religion and philosophy and life.

JoElle and I were having a discussion about the issues you've been considering while we were driving to the hospital the other day. My belief is that feminism is all about being able to make your own choices and being valued for who you are and what you bring to the table. Anyone who says that men and women are exactly equal in all regards is a fool - I don't know any men who can lactate or many women who can operate jackhammers for long periods of time - but this does not mean that their mental capabilities differ or that they are of different values. You could maybe call me a JS Mill-brand feminist. Moral of my rambling: make your own choices for your own reasons and let them be valid because you have made them.