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cosine said:
My newborn son seems to have taken a liking to me but gets fussy around my wife. Maybe it's because she smells like milk/food so he just has constant expectations, or maybe it's because I "airplane" him around everywhere so I get more fun associations. The pattern developed, even friends would hold him and he'd be fine, but then mom would pick him up and he got fussy again. It got her down pretty bad, she was wondering if something was wrong with her, saying that babies are supposed to be attached to mom.

A couple of days later, he was sitting on her, they had eyes locked, and he laughed for the first time. I caught it on camera at exactly the right time. She's since watched the video 30+ times and it's her new favorite thing.
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That's beautiful to read!

And congrats to you and your family.

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I hope to see you post more about your experiences and insights in the Family Life subforum, at your convenience: https://christisking.cc/forums/family-life.5/
 
I went to church today for the first time in a little while - no excuse, just been struggling.

It was packed, just about the fullest I've seen it on a regular Sunday. At coffee hour afterward, I told matushka there must have been 20 catechumens up there. She said there are currently 26 of them. Wow! This is a small country church, so that's pretty amazing to see. Praise God!
 
My husband invited me to sneak away this afternoon and go see the new Tron: Ares movie. The official release date is tomorrow, but he suggested it would be less crowded and annoying to do on a Thursday afternoon, and I agreed. It was a lot of fun. He had NEVER been to an Imax theater, so I suggested we see it there so he could experience it. It was cool, but it was SO LOUD.

Anyway, the movie was entertaining and I'd recommend it if you're a nerd who likes cool computer tech and lite brite-esque lights and stuff like we do 🤓 I definitely experienced it through the spiritual lens, and on the surface it's a good vs evil story. I'm pretty convinced Disney is an evil company, so I watched with discernment and am curious to analyze it further so I can find any dark messaging hidden within it.

All in all, we had a very fun date afternoon and it really makes me smile how he's been stepping up his romantic hubby game lately 👩‍❤️‍👨
 
Giordano Bruno said:
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Father Mike is pretty amazing as well as the whole Ascension Presents team. The Holy Spirit works in such a mysterious way... I was in a really bad place a few weeks ago and the classical radio station that I listen to played a portion of The Magnificat by Mozart or Bach (I can't remember which one). I wasn't able to finish listening to it in the car so I tried looking it up on youtube and that is what led me to the Magnificat prayer and the prayer with the Sisters that I posted in the Prayer section. It's always astounding and awe inspiring to witness Providence acting in your life in real-time.

God hears our prayers and He answers them. Always.
 
Giordano Bruno said:
What's difficult about it?

"He who dares, wins."

I read that one from Sun Tzu's Art of War.
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This great old man is going to die alone still loving a woman from 50 or 60 years ago that he let slip through his hands because he wasn't decisive enough to claim her as his own.

Lost love can be a deep wound for some from which they never fully recover. I will die a similar fate and so it struck a chord with me.
 
I saw something very cute and cool at church. I was singing in the choir as usual for a baptism service. One of the guests was this pretty woman who looked quite bored and wondering if the service was ever going to end. She had dyed black hair, black dress, black eyeliner, just looked kind of goth and depressed.

This tall, very kind, good-looking guy in the choir was dressed in a beautiful shiny white and gold vestment. About halfway through the service, he started reading something for the service.

Well, that bored-looking goth girl perked right up. She immediately stared at him and didn't look away the whole time he was reading. She was mesmerized by this handsome, Godly guy in a shiny white vestment reading scriptural wisdom.

It was so cute!! I imagined that woman coming back and eventually joining the church. I'm 100% sure she's not meeting any men like that out in her world. You go, boy! 😇
 
We recently welcomed another healthy baby boy! This time we did a home birth by ourselves, just my husband and I and our other kids. I did my own prenatal care aside from an ultrasound to confirm placenta placement and we waited until birth to find out his gender (we and 90% of strangers guessed right which was pretty funny). It was a special experience and God-willing I would do it again. It’s very moving to have had that responsibility and not handed it to someone else. Getting “redpilled” on OB care has been an interesting journey in that there’s always something more to learn, another way to embrace this miracle of life and step outside of the default which typically involves a lot of fear, etc. Not saying it’s for everyone, but if you prepare physically & spiritually and you can accept that responsibility, it’s a very special thing. My husband was really my rock and I trusted him completely; it was very unifying 🥰

Some resources, if anyone is interested:

-Nourishing Traditions Book of Childcare
-Nutrition & Physical Degeneration by Weston Price
-Homebirth on Your Own Terms (there’s also a “Faith-based” family-friendly version with no nudity)
-The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother
-Valaam Monastery Chants (my labor playlist— it just is!)
-In His Hands birth supplies
-St. Olga of Alaska

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TheLearningWife said:
We recently welcomed another healthy baby boy! This time we did a home birth by ourselves, just my husband and I and our other kids. I did my own prenatal care aside from an ultrasound to confirm placenta placement and we waited until birth to find out his gender (we and 90% of strangers guessed right which was pretty funny). It was a special experience and God-willing I would do it again. It’s very moving to have had that responsibility and not handed it to someone else. Getting “redpilled” on OB care has been an interesting journey in that there’s always something more to learn, another way to embrace this miracle of life and step outside of the default which typically involves a lot of fear, etc. Not saying it’s for everyone, but if you prepare physically & spiritually and you can accept that responsibility, it’s a very special thing. My husband was really my rock and I trusted him completely; it was very unifying 🥰

Some resources, if anyone is interested:

-Nourishing Traditions Book of Childcare
-Nutrition & Physical Degeneration by Weston Price
-Homebirth on Your Own Terms (there’s also a “Faith-based” family-friendly version with no nudity)
-The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother
-Valaam Monastery Chants (my labor playlist— it just is!)
-In His Hands birth supplies
-St. Olga of Alaska

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This is an amazing effort. Well done mumma!

Fantastic news and thanks for sharing your experience and those resources.

Do keep us updated with how it's going and what experiences and insights you can pass on to the readers.

And of course,

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