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When I say “we are hillbillies” what I mean is we have random crap everywhere and the “tin” on our sheds doesn’t match because mismatched “tin” is only 9$ a sheet and we don’t care. Also, my husband can fix anything, we eat vermin, and we love Jesus! Also, we blurt out obvious truths that might hurt your feelings, but dang, bless your heart, some one shoulda told ya already. How rude that they didn’t.

@_kayCiam By their fruit you will know them…

Another Duggar boy was arrested for being a pedo 🤦🏼‍♀️

My baby is going to learn how to shave. The youngest isn’t a baby anymore. 13 years old, 5’9.5 size 10.5 shoe… my baby isnt a baby anymore. This was just yesterday! 😭😭

@Faithful2Pray I am so sorry. This is devastating. I’m glad you broke the cycle.

When I was conceived, I wasn’t wanted by my mother. I was a ‘late in life’ baby that was going to ruin her new marriage and plans to live like Laura Petrie from the Dick Van Dyck show (had a kid, you hardly ever saw him). When she dated my dad, she told him many lies I found out later. One of which was that she’d “be honored to have his child”. God is always watching & listening folks. So within just a few weeks of the honeymoon, she gets the bad news. My dad is elated. My mom wants an abortion. (This isn’t hearsay btw, my mom told me this herself when I was in my teens). It was 1962. My dad said absolutely not. Here I am. She didn’t want her first two kids either, so I don’t feel isolated. She actually chickened out on aborting one of my brothers when she was on the table - but I digress. The one goal everyone in our house had was NOT to upset her. Be quiet. Do what you’re told. If she’s sleeping, don’t wake her up. We walked on eggshells the entire 18 years - then left. It obviously didn’t always work. Kids will be kids. We drop things. We make mistakes. We bring home a bad grade. We spill stuff. We are kids. I honestly don’t remember how old I was. Somewhere between 5 and 7 maybe? I’d done something wrong again. Probably didn’t clean my room. I remember standing in the kitchen, my back was against the refrigerator. My mom was absolutely disgusted with me. Like I was vermin. She made the statement “You know you’re absolutely good for nothing, don’t you?!!” My little 5-7 year old self looked at her and reflected, “Yeah, mommy, I know”. That was the day I broke as a human. I stopped seeing myself as someone of worth. My love for my mom, that unconditional thing that you’re born with, it finally shattered. There was no coming back. People have asked me: “Where was your father?” “Why didn’t he do anything?” Well, Daddy was at work. Daddy was also well aware of the vitriol that came out of my mom’s mouth, but I don’t think he knew how bad it was when it was aimed at me. I never told him because I BELIEVED HER COMPLETELY. So why would I tell? My dad never left her because he didn’t feel that he’d win custody of me. My brothers were hers from her previous marriage. None of us ever had abuse that sent us to the hospital. She was an RN before, she wasn’t dumb. And destroying your child’s world verbally leaves no scars at all. My dad DID try to make my childhood as best as he could. He and I were thick as thieves, which only made my mom more angry. She’d tell me over and over our lives would be so much better if he would just die. After I left home at 18, she did try to kill him. She failed. Ironically he outlived her by 8 years. He probably would have lived longer but the stuff she tried to poison him with damaged his heart. I have completely, 100% forgiven my mother. I do believe she most likely had 2 things working against her: I believe that her mother abused her, and that cycle you have to WANT to break (I did). The other is that I believe that she had some sort of mental illness. She was definitely a textbook narcissist, as she was never wrong, nor would she ever admit anything was her fault & apologize. She also never told me she loved me. The only thing I know for absolute certainty she loved was her little dog, Penny. That little 2lb yorkie was everything to her. Thanks for reading.🙏🏻

@usedgov Read to your kid! You are your child's first, best, and most important teacher ❤️

@BernieKanowsky I am so excited for your family

My oldest grandson and his girlfriend are engaged to be married but before the marriage they will be joining the Catholic Church this Easter! They're going through something called Veritas (similar to RCIA) and my future daughter-in-law who was raised in a Protestant family is just amazed how much the Catholic Church matches what the Bible says.

One of the kids said her classmates were asking her about her faith. They were curious about confession. She explained it. They said “So you go in a box?” “Well, it’s kind of like that. “There is a curtain so the priest can’t see you.” “Catholics still do that? That’s like in the movies.” “Yeah, it’s pretty cool.” They had the same reaction to meatless Fridays and fasting and said “that’s just like in the Bible.” Gen Z in the Bible Belt - what is going on?

@AltJenFitz For sure.

@ravenousreader Well, there was that time my (millennial) Baptist friend explained she wanted to be a nun when she grew up, thanks to _The Sound of Music_. So, I'd say sounds like normal Bible Belt convo?

@Matt_Pinner Myrtle

Vintage old lady name for this DOG please

@JaKatholic That makes a lot of sense.

@ravenousreader Part of me wonders if our family prayer structure at home is the core reason my kids behave so well. My two year old even recognizes that the Eucharist is Jesus. I was the restless child that couldn’t sit still at my Mom’s baptist services. We had no prayer structure at home.

I remember peeking at people’s shoes under the pew when everyone was kneeling. I remember my Grammy trying to sooth me with back scratch’s during long boring homilies. I remember that toys weren’t allowed. I was expected to pay attention. I remember that feeling impossible and boring. I remember being a small child at Mass. That’s why I explained the Mass to them, gave them missals and such. They need to be there learning.

26 years of anniversaries. Yr5: together Yr 10: apart: bootcamp yr 15: apart deployed yr 20: together (just got home from deployment so kinda apart) yr 25: apart (I was away helping with grandkids.)

In true us fashion we celebrated by finishing a project together. 💅

@echochamberfail Walking around, felt mass (busy) books holding them and whispering to the what is happening helps. Walking around looking at windows and statues. It’s always something different. Toddlers are so moody and restless.

@ravenousreader Can you give me your tips for toddlers? We are struggling over here. I’m planning to implement a mass bag but currently the only thing that is keeping my 15 mo from losing it is being fed a cheerio every 5 seconds which is unsustainable. She enjoys hearing her voice echo too.

I forgot it was my anniversary, because I was writing a lesson on sacramental marriage. Husband had to remind me. 🤭🫠

Teacher farts on Zoom call, can’t help laughing.. students shout & giggle together. The most adorable classroom chaos ever 😂

@Nonigirl34Him There is someone at st Leo’s that redoes statues.

10 years at my daughters grave. Ugh. Not sure where to begin with this one…..

@LMnewest2323 I’m m glad you got out!

@ravenousreader Great advice. I did run! After the toilet cleaning instructions, many of us left. I honestly think the leader had some mental health issues. She seemed genuinely terrified that God would punish her if she didn’t protect her kid’s “purity.”

I’m convinced there is vanity and pride amuck or scruples in types that insist wearing full on dresses to swim. Because Tara is correct 100%.

@JackPosobiec It was a really long Chick track.

That anti-Catholic conspiracy theory going viral on neoncon X yesterday was one of the most rambling, insane, and bigoted things I have ever read They're even going after Catholic Answers now They should call it the "Protocols of the Elders of Catholicism"

The fear/scruples, is a tactic used by abusers to control thru shame. This is part of why I speak out here so much. It is important to not succumb to these tactics. Wear what is modest, but doesn’t stick out inordinately - if you are shamed for this, you are dealing with spiritual abuse. Run.

@ravenousreader This may be true in some cases, but I know people who are truly doing it out of fear. Fear of being judged as immoral, fear of “polluting their children’s souls” fear of offending their guardian angel by showing their body. It is horrible bondage.