Just Some Stuff from Me to You
This intellectually stimulating article is written by…oh never mind.
It’s just me with nothing super special today – I just wanted to let my hair down a bit and tell you some stuff. Earlier this year I met this super gutsy, witty, southern gal online – and I totally fell in love with her and her blog, Get Along Home. I’ve shared some of her posts in the Gems at different times. (I’m too lazy now to look up which ones and link them.)
And, in fact, because she posts a lot about home schooling – and because that’s our topic this month, a few days ago I wrote up my Gems post for this coming Friday and linked to a few of her homeschooling articles and ranted about her a little bit. (You’ll have to come back on Friday to read that.)
Well, this morning I woke up (I’ve been super sick all week and spent the night snorting instead of sleeping) and saw some ping backs on my blog to her blog. (If you don’t know what that is – just ignore it – it’s not important.) So I clicked over to see what was up – and there’s my picture on her blog. Sort of creeped me out, you know? I was sleep deprived and all drugged up – and I wondered if I was just having a weird dream. I hate looking at pictures of myself. (Fortunately I’m the only one who takes pictures in the family, so that solves that problem for the most part.)
Anyhow, it turns out that she was featuring me as some kind of mentor. It’s kind of embarrassing, actually. In my mind I’m only 16 years old. That’s how I feel INSIDE. (On the outside I feel like crud right now – but we won’t go there.) So how can I be old enough to be a mentor? Plus I mess up every single day. So I’m hardly qualified. But it was awful sweet of her, wasn’t it?
So then I’m thinking, “Oh no! Here I’m gushing about her on FRIDAY – and she’s gushing about me TODAY! That’s just double weird! People are going to think we set it all up!” I’m a Wemmick, OK? I care what other Wemmicks think.
But the REALLY weird part comes next. You see, I had given her a coupon code that she could share with her readers to get the PDF copy of Three Decades of Fertility for $2 off for one day only. She’s an affiliate and makes a little money on each sale she gets through links on her site. She had chosen this day of talking about me to also promo my book. At the end of the day she had made ZERO sales. Nobody bought the book on sale. (May it never be.)
So I dug around to figure out what the problem was and discovered that the “Buy Now” button on the book’s landing page took the buyer directly to PayPal and bypassed the part where the buyer could redeem a coupon code. Bummer! I fixed the problem with an “Add to Cart” button and decided to let her readers have until Friday to use the coupon code.
And then I decided to tell you about it so you could use it too. But you have to go over to her blog to get the code – and then click on one of HER LINKS to the book’s landing page in order to buy it. That way she’ll get the credit, and isn’t that nice?
So I haven’t explained the really weird part – but here it is: I feel weird because I’m sending you over to her blog to get a coupon code – but the post is about ME. So it APPEARS as if I am shamelessly promoting myself. But really, deep down, I just feel bad that Cindy lost sales because the sale button was the wrong one. AND – you guys are special to me. You’re like family – even if you don’t talk much. And I want you to get the deal if you want the deal.
Has this ever happened to you?
She’s having a giveaway over there too. If you buy the PDF copy on sale – but you win the PDF copy – I’ll just refund your money. So don’t feel like you need to wait to read the book to see if you win. You probably won’t win (hate to say it) – and if you buy the book now – you’ll have something fun to do before you go to bed tonight. (It’s hard to put down – so better leave yourself some extra reading time.)
Can I just say one last thing? I’ve been burned on buying eBooks before. You pay five bucks and you get a few pages of stuff you already knew. It’s irritating. I give you my word that THIS BOOK IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY LIKE THAT. First of all, the paperback version is 344 pages. There’s a ton of stuff in this book. You can read the reviews on Amazon, and if you’re as lazy as I am today and don’t want to click over there, I’ll copy one here and be done:
This book is one of a kind – truly the only one like it available on the market. It is worth every cent of the purchase price. How I wish it has been available as my husband and I were beginning to grow our family.
Why? Its message is so real! It’s one of joy, pain, fear, hope, struggles, delights, regrets and so much more as these 10 women share their detailed and interesting stories of growing their families. The contributors are honest and vulnerable, sharing just as they were a close friend sitting down with you over a cup of coffee. You get to hear their journeys of trusting God to lead them through their 20′s, 30′s, 40′s and beyond to face so many unknowns as they embraced children as a gift from Him. None of their stories are easy, but all of them show their hope in God.
Other great things about the book: It’s easy to pick up and put down between chapters, an essential thing for most busy women. Each contributor answers the same Q&As at the end of their section, helping the reader see just how diverse these woman can be and still have a common vision. There’s Scripture appropriately referenced throughout the book, giving Biblical support to many statements and solid hope behind the beliefs. Each contributor adds their unique information, many of them referencing helpful books and links. The Recommended Resources at the back of the book includes even more books and links where readers can learn more about many of the topics touched upon by the contributors.
