Every time I start to get FOMO related to leaving Facebook/Instagram, I remember the purposeless virtue signaling, and then I realize I’m actually really okay with not being over there. Thanks for a great piece!
AMA Question: Any advice for dealing with Mom Guilt? When my son is deep in a toddler meltdown, or some other kid challenge arises, I frequently find myself thinking “maybe he’d be doing better if we did X or didn’t do Y”, even if X and Y are things that my husband and I have already carefully discerned.
The vitriol and venomous quips about meaningless thoughts and prayers drove me to limit my Facebook engagement to almost nothing these days. I'm so happy you addressed it.
Questions for AMA newsletter: how is CIAY going? Do have a specific practice/routine engaging with the material? Do you read, take notes, then listen or do you just dive in? Thoughts about the material so far?
Thanks for this, Claire! I am always so sullen in January, struggling to find bright spots in the cold gray days, and this letter really touched my heart. It’s important to remember that life is a gift.
I feel your humanity in all your writing, Claire. Thank you for doing what you do!
Our family has been going through an intense time and when people from the community have asked what we need, meals or rides or company or whatever, I always ask for prayers first because I truly think they help the most.
Relatively new reader here! I love that you took your kids faces for the intentional I love yous, so true and important. Also life is a gift and I myself have felt this distance from death recently (or always), and I pray for people who don't even hope for life, especially with assisted suicide/euthanasia being legalised everywhere (among other alienating realities).
For your AMA: how do we invite these internet critics towards life, and His life? Have you been contacted by atheist feminists who felt influenced by you? This is a sincere question, I appreciate your writing a lot and am curious if you have a measure of your impact on non-Catholic readers.
Not necessarily related to the topic, but I felt the below quote in my bones. I’m generally a non-confrontational person who wishes I could at least be more vocal about my feelings, but I find myself getting so angry at people and about things these days that it is a thin strand keeping me from saying what I want and lashing out sometimes. Is it culture, or perimenopause? Who knows, but thank you so much for this incredibly relatable thought.
“Some days I long to not be a Christian so that I can say my first thoughts, which often involve the middle finger emoji. But so much of my Christianity is getting past those first thoughts. Feeling the wave of swear words and defensiveness and hurt feelings and then reaching deep, deep down between my ribs to something truer.”
Every time I start to get FOMO related to leaving Facebook/Instagram, I remember the purposeless virtue signaling, and then I realize I’m actually really okay with not being over there. Thanks for a great piece!
AMA Question: Any advice for dealing with Mom Guilt? When my son is deep in a toddler meltdown, or some other kid challenge arises, I frequently find myself thinking “maybe he’d be doing better if we did X or didn’t do Y”, even if X and Y are things that my husband and I have already carefully discerned.
The vitriol and venomous quips about meaningless thoughts and prayers drove me to limit my Facebook engagement to almost nothing these days. I'm so happy you addressed it.
Questions for AMA newsletter: how is CIAY going? Do have a specific practice/routine engaging with the material? Do you read, take notes, then listen or do you just dive in? Thoughts about the material so far?
Thanks for this, Claire! I am always so sullen in January, struggling to find bright spots in the cold gray days, and this letter really touched my heart. It’s important to remember that life is a gift.
I feel your humanity in all your writing, Claire. Thank you for doing what you do!
Our family has been going through an intense time and when people from the community have asked what we need, meals or rides or company or whatever, I always ask for prayers first because I truly think they help the most.
Relatively new reader here! I love that you took your kids faces for the intentional I love yous, so true and important. Also life is a gift and I myself have felt this distance from death recently (or always), and I pray for people who don't even hope for life, especially with assisted suicide/euthanasia being legalised everywhere (among other alienating realities).
For your AMA: how do we invite these internet critics towards life, and His life? Have you been contacted by atheist feminists who felt influenced by you? This is a sincere question, I appreciate your writing a lot and am curious if you have a measure of your impact on non-Catholic readers.
Not necessarily related to the topic, but I felt the below quote in my bones. I’m generally a non-confrontational person who wishes I could at least be more vocal about my feelings, but I find myself getting so angry at people and about things these days that it is a thin strand keeping me from saying what I want and lashing out sometimes. Is it culture, or perimenopause? Who knows, but thank you so much for this incredibly relatable thought.
“Some days I long to not be a Christian so that I can say my first thoughts, which often involve the middle finger emoji. But so much of my Christianity is getting past those first thoughts. Feeling the wave of swear words and defensiveness and hurt feelings and then reaching deep, deep down between my ribs to something truer.”
What is 2558 (in footnote 3)?