PPD & Religion
As many of you know, this week BlogHers were called to action. I don’t have a moving personal story to share about PPD, but it seems a few of you do. I would highly suggest heading over to Candace’s blog and checking out her post. She shares her story with bravery and honesty and it doesn’t get any better than that.
Another reminder that it’s not too late to take some action and call your senator and let them know how important of an issue Postpartum Depression is to our country.
Seems like everywhere I am reading about the decline in church attendance and US adherence to organized religion. The reasons given are as open for debate as the different relgious beliefs themselves. What do you think?
Hubby and I both have strong beliefs on spiritual matters, although they are slightly different. At this time, we are not attending church or any religious ceremonies . Hubby and I have discussed the sidebar of all that- not having the community, which can be considered both positive and negative, in my experience. Currently, we are in talks about this issue and are in planning mode on how to handle it.
I’d like to hear your view on all of this…
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2 Responses to “PPD & Religion”
October 29th, 2007 at 8:12 am
My husband and I are pretty much in the same place. He’s Catholic and I’m not, so we are still trying to figure out how to approach the whole thing.
October 30th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
oh god! thank you! It feels so raw to write about it but I think I’ve found a bit of my calling in expressing finally about what was such a silent horror. I’m suddenly on a mission to get information out. There are some great sites like www.postpartumprogress.com
I’ll be posting soon some more on it.
As for religion, I am intermarried and we are both looking for a spiritual place that embraces our family and is commited to social service and community. I wish there were a reconstructionist temple nearby but there isn’t. We don’t belong anywhere now but my daughter does attend the JCC and is learning her history and ethnicity on both sides (irish and jewish).
i wish we were in a more diverse area (another post on that too coming soon-I know you have addressed it before-have to find that post so I can link to it)
Anyway, I’ve broadened the topic but I guess I have a lot of thoughts on the matter. As for my husband, he is a bit disenchanted with organized religion as he feels so many people have been killed in the name of “my god is better than yours”. But we are both searching. For now we celebrate our traditions and try and be grateful!
Wow! you are making me think. head hurts. must read perez.