Kiss me right there, Mom! I’m up way too late working on my story ~ thought I’d take a break for a minute and go moderate comments. I found the following from “Cynthia” and started to post my own comment in reply ~ but after typing for a bit, decided I don’t want this buried in the comments section ~ it needs to be a post of its own. Here’s what Cynthia wrote: Wow, I am amazed how so many things seem to be falling into a straight line for me regarding this Full post …
Archive for April, 2009
To Heck With HELL … ‹(ô¿ô)›
Okay ~ I’ve got my thinking cap on again You all are sure to really wonder about the apparent randomness of my posts ~ seems like the topics I bring up are all over the place, huh? I should be writing more of my story (I actually am working on that) ~ but recently I’ve been thinking that a BIG part of the reason I was able to throw out the BABY and subsequently get out of the “bath water” ~ i.e., escape the QF/patriarchal worldview in which I had invested so much of my Full post …
Laura’s Story…will be slightly delayed
by Laura Dear Readers of NLQ, You may have noticed that it has been a while since I posted an installment of my chronological story. I was doing some “research” in order to get more writing done this morning. I dug out my old journal kept during the time of my clinical depression and subsequent treatment. When I read it, I was so enraged at the pain and abuse inflicted on me, I was too angry to write coherently. I stomped around the house swearing for a while. I was so dependent on my ex Full post …
Vyckie’s Tour de Crap: Homeschool? Oh, I Could Never Do That!
This photo of my lovely children was taken on Mother’s Day ~ 2005. Here’s another article that I wrote back when I was “quivering.” (‹(ô¿ô)›) The reason I wanted to share it here is simply to make the point that, for me (and I believe MANY quiverfullers), it was a “package deal.” We started out homeschooling (and I’m not saying that ALL homeschoolers go down this exact same path ~ but we certainly weren’t the only ones) ~ and everything else flowed from there. I remember that after years and years of getting deeper and Full post …
IT’S TRUE: We’ve thrown out the BABY … and the bath water
by Vyckie There have been several Christian readers of this blog recently who are leaving comments to the affect that Laura and I were “following” ~ a cultic movement ~ “interpretations of man” ~ a false understanding of God. Their message is this, “Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water! If only you REALLY KNEW Jesus ~ you would understand that He loves you and seeks your good.” One comment reads, “There’s a big difference between following a cause and following the living Christ.” I will admit that such comments are seriously aggravating Full post …
Off to College??
Laura circa 1981 When I was a sophmore in High School, I was a cheerleader. Go Mustangs!! That year we went to Cheer Camp at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). It was fun as you can imagine. During my senior year I started looking at colleges and UCSB was on the top of my list. I love the ocean and it was right there. I had some familiarity with the school having spent a week there at camp. I applied to some other schools when the time came and, of course, filled out all Full post …
ROTFL ‹(ô¿ô)›
http://www.welingelichtekringen.nl/de-vrouw-als-broedmachine.html Yesterday, both Laura and I were at our computers working on posts for this blog ~ she in Seattle and I, in Nebraska. We were consulting via IM on a few things that we’re working on, when I sent her the link posted above. What follows here is our chat which left us both laughing until we had tears: LAURA: what is the german breadmachine thing? VYCKIE: i can’t read it!! i think it’s the salon.com article LAURA: doesn’t it look like it’s talking about a bread machine? I have got to send Full post …
Vyckie’s Story: I Am Not Trapped!
Okay ~ I’m finished posting the part of my story which I wrote for my uncle ~ and before I start writing “the rest of the story” ~ I want to share part of the last letter that I wrote to Ron. (Warning: my letters to Uncle Ron were always way too long!) After nearly a year-long correspondence in which we wrote almost 1,000 letters back and forth, my uncle and I managed to cause some serious upset with the relatives. It’s quite a remarkable story filled with a whirlwind of intensity, obsession and drama Full post …
Michelle says, Never enough babies!
