tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825174029351412249.post5614189909145404154..comments2024-02-04T13:52:50.198-05:00Comments on Gloria in Excelsis Deo: Writing Reams and Girl TraitsKatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16054597409182035433noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825174029351412249.post-91480906138187298462014-10-04T22:43:06.218-04:002014-10-04T22:43:06.218-04:00Thank you for your beautiful response Mrs. Lauer! ...Thank you for your beautiful response Mrs. Lauer! I really do appreciate it. -Emiliann W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825174029351412249.post-49014174189037056662014-10-04T21:33:47.566-04:002014-10-04T21:33:47.566-04:00Priscilla: Your tank of a boy at six months maybe ...Priscilla: Your tank of a boy at six months maybe isn't ready to take over the world, but it looks like he's going to start by trying to take over the gymnasium full of kids on Friday! ;P<br /><br />Love,<br />K.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054597409182035433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825174029351412249.post-12520773512001073442014-10-04T21:32:55.915-04:002014-10-04T21:32:55.915-04:00Dear Anonymous Lapsed Catholic,
I am so happy you...Dear Anonymous Lapsed Catholic,<br /><br />I am so happy you introduced yourself! You truly made my day. I am delighted to hear that you have been 'around' for nearly four years now and only wish you had said 'hi' earlier.<br /><br />Today is the First Saturday of the month, a day dedicated to the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady. I invite you to pray the Rosary this week so our Blessed Mother--who I'm sure misses you!--will feel welcome to shower her graces upon you.<br /><br />The Rosary can be such a comfort, even if one is rusty or arid.<br /><br />I will pray my Rosary for you, dear one!<br /><br />God bless you,<br />Katherine<br />Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054597409182035433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825174029351412249.post-64075254106797788992014-10-04T21:28:03.673-04:002014-10-04T21:28:03.673-04:00Dear Emiliann,
If you, at your young age, see a...Dear Emiliann, <br /><br />If you, at your young age, see any truth at all in the fact that boys and girls are generally, statistically different, I think you will see it more and more as the years pass. And, of course, these are all generalities, traits are on a spectrum, not black-and-white. God didn't make us with cookie cutter molds.<br /><br />I know (really I do) how hard it can be to feel that females are oppressed and need to progress up a scale to equality. It is a beautiful history into which to delve to learn that Jesus and the early Christians did the most in the history of mankind to raise the dignity of females from when they were truly oppressed. Of course, that means God really shed the light on the equal dignity of females, while also clarifying our different roles in which we will generally find the most peace and happiness.<br /><br />This is a tricky subject in this modern world and one about which I've traveled the full spectrum over the course of my life.<br /><br />God bless,<br />Mrs. LauerKatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054597409182035433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825174029351412249.post-13176057652125452302014-10-04T20:05:52.931-04:002014-10-04T20:05:52.931-04:00Your insight on boys is, as you know, one of the m...Your insight on boys is, as you know, one of the many reasons we decided to start homeschooling. I didn't want my son being treated like a "defective girl" in school.Janeane Wyattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825174029351412249.post-43183974943694367022014-10-04T10:03:04.580-04:002014-10-04T10:03:04.580-04:00^^^ Wow Katherine! You touch so many people! I l...^^^ Wow Katherine! You touch so many people! I love your insights on boys and will be leaning heavily on your advice as Nathaniel grows up.Priscilla Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890267256389193648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825174029351412249.post-64927052009647166512014-10-03T12:40:52.949-04:002014-10-03T12:40:52.949-04:00"These male traits are a challenge right now ..."These male traits are a challenge right now and it's so easy for a mother (by her nature female!) to see them only as problems to be corrected especially in comparison to the quiet and still little girl..."<br /><br />Thank you for this much needed perspective today. <br /><br />[Of note: I have followed your blog since before Margaret was born and should have/could have commented in solidarity a thousand times before now. I can not tell you how incredibly refreshing your honesty is and how it often resonates so personally with me. Perhaps you would be surprised to find in your audience a lapsed-Catholic mother of just one child who finds an unusual amount of support and encouragement here. <br />Thanks you for sharing your motherhood journey....]<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825174029351412249.post-5366300793767483192014-10-03T12:18:56.648-04:002014-10-03T12:18:56.648-04:00Your meditation is so wise and sweet! But I'll...Your meditation is so wise and sweet! But I'll be honest: anytime I hear "boys are like x, girls are like x" I feel the need to shrug it off. The progressive feminist side in me wants to scream GENDER STEREOTYPES!!!!! But I know that there's much truth and fruit in understanding that yes, boys and girls are different! Maybe I feel this way because I find myself having some typically masculine personality traits, and truth be told, they make me feel a little like an outsider.<br /><br />Anyway-Mary is super talented, as always, and you are very wise and smart-as always. God bless! :) -Emiliann W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com