Jennifer Fulwiler, the blogger
responsible for Conversion Diary, describes herself as a convert from atheism to Catholicism. Her first pregnancy led her and her husband to Catholicism, and complications following the birth led them to the practice of Natural Family Planning.
As part of that fraction for whom NFP fails to prevent pregnancy, she had four children in five years.
And before her first, she didn’t consider herself all that fond of
children! Jennifer is a marvelous writer, and, despite the upheaval of her
expectations, obviously a marvelous mother.
Obviously, too, she has ordered her life in such a way that she has time
to devote to blogging, to other writing and to reading and responding to her
fans.
A day or two after discovering Jennifer's blog, I came across a guest column by her in my diocesan newspaper and found that now, besides expecting her sixth child, she is also participating in a documentary/reality TV special called Minor Revisions. Her story reminds me of other mothers
of unanticipated stair-step children who found in motherhood
their true vocation--while continuing to pursue avocations. I’m thinking of a good friend from years ago who got pregnant with each of her first four children
using one or another form of artificial contraception. My friend, too, was a marvelous mother and after a fifth little "caboose" took up graduate studies and went on to get a PhD.
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