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Catholic Church speaks out
From the Catholic Church: Saddam’s execution punishes “a crime with another crime. … The death penalty is not a natural death. And no one can give death, not even the state.” - Cardinal Renato Martino, Pope Benedict XVI’s top prelate for justice issues. HT: Dave at mindful mission 
Cruelty free diet
I often think of how our commitment to justice fits in with our “non vegetarian” lifestyle. We tried to go veg. awhile back but it just didn’t “stick”. I very much appreciate Andrew and his family’s approach to a cruelty free diet, and really feel the need to commit to this kind of lifestyle. It’s not [...]
Please let it be so
I am really praying that nothing costly happens before tax refund time. My computer is dying and I desperately need a new one - preferably a macbook. David won’t be getting much of a profit sharing bonus this year (one year we got $5,000, half of which we got to keep) because the company has [...]
Happy New Year (to come)
We rarely send out Christmas cards or letters anymore, the digital age is upon us full force I guess. So this is our annual digital update. David is still working at Group Publishing. Makeesha is still at home with the girls and doing some graphic design from home on the side. Aliyah is now 18 mo. and a mischievous [...]
more snow
Last Wednesday, a blizzard hit Colorado and here in Fort Collins we got about 22 inches. We were snowed in from Wed-Sat. David tried to leave Sat. and got stuck in our parking lot and my dad had to bring their truck to pull us out. Fortunately, we had gone grocery shopping and were well [...]
mom and girls xmas eve
mom and girls xmas eve 2 Originally uploaded by In His Courts.
Merry “day after” Christmas
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Boogery Bugs
Another gem of a story courtesy of Shayel. Once upon a time there was a little girl named goldilocks. She was walking in the woods. Then she came home and there were 3 bugs dancing everywhere. They were dancing on the bed and then they were dancing on the ceiling. Theeeeennnnn (said with much drama) they [...]