An unexpected treasure in this book are the last 2 chapters. They address ways to naturally prepare a woman’s body to be in the best position to bear children. The advice is practical and feasible to execute for most women. In fact, the last chapter is good nutritional advice for almost all women, whether bearing children or not.
C’mon. You know you want it. Go over there and get the coupon code. You can read PDFs on all kinds of reading devices. I promise you will not regret buying this book. We wrote it just for YOU!
Natalie, you’re so funny! You really are a mentor, though, to all the women who read this blog. (Except the trolls. If you have trolls, I’m guessing they don’t count you as a mentor. But then, even they must be learning something, right?) I meant every word of it, and if I had time, I could write a whole lot more. You love Jesus with your life and you teach the younger moms how to do that, too.
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You know – we don’t get too many trolls here. I actually call them Orcs. Troll is too nice of a term for them. When I think of trolls I think of those cute little toys my uncle collected when I was a kid. If you Google both of those terms you’ll see the vast difference when the images come up. In addition, the trolls of Middle Earth are described as having “great strength and poor intellect,” and while the second half of that description fits – the first doesn’t. The Orcs are described as being “brutish, aggressive and repulsive.” I think that is a more apt description all around, don’t you?
Seriously though – I do pray for them when they “hit” because I know that underneath the ugliness and the lashing out in anger – there is a lot of pain. I imagine their childhoods were probably pretty tragic and sad. It is hard for people like that to see anything clearly and to climb out of those kinds of pits. They need the extravagant love of the Heavenly Father, the amazing grace of Jesus Christ, and the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit. Love, grace, and friendship. Those things coming from their Creator can pull them out, heal them, and set them free.
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Also, sorry I creeped you out. I think it’s a lovely picture. Did you check your Facebook messages? I tried to get permission to use it, but you never responded, so I stole it. Hope you don’t mind.
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I did get them – it was a moot point by that time, but don’t worry about it. I would’ve done the same thing. If the picture is public, then you can use it.
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Hi, I’m leaving this here because I couldn’t get the email to work:
I really appreciated your insightful articles about circumcision and placenta eating from a Biblical perspective. I was wondering what the Biblical view of treatment of ectopic pregnancy would be? My friend had an ectopic pregnancy and opted to take some sort of chemo treatment which apparently gets rid of the embryo. This is the 2nd pregnancy she has lost and I’m not going to say anything to her to make her feel guilty, but the thought of destroying an embryo for any reason just makes me uneasy. from my research it seems that the common treatments are either chemo drugs to kill the embryo or laproscopic surgery to remove it from the fallopian tube. in either case the embryo is targeted. There is also the option of removing the affected section of tube, thus removing the threat to the mother’s life and indirectly killing the fetus which would die anyway. Usually the other treatments are used because it may preserve the mother’s fertility. this is the only article I found from a religious perspective: http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/medical_ethics/me0140.htm
what should a Christian do in this situation? Ectopic pregnancy can be fatal to the mother, but i read that about half of them resolve themselves in a “tubal abortion” or miscarriage without needing treatment. Are any interventions appropriate if the mother is in danger?
Also, are there any contraceptives (hormonal and non) which contribute to a higher incidence of ectopic pregnancy? I read that the rate has increased by 600% it would seem there is some connection.
I would love to see an article about this. I think many Christian woman are uninformed about the ethical ramifications of this issue. Please let me know if you get this or need any clarification of my question!
I haven’t really done any extensive study of this topic, so I can’t speak intelligently on it. My off the cuff, knee jerk response is that “it depends.” I’m guessing every medical situation is different. If God gives a couple the faith to keep the ectopic pregnancy and let it die on its own and run the risk of it growing to the point where the woman’s fertility is destroyed or the woman dies – then that is between that couple and God. I’ve heard some miraculous stories where God has spared both the baby and the woman, but I think those are the exception and not the norm when it comes to ectopic pregnancy.
I definitely would not make a blanket advisement one way or the other on this issue. There are two lives involved – not one. I wonder if God allowed a baby to be conceived in a place where it could not survive – perhaps that is because God did not intend for that child to live long on the earth. Should the mother then die as well? Some would say yes. Some would say no. I’d lean toward “no” myself only because that mother’s life is also precious and ought to be cared for as well.
In the case of ectopic pregnancy, is the baby being murdered? Is is on the way to death – put there by God’s sovereign will. Perhaps it would be like a toddler falling off a ship in the middle of the ocean. The waters are infested with sharks and the child can no longer be seen. The ship is speeding away from the spot, and the mom and dad wonder if they should jump in to try to save the child or not. The chances of saving the child are next to none – and if the parent jumps too, the chances are very high that they, too, will be lost. What would you do? I don’t know what I would do. But I do know this: I would not judge the woman who jumped for her jumping, and I would not judge the woman who wept on the ship for her decision to let God take her child.
The other questions are medically related, and as I said, I have not done any research and will likely not have time to do that in the near future.
Thank you for your questions – if anyone else wants to chime in – feel free.