The military, the church and the family are the last hold outs of the traditional way. The military is close to being fully “transformed”; the Catholic church is not too far behind with “trads” and their adherence to old liturgies in the crosshairs of the senior cleric leadership. This leaves the family as the last and toughest resistance for the enlightened class to crush. As they know and we know well, the glue that binds the family together is the mother. We must fortify that binding element of motherhood to insure future generations enjoy the life God called each of us to live.
My mom quoted Shakespeare to us and homeschooled us in Latin and etymology (outside of the Catholic school we attended). If I ever snuck downstairs after bedtime as a kid, my mom was sitting close to a lamp, reading. We were raised to be Renaissance people: problem solvers and writers and speech givers and poem reciters with curiosity and varied interests!
I'm an electrical engineer who minored in English and I never stopped reading classics after having children (I'm very blessed to get to be home with them in this season of life!). It's been so fun to find kindred spirits on substack, other mothers who read the books I like to read! The ones that teach us great truths about being human. My children are named after figures from great literature. They're still little, but they listen more than I realize. I was listening to a Bible study on Elisha while cooking and in her prayers that night, my daughter prayed for our friend in seminary "that he might listen to the prophets and not get eaten by a bear." 😅
What a great story! You are so fortunate to have grown up around so many great ideas - and to be passing that culture on to your little ones! It is amazing the high level of stuff to be found on Substack - and how encouraging!
This is the first article you have published since I subscribed, and I cannot say how glad I am to have found your Substack. This is a magnificent article with which I agree entirely. I especially enjoyed how you noted how our country has worked as tirelessly as communist ones to extrapolate the woman from the home. What the United States has done to the family in the name of the much-lauded "dEmOcRaCy" is a crime. Please continue to put out more content like this. This is not only a refutation of feminism but one with enough information to convince a reader that this is not just another Trad-wife argument. It is much needed!
The military, the church and the family are the last hold outs of the traditional way. The military is close to being fully “transformed”; the Catholic church is not too far behind with “trads” and their adherence to old liturgies in the crosshairs of the senior cleric leadership. This leaves the family as the last and toughest resistance for the enlightened class to crush. As they know and we know well, the glue that binds the family together is the mother. We must fortify that binding element of motherhood to insure future generations enjoy the life God called each of us to live.
Beautiful!
My mom quoted Shakespeare to us and homeschooled us in Latin and etymology (outside of the Catholic school we attended). If I ever snuck downstairs after bedtime as a kid, my mom was sitting close to a lamp, reading. We were raised to be Renaissance people: problem solvers and writers and speech givers and poem reciters with curiosity and varied interests!
I'm an electrical engineer who minored in English and I never stopped reading classics after having children (I'm very blessed to get to be home with them in this season of life!). It's been so fun to find kindred spirits on substack, other mothers who read the books I like to read! The ones that teach us great truths about being human. My children are named after figures from great literature. They're still little, but they listen more than I realize. I was listening to a Bible study on Elisha while cooking and in her prayers that night, my daughter prayed for our friend in seminary "that he might listen to the prophets and not get eaten by a bear." 😅
What a great story! You are so fortunate to have grown up around so many great ideas - and to be passing that culture on to your little ones! It is amazing the high level of stuff to be found on Substack - and how encouraging!
Well said, Emily! I look forward to more of your writing!
I'm glad you liked it!
Love this so much. Turns out that giving one’s mind “a good airing” is the best defense against the nonsense ideologies of modernity!
And "a good airing" is so enjoyable too!
This is the first article you have published since I subscribed, and I cannot say how glad I am to have found your Substack. This is a magnificent article with which I agree entirely. I especially enjoyed how you noted how our country has worked as tirelessly as communist ones to extrapolate the woman from the home. What the United States has done to the family in the name of the much-lauded "dEmOcRaCy" is a crime. Please continue to put out more content like this. This is not only a refutation of feminism but one with enough information to convince a reader that this is not just another Trad-wife argument. It is much needed!
Thanks Andrea, that really means a lot to me!