It's NFP Awareness Week! And the week is wrapping up so I thought I'd round up a few of the NFP-related posts around here to share with you from the archives. Our recent podcast episode about NFP: Uncharted Territory: Getting Real About Natural Family Planning with Jenny Uebbing NFP Should Be a Part of Parish Life What NFP Looks Like for Our Family Right Now Why I Felt … [Read more...]
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NFP Post Extravaganza
We're one week into our crazy 6 week family road trip, folks! And it's going great. We hit Atlanta, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and Grandfather Mountain, NC, and Beech Mountain, NC. But I haven't had much time with an internet connection so I didn't realize it was NFP Awareness Week this week. There's been a good many posts about NFP at Carrots over the years, so I thought I'd link … [Read more...]
What NFP Looks Like for Our Family Right Now
I get frequent questions about and requests for updates on how we do Natural Family Planning. It’s ok, I really don’t mind. That’s what I get for running a long series on NFP. Because while you can read about statistics and methods all day, sometimes it helps just to hear about a real person’s experience. Does our experience look like everyone else’s? No. There’s definitely a spectrum and we fall … [Read more...]
Melissa’s Journey With NFP and Infertility
This is a guest post by Melissa of Faith in All Times in the Women Speak on NFP series. In this series you will hear from women using various methods of NFP, some to avoid pregnancy, some trying to conceive, and their experiences. Disclaimer: This series is not meant to be a substitute for any method of training in NFP! If you are interested in one of the methods introduced in this series, please … [Read more...]
10 Most Popular Carrots Posts of 2013
Happy Feast of Mary Mother of God and Happy New Year! I've been pretty disappointed that since I've been sick since Christmas Eve we haven't had the chance to do all the fun Christmastide things we planned. But I can still drink tea from my Christmas tea cups! You can't take that away from me, tonsilitis! Tired eyes and messy counters, my friends. Anyhow, we let the kids stay up an hour past … [Read more...]
A Print Version of Feast!
Just popping in on this first day of Advent to let you know some exciting news! After receiving many, many requests for a print version of our book Feast! (lots of you wanted to give a print version as Christmas gifts!) I spent the week asking around and staying up way too late working on making it happen for you. And TA DA! You can order a print copy you can hold in your hand with real pages and … [Read more...]
Series
Being a One-Car Family Can You Fit Three Car Seats in a Camry? Ideas for Spending Less on Clothes 7 Tips for Clothing Kids, Cheaply, in All Seasons Women Speak on NFP: A Series (includes links to all posts by contributors) Part I: The Blessed Virgin Mary Part II: But Women Can’t Be Priests! Part III: Female Saints and Doctors of the Church Part IV: “My Body Isn’t … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 56
On June 15th, Baby Gwen was baptized and we were thrilled to have another little Catholic under our roof. The smell of the holy oil on a newborn's head has to be the best smell in creation. Gwen and Father. And she doesn't know it yet, but Gwen has the world's sweetest most wonderful Godmother ever! On the Homestead: It's a good thing we like peppers because they're coming out of our … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 51
It's been an exhausting week. We've got a bathroom remodel on our hands and just keeping up with the little ones is tough for me at I near full-term with Baby Gwen. I am so grateful for my sweet husband who still writes me love notes with wildflowers to encourage me after almost 7 years of marriage. And it's hard to be discouraged when you're faced with these sweet … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 50
Whew. What a week, amirite? I needed a little extra coffee to survive. Although our family's week was unremarkable, I feel exhausted from trying to process the tragic events in Boston and West. I had a few more posts lined up for the week but it just seemed right to keep it quiet over here. It might also be the fact that I'm almost 36 weeks pregnant and carrying a five-pound human around. Speaking … [Read more...]