Comments for Kate Blackwell's Blog http://thirdfloorapartment.org "So what if they're just stories. What if I need them?" Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:05:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett by Tony Timbol http://thirdfloorapartment.org/2010/10/27/the-help-by-kathryn-stockett/#comment-118 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:05:51 +0000 http://thirdfloorapartment.org/?p=636#comment-118 Good recommendation, I will look it up.

Another I recently read in the same vein was “The Life you’ve imagined” by Kristina Riggle. It follows three young women whose lives have not quite turned out the way they had “imagined” and follows their story during a summer visit when the three are reunited in a small Michigan town.

Keep writing Kate!

Tony

]]> Comment on Substance by Emma http://thirdfloorapartment.org/2010/09/22/substance/#comment-114 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:51:20 +0000 http://thirdfloorapartment.org/?p=620#comment-114 Great post. Maury and I laughed the other day at a devotion that I shared with him. It was a story of a woman who was in line at a coffee shop behind a small elderly woman. The elderly woman got her coffee and was heading out the door. She had her purse on her arm, keys in one hand and coffee in the other and was struggling to open the door. The other woman felt she needed to step out of line and help her, so she did. It was a beautiful story until she opened her mouth. The elderly woman thanked her for being so kind and she said, “Well I love Jesus, and he wants me to do this for you.” I just thought it was a little forward. She could have just said, “My pleasure.”

]]> Comment on The Pill by Kate Blackwell http://thirdfloorapartment.org/2010/09/10/the-pill/#comment-113 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:26:44 +0000 http://thirdfloorapartment.org/?p=614#comment-113 Kenzie,

That is wonderful advice! You should visit my new blog, a spin-off about this topic!
http://www.sexandthecross.wordpress.com

I’ve also started my journey with NFP, and I am sooo thankful I did. I think it is such a valuable tool that many women don’t know about or they are too afraid to consider.

]]> Comment on The Pill by Kenzie http://thirdfloorapartment.org/2010/09/10/the-pill/#comment-112 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:58:37 +0000 http://thirdfloorapartment.org/?p=614#comment-112 Kate, as a registered nurse I have found that many women have the same questions, but usually just follow what the doctor recommends. I commend you for taking pride in your body, being your own advocate and learning/researching resources. I have been married for four years, took birth control pills for 9 years and have since decide to stop. I follow natural family planning, condoms and vfc film to help prevent pregnancy. This requires you to be in touch/ in tune with your own body. Take care! Any questions?
Kenzie

]]> Comment on The Pill by In The Beginning . . . | Sex & The Cross http://thirdfloorapartment.org/2010/09/10/the-pill/#comment-111 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:25:46 +0000 http://thirdfloorapartment.org/?p=614#comment-111 [...] Posted on September 13, 2010 by Kate Blackwell This blog comes as a spin-off of a short post on Third Floor Apartment about my own frustrations and questions concerning birth control.  Instead of forcing my male [...]

]]> Comment on The Pill by Kate Blackwell http://thirdfloorapartment.org/2010/09/10/the-pill/#comment-110 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:31:30 +0000 http://thirdfloorapartment.org/?p=614#comment-110 Amber,

Thank you so much for stopping by. More than that, thank you for contributing to the converstaion. I’m impressed to hear you are already thinking about this topic. I always dismissed it until recently. Thanks for posting those links as well; Sharon’s blog is insightful and a definite resource in this journey.

]]> Comment on The Pill by Amber http://thirdfloorapartment.org/2010/09/10/the-pill/#comment-109 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:46:51 +0000 http://thirdfloorapartment.org/?p=614#comment-109 So, we don’t know each other. But I love your blog because you’re so honest…and I really just like the way that you right. Anywho, it’s odd to me that I would choose to post this time because I’m not married and while I do think about the future and sometimes this question of whether or not to use birth control, it’s not an immediate issue. However, I’ve read some blog posts similar to this. I don’t know if you’ve ever read posts by Sharon Miller on http://www.sheworships.com, but it’s always nice to know that it’s not just you whose going through something or has questioned something.
Here are some posts that may help lead you to more information:
http://sheworships.com/category/pro-life/page/4/
http://sheworships.com/category/pro-life/page/6/
http://sheworships.com/2009/04/06/just-how-pro-life-are-you/#comments (There are comments about NFP here)

I like how she thinks about this stuff. I hope this can get things started.

Amber

]]> Comment on Eat, Pray, Love by alaugh http://thirdfloorapartment.org/2010/08/16/eat-pray-love/#comment-106 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:50:57 +0000 http://thirdfloorapartment.org/?p=588#comment-106 I actually read Eat Pray Love this summer and I liked it, mostly because I felt like it was a modern day fairy tale, complete with the prince charming and happily ever after.
Of course, I’m eighteen and fairly naive, and the idea of throwing my dead-end life out the window is appealing in theory but I’m sure that if I were actually faced with the decision I’d be scared witless into staying responsible. It sure is nice to live vicariously through Gilbert.
I feel like Eat Pray Love is the middle-aged woman’s version of Twilight. It’s for people who want spirituality and culture and all that jazz to spice up their dull lives. That’s why so many people are in love with it.

I really respect that you didn’t like it though. I can totally understand why. And the ending wasn’t that great either. Honestly, I began to lose interest during the last thirty pages or so as well.

]]> Comment on Eat, Pray, Love by Hope http://thirdfloorapartment.org/2010/08/16/eat-pray-love/#comment-105 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:25:29 +0000 http://thirdfloorapartment.org/?p=588#comment-105 Oh my goodness. I am SO with you on “Captivating”!!! That book…I bought it because I read the Sacred Romance, Waking the Dead, and Journey of Desire and enjoyed them, but, talk about not being able to finish a book! It infuriates me!

As for Eat, Pray, Love…this was a few years ago, so I’m a little hazy on the details, but I just remember being very turned off by her description of life in Bali. Which is where the “love” part comes into play. And it was just…I just couldn’t connect, or care about her character.

I wouldn’t feel bad about not being able to finish it. I’m a firm believer that there are many more worthwhile books in the world to be reading, instead of feeling bad about any one you don’t like!

]]> Comment on Eat, Pray, Love by Kate Blackwell http://thirdfloorapartment.org/2010/08/16/eat-pray-love/#comment-104 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:39:21 +0000 http://thirdfloorapartment.org/?p=588#comment-104 So what was the real hang up for you? I’m thinking about giving it another shot, maybe another 10 chapters, but I really don’t have any interest in what the author is saying. I consider myself pretty open-minded, but I’m just not a fan. Maybe if, personally, I felt like I was on some expedition to find myself then I could forge a connection.

It was kind of like that for me with “Captivating.” Everyone around me was reading it and devouring every word, but it didn’t resonate for me. I think I only read a couple of chapters.

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