I became pro-choice because I am so pro-life really. I make a distinction between wanting to kill a baby – which is no “right” I feel compelled to defend – and enforcing personal autonomy over women’s bodies and this includes ferility, having many babies and large families, medicine, battery and rape within marriage, etc. I came to my pro-choice stance in college reading the science fiction classic, Ender’s Game, written by Orson Scott Card. In the book, America has put a limit on the number of children families can have to preserve resources. But, they are looking for a genius child to save the world so they test certain bright children and allow a few families to have 3 children. Fundamentally I want the... [Read more]

Our 1995 van dies. The mechanic says its toast. An elderly couple upgrades their ride and trades in my dream car. My local car salesman calls me because he knows its in my price range. The month is coming to a close and he has bills to pay. The mechanic says it’s clean and mechanically sound with a great price. The owner of the dealership says he’s hoping my husband’s company makes it because his car dealership is dependent on its employees. He’s also running for school board and wants our vote. He thanks us for buying the van – and he means it, he doesn’t want his business to go under. We stop and buy insurance from our friends from church. They thank us for getting the loan locally, they’re also... [Read more]

Today we’re going to stimulate the economy. Car dealers are hurting, nearly bankrupt. If George Bush were still president he’d tell us to be Good Americans and go buy a car. It will help the banking, credit industry and the car industry. Our van, our only car, died last week. DEAD. There’s no fixing it. It has 238,000 miles on it and needs a new engine, a new air conditioning system and a new electrical system. I’ve written that having one car is not an emergency. I’ve been riding my bike around town for months. It’s fun. It’s good exercise. All that sunshine and exercise is good for the positive attitude. Plus, seeing my kids and I on our bikes makes everyone smile. I feel like an ambassador for... [Read more]

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The Discovery Training is more physical than I expected. I’m in the best shape of my whole entire life. And yet . . . The peeing my pants in public is just too much. Stupid post-birth incontinence. I finally went to my room for the Diva Cup. It helped. Today I ordered the bizarro Berman Center Isis Beginner Pelvic Kegel Trainer Muscle Exerciser. I saw it on Oprah.com during the Best Life Web Cast with sex therapist Laura Berman. Evidently my vajayjay needs her very own workout – with weights. It’d be humiliating if it weren’t so hilarious. In a few weeks, she says I’ll be strong enough to graduate to this bad boy: [Read more]