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abortion story
Body & Health

Ordinary Abortion Story

If you know me at all, you know I try to let my work speak for itself, and I don’t like to reveal myself clearly online. It’s scary…

October 16, 2024October 17, 2024 · 1 min read

Culture

Abstinence Doesn’t Work

No one’s thrilled by the choices this upcoming election. But I don’t need thrills from my governance – that’s for reality TV. I’m writing to people not planning…

July 6, 2024April 23, 2025 · 5 min read

Mommess

The Upside Down of Spiritual Awakening

I used to think of spiritual awakening as a good thing: a sign that someone had accumulated enough spiritual merit to deserve to see behind the veil, and…

June 16, 2024June 16, 2024 · 8 min read

Culture

Death Panels: brought to you by the GOP

Doesn’t a stranger deciding you can’t get what you need to live amount to a death panel? I’ve heard it said the fears you obsess about are the…

November 15, 2020June 3, 2022 · 5 min read

The road to
Mommess

“Yes… but” and the road to hell

Why all of a sudden TRump supporters are in disbelief that he could say something brazenly cruel and irreverent? Isn’t that why they voted for him? Thing is,…

September 9, 2020June 3, 2022 · 1 min read

Best of Mommess

Testimony 2019

This was originally written as testimony to RI state legislature to help pass the Reproductive Health Care Act in RI in 2019l codifying RI’s citizens right to abortion…

February 10, 2020April 5, 2024 · 4 min read

Culture

with all the ____ in my heart

Today, after praying for a solution to heal the hatred, fear and distrust that is flailing about — and failing—this country, I experienced an amazing opportunity appear before…

November 4, 2016May 20, 2023 · 2 min read

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