Print Friendlyby Vyckie Angel’s boyfriend, Aaron, is in the evil jester costume. Next to him is Hazelle ~ looking rather witchy. Angel … I’m not sure what that costume is, but I think it’s pretty awesome. Chassé was a cowgirl ~ no gun, but she still looks like she could hurt you, huh? LOL In the front are Lydia Jean ~ a.k.a. “Sharpay” ~ and Wesley the Vampire. (Not pictured are: Andrew who was with his friends ~ and Berea ~ I think she was working.) “Oooh, creepy” ~ we actually did Halloween this year for Full post …
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A Most Twisted Love
Print Friendlyby Vyckie Mom & Dad are in love … but is a patriarchal relationship of entitlement-meets-martyrdom a healthy and mutually beneficial expression of love? Following a recent interview with the religion editor of our local newspaper, I’ve been thinking more about what I’ve learned from St. Bernard of Clairvaux concerning the four “degrees” of love which the ancient monk postulated in considering man’s relationship to God (note that this applies to all other relationships as well) ~ although I’ve already written briefly on this topic here, I’d like to now give a more thorough Full post …
Lo, children ARE a blessing …
Print Friendlyby Vyckie It is true ~ I am abundantly blessed … No Longer Quivering has been up and running for less than 4 months ~ and in that short time, I think the blog and forums have already developed quite a community to provide a fair amount of stories and info. which illustrate some of the very real problems with the quiverfull worldview and lifestyle. Just this morning, however ~ as I was looking at the posts here and trying to get a feel of the overall tone of NLQ ~ I Full post …
Here’s just a tiny little example for ya ‹(ô¿ô)›
Print Friendly By Vyckie As I have been telling my No Longer Quivering story here on the blog, I keep repeating that Warren was “difficult” to talk to because his communication skills were extremely poor. This afternoon, I was reminded of an incident which I really want to share here because it’s an excellent example of the situation we were dealing with. This is actually funny in an oh-that’s-so-pathetic sort of way. Three of my girls (Berea, Chassé, and Hazelle) have a rare genetic bone condition which they inherited from me. They receive treatment at Full post …
Dear Happy Full-quiver-er …
Print Friendlyby Vyckie Frequently in the comments section here at NLQ, we hear from women who are living the quiverfull/patriarchy lifestyle and are loving it ~ these women often feel that No Longer Quivering is portraying *all* QF/P families as oppressive and abusive ~ and understandably, they feel defensive about the perceived attack on their freely-chosen lifestyle. Early on, when we first started this blog, there was an exchange along these lines which I really have been wanting to highlight ~ and I’m finally getting around to digging these posts out of the comment section Full post …
Hey, Hazelle … about “that book…”
Print Friendlyby Vyckie For her 13th birthday, I got Hazelle a ticket to Seattle ~ she’ll be leaving tomorrow to spend Spring Break with Laura. When Laura lived here with us, she and Hazelle became pretty good friends This morning, about 5 minutes before leaving for school, Hazelle (who is a 6th grader) asked me to write a response to the letter/book report she wrote for me as a class assignment. I scribbled out a letter and she’s off to school ~ here’s what I wrote: Dear Hazelle, Thank you for the letter telling me Full post …
I Have Too Many Kids!
Print Friendly 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 Full post …
To Heck With HELL … ‹(ô¿ô)›
Print Friendly 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 Full post …
Michelle says, Never enough babies!
