October 24, 2002
Snow?! and Picture Album
Believe it or not, we had snow yesterday morning. We accumulated somewhere between half an inch and an inch. Of course later that day things quickly reached into the mid-40's so the snow was almost completely melted by evening.
OK, finally! I put up a new album with some autumn themes to it. You can also see some of the work Michelle did on an upstairs bathroom. I also love how often Michael is pictured holding his lamb and sucking his thumb. It's just so typical Michael.
Today Claire's class had a field trip up in Holderness, NH to the Natural Science Center. Holderness is very close to the spot we went on vacation two years ago at the time share the Gerrits' arranged for us. She sounds like she had a great day, both at the center and traveling with her classmates.
One of my favorite apologists, Peter Kreeft, wrote a piece I highly recommend entitled, "The Three Most Profound Ideas I Have Ever Had". It's short but good spiritual food for thought. If your tastes lean toward the racier side, you can read his article entitled, "Is There Sex in Heaven?". I haven't had a chance to read that one yet, but I'm sure I'll get to it with a title like that.
If that wasn't controversial enough, there's an interesting guest commentary at National Review Online about the liberal conflict between helping children and protecting abortion. Most doctors and health care providers have to report suspicions of rape and abuse, but not abortion providers. When an underage girl comes in for an abortion, it's "don't ask, don't tell" even though the acts that caused the pregnancies are often not consensual. Hmmm! Why does the proverbial "right to choose"/"right to privacy" trump investigating rapists and child abuse? Inquiring minds want to know.
My friend, Leo, went to Rome to the canonization of Msgr. Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei. He told me some details about it at lunch today. The streets were packed with about three hundred thousand people who had flown in from all around the world, along with 42 cardinals and 470 bishops.