Posted on May 16th, 2012 in
death,
family,
mourning
On Monday morning, May 14, my mother-in-law, Ruby Kimrey Dollar, died. Which makes my husband an orphan (his dad died of colon cancer in 1988). I cannot speak for what my husband is feeling, and in fact, he may be trying to figure that out for some tim...
Posted on May 15th, 2012 in
books,
Christianity,
disability,
ethics,
God,
infertility,
IVF,
No Easy Choice,
parenthood,
PGD,
reproductive technology,
writing
Yesterday, Sandra Glahn (co-author of several books on infertility with Dr. William Cutrer) featured a Q&A with me about my book, No Easy Choice, on her blog. Check it out here.
It is a constant bloggerly temptation to feel that I have to weigh in on every news story that either 1) has to do with one of my core topics (parenting, disability, ethics, faith) or 2) I feel strongly about. (This is part of what I was writing about ...
Let’s be clear: I do not “do” parenting books. I don’t read books about how to be a better mother (or, for that matter, how to follow a menu plan that will make me feel 10 years younger, or how to know God better). In my experience, self-help/a...
Posted on May 10th, 2012 in
books,
Christianity,
disabilities,
disability,
ethics,
family,
God,
No Easy Choice,
parenthood,
prenatal testing,
reproductive technology,
writing
As Amy Julia Becker so eloquently wrote in her review of my book last week, and as I further explained in the comments section of that review, considering the ethical questions raised by reproductive technology in the context of real people’s sto...
As I explain in the About Me section of this blog, I wear a number of labels that don’t always go together naturally. Like “evangelical” and “Episcopalian.” Mostly, I would like to not be terribly concerned about labels. I...