Convenient justice?

I heard on the news, last year, that a young woman delivered in a restaurant restroom and left the baby to die. She is now under arrest and facing up to 25 years in prison if convicted. The newscasters are appalled at the suffering she inflicted on that helpless newborn. I can't help but wonder why?

Abortion is legal in the United States. Abortions can be obtained at nine months. Why is this woman being prosecuted when doctors are shoving pointed scissors into the heads of preborn babies and killing them every day? Seems someone in the newsroom should be a bit appalled at that thought!

Naturally, I'm not advocating abortion at any stage of the pregnancy. I do have to wonder at the medical world who have to know it is human life they are destroying. I also have to wonder about a government that makes this issue primary over others while the world falls apart. Then, there is our modern media/press that often protects the politicians and liberals and reports or 'forgets' to report the truth to the public.

Both this woman and abortion doctors have done the same thing, let a baby die miserably yet the 'procedure' done without a doctor is punishable by the same governing hand that allows doctors to torture preborn babies. Where is the justice before God and man here?

All three quotes describe our world today . . .

"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."
-- H. G. Wells

"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much."
-- Donald H. Rumsfeld

"You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions."
-- Senator Patrick Leahy

My sewing afternoon . . .

My husband gave me a half day off . . . After Mass, he and the children cleaned the house and I was ordered to sew . . . And, being the obedient wife that I am . . .! As the picture shows, I am heading for the finish on the current quilt project. You can see the stacks of new fabric that are longing to be made into a quilt. My mind has already left the busy work on completing the pictured quilt as I think about my next design idea. Actually, I have another quilt that is partially quilted that I put aside in order to finish the birthday one. If I was a grown up, mature person, I would surely pull that one out next . . . right? :-) Well . . . maybe!

The parents in this house (as in me and my husband!) didn't work well with sharp objects, today. I was trimming a seam and managed to snip my favorite shirt in the process. My husband outdid me by slashing two fingers with a utility knife. Lots of blood but a superficial wound. He went off to urgent care for a tetanus shot only to discover he had one three years ago. The doctor thoroughly cleaned the fingers, no stitches, and he is home, again. Interesting . . . It took all of 30 minutes for the drive to the urgent care, treatment, and back. There was no one there but doctors and nurses! The children have forbidden us to even think about running with scissors!

The promised rain didn't happen but the day is very cool so the chicken roasting in the oven is providing warmth and good smells!

Mardi Gras . . .

I treated the family to a three-day 'Fat Tuesday'. The reason for the early Mardi Gras celebration? If there is cake left over, what to do with Lent in the picture? I decided to let each one at home decide on their favorite cake and got them all baked, yesterday. My son opted for a coconut layer cake. I had just purchased some coconut extract that smelled terrific and he wanted to see it incorporated into his favorite cake . . . as soon as possible! My daughter likes anything pumpkin so got a pumpkin spice cake with orange frosting. My husband saw a torte recipe in a magazine and has been wanting to try that one.

Interesting re. the chocolate torte in that the recipe called for toasting the walnuts and it certainly made a wonderful difference in the flavor of the recipe. Next Christmas baking, I'm toasting the walnuts for my brownies. Such a simple concept and one I never considered.

Greeting the day with a smile . . . Great quotes!

"Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children."
-- George Bernard Shaw

"I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars."
-- Fred Allen

"The problem with political jokes is they get elected."
-- Henry Cate VII

"Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long."
-- Ogden Nash

And, so Lent begins . . .

For Lent each year we abstain from meat on Wednesdays and Fridays. Coming up with meatless meals twice a week is sometimes a challenge. I've discovered, however, that you can put just about anything in a tortilla, bake it, and the family is thrilled. Today, my son asked if we could have those meatless tortilla things, again.

Given that Ash Wednesday is this week, I'm going to have to review my meatless recipes. A favorite around here is lentils over rice with grated cheese. Since half of my children can be super picky about what they eat, the fact that they like lentils is a continued source of amazement to me. In fact, while still at college, my older daughter made it for her dorm and college friends one evening. No one had had them before but after days of cafeteria food, one of the friends was heard to sigh, "I don't know what this is but it feels healthy!"

I like meatless meals and look forward to having spinach lasagna a few times in the next six weeks. Not as popular with the rest of my clan as they want meat in their food.

As mentioned in the intro of this post, you can stuff a large tortilla with refried beans, cheese, rice, and bake it in the oven with a cheese sauce. The cheese with the beans forms a complete protein so you keep to the sacrifice and still nurish the family!

Lest you think we are not being sacrifical enough with our meatless, my burden of proof is that my husband eats leftovers at work for dinner three days a week so he will require two meatless meals two days a week. That sometimes means that we might have meatless on another day in order to provide the needed meal for my husband. I figure the fact that we have food on the table every day of the week should keep us from complaining too much about whether it has meat or not.

We came up with this idea when the children were little. We wanted to impart the reality of the action of sacrifice in terms they could understand. We also abstain from eating out during the six weeks of Lent. That means planning our excursions so that we are home when it is a meal time. As little ones, the children enjoyed being part of the plans and some of this tradition has seeped into their grown up years.

Quotes to Consider . . .

The last quote is especially appropriate considering our world today!

"A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell."
-- George Bernard Shaw

"When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion."
-- Abraham Lincoln

"The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums."
-- G. K. Chesterton

"You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way."
-- Will Rogers