"Careful mommy..."

Kristie Moore of Canada is one of the backups for the Canadian curling team in the Vancouver Olympics. She is also 5 months pregnant.

I was surprised at the reaction by pro-lifers-at first. They laud her. Why, exactly?

I think I've got it.

She didn't find out she was pregnant until just weeks before Team Canada invited her to the team. The pro-choice argument here would be something like, "She should abort her pregnancy so she can compete unencumbered". Well, apparently, Team Canada let her play as a back-up.

Yes, kudos to her; she kept her child and didn't see her child as an "obstacle", if you will. But part of me disagrees with her decision to compete.

She may be young and fit, but that doesn't change the fact that she is carrying a very delicate, growing child. Any physical stress has the potential to harm that baby. The very competitive and stressful environment of the Olympics doesn't help much, either.

Of course, I do realize that she is a backup. Besides, Curling doesn't look that physically demanding, anyway. I could be wrong, and probably am; but the more the argument!

She chose life, and with life comes responsibility. Perhaps for her, competing while carrying delicate life is responsible. But it almost seems contradictory to me that she would keep her child, then engage in activity that could lead to the child's death!

Maybe I'm being overcautious and oversensitive. But I know a family who almost lost their children on more than one occasion throughout the pregnancies. Knowing their story has given me an understanding of just how delicate and sensitive a pregnancy can be.

Ms. Moore, please be careful.

The Few, the Patient, the Abstinent

I watched Sarah and Bristol Palin on Oprah today. Oh. My. Goodness.

Putting aside my fact-ridden assumption that the whole interview was biased, I'd like to focus on Oprah's interrogation interview with Bristol regarding her abstinence commitment.

Yes, a lot teens are having sex. Relatively speaking; abstinence is "unrealistic". But you must realize that there's still that portion of us who don't. You know, the ones who have stood up and (for one reason or another) pledged to save that experience for the one we will spend the rest of our lives with. To us, it doesn't matter that it's unrealistic. Are we insane? Perhaps. However, I can safely say that we who haven't engaged in intimate activity don't have STD's. We aren't pregnant. We haven't suffered the emotional consequences of giving our bodies and souls to another prematurely. On our wedding nights, we can look our husbands/wives in the eye without shame and regret.

Once a commitment is made, whether it is realistic or not goes out the door. And in a world that is constantly bombarding us, telling us that it's fine to enjoy yourself out of wedlock, stats are something we don't have time to worry about.

On a far to the side note, kudos to the rest of the Palin family. I bet all this media attention wears hard and thin on the nerves sometimes. Stay strong Mr. Palin, Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, Trig, and Tripp. Mrs. Palin-- please DON'T GET TOO POLITICAL!