by Vyckie I had lunch with Hazelle at school on her 13th birthday ~ this year was the first time that I didn’t cry as I remembered the trauma of my 4th pregnancy and delivery ~ in fact, I hardly thought of it at all ~ so yeah, time does bring healing and I’m grateful for that. There’s an interesting discussion going on over in the NLQ forums about quiverfull families who are “trusting the Lord” with their family planning and at the same time, accepting government assistance to support their children. themomma said: Full post …
Archive for April, 2009
There Is No "You" in Qivering: He Preferred Crest
by Laura I have seen comments here on the blog that say that Vyckie and I chose this lifestye. That it was a conscious decision on our parts to live this QF/P life. I can only speak for myself and I can attest that it was definitely NOT a conscious decision on my part. I took what was the “frog in the pot of hot water” path. It is said that if you put a frog into a pot of cool water he will be content to sit there enjoying his soak in the “tub”. Full post …
Vyckie’s Tour de Crap: Bless, Do Good, Pray … 3 Remedies for Sibling Rivalry
This photo of my five girls was taken last Christmas ~ and yes, they still do argue with each other ‹(ô¿ô)› Here’s another of my “Q.D.” (Quivering Days) articles which I wrote for our paper ~ this was subsequently published in several popular home school magazines. As you read, keep in mind that at the time I wrote this, I was near the breaking point from all the stress in our home ~ things were really falling apart for us, with Angel cutting herself and Warren growing more paranoid and difficult by the day. I Full post …
When am I supposed to sleep…?
by Laura When my 11th baby was born, he had feeding issues. He just wasn’t getting the hang of nursing and I think my “plumbing” was getting a bit worn out. After two weeks of trying and trying and him crying and crying, I took him to a Lactation Clinic an hour and a half away. The nurses and doctors were wonderful and remembered me from the last time I had a baby with these problems. They told me that I needed to use a breast pump every two hours all day and every 4 Full post …
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! —Laura
By Laura Today is a special day for me. It marks the one year anniversary of the final time I left Dale. I had tried to leave 3 or 4 times before but , like many women in unhealthy relationships, I kept coming back. I have heard it said that a woman in an abusive relationship will leave the abuser an average of 7 times before she will actually stay away. 7 times! Wow. It didn’t take me that many tries but it did take a few! Vyckie offered me a place to live, support Full post …
Another baby for the Duggars … 1st grandchild is on the way
by Vyckie The Duggar family is in the news again ~ the oldest son, Joshua’s wife is pregnant with the first grandchild. Oh how I used to admire the Duggars! I was in awe of Michelle ~ and I so wished that Angel could spend time with the Duggar girls ~ maybe a little of their compliance and enthusiasm for the Quiverfull lifestyle would have rubbed off ~ and then we could all continue on in our illusion that QF/P is actually a wonderful, godly lifestyle which makes for happy families. … ……………………………………………………………………………………… NLQ recommended Full post …
We didn’t want to be BALANCED
by Vyckie Me & my boys ~ at a homeschooling conference ~ soaking up new ideas about how to live a godly lifestyle that would be pleasing to the Lord. Many NLQ readers have expressed their observation that in any healthy belief system or chosen lifestyle, there needs to be “balance” ~ a quick glance through the comment section will yield plenty of observations that we’ve gone from “one extreme to the other.” Part of the reason I’m writing this blog is to hopefully help those who have never personally been steeped in the fundamentalist Full post …
A voice from my past …
by Laura Laura & Richard, 1981 In order to tell the next part of my story I have to go back a bit in time. It may not make sense to you at first but stay with me. It will. Back in the summer of 1980, I met a young Marine and fell in love. He was so handsome and strong and wonderful. He treated me like his princess and I adored him. We spent the summer riding around on his motorcycle, going to Disneyland and the beach. It was wonderful! But there was a Full post …
Michelle says, Never enough babies!
