Things that make you go Hmmm.
Why is that we know the statistics involved with highway fatalities, the number of veterans who lose their lives in service, the number of lives lost to cancer, but we have to research and dig up the deaths of women caused by domestic violence?
As many of you may not know, my sister is entering the nunnery (I did not make that word up and if you don’t believe me, read Hamlet), so I have been keeping tabs on Catholic news. No, I am not Catholic, if that was your next quandary as it always seems to be a logical follow-up. Yes, I am supportive of my sister (the next common inquiry). I just hope that the Catholic Church will rethink their outdated teachings and contradictory ones at that.
Today I have three poems by Michele Burkey to share with you. This series shows the contrast between giving birth in a hospital setting, and giving birth at home. The difference in tone between her representations of the two couldn’t be more apparent. In a culture of increased medicalization of childbirth, and a country where unnecessary c-sections cost women 3.5 billion dollars a year, poems like these are essential. Not only do they enrich our lives in the way that only art can, but they also serve as a catalyst for increased conversation and awareness of issues that affect us all. (Empowerment) and (Refuge) originally appeared in Rock & Sling.
Here a just a couple images around our lovely local Spokane that I felt obligated to take a snap shot of. What do you think?
