I didn’t really expect this week to be busy, but it kicked in gear with more to do than I expected. It actually started Saturday with my parents 65th wedding anniversary party and my dad’s 85th birthday. Then Sunday was a baby shower – lots of fun meeting up with old friends. Tuesday I shopped with my mom, enjoying one of the local malls – one I don’t usually frequent. Bridal shower gift was needed for this coming weekend.

But this week, I’m mainly busy with writer critiques and rewrites of a proposal that I thought was ready for my agent, but then I let my son have at it, and well, let’s just say I’m seeing it through a screen writer’s eyes. There’s something to be said for looking at a story as a movie. I actually think I’ve got some ideas, compliments of my brainstorming son, that might make this story exciting. But I’ve got more thinking to do. And my agent will be getting yet another version when I’m done!

I was happy to hear the results of the Supreme Court decision to uphold the ban on partial birth abortion. If anyone looks at what really happens in such an abortion, they could not condone such a practice. The abortion is indeed gruesome and is often done to harvest fetal body parts for research purposes. No matter the argument, there is no good reason to kill a baby, in many cases one that could live on its own if it was allowed to be delivered. Partial birth abortions were at times done very close to birth. So yes, I’m very happy this ban was upheld.

On a sadder note, I was grieved to hear about the shootings at Virginia Tech this week. My heart goes out to the victims’ families and even the shooter’s family, who must have their own kind of guilt and grief. May the God of all comfort grant grace and peace to all in this terrible situation.