On January 18, 2020, Joseph took our 4-year-old daughter, Gisela, to the ER on account of labored/painful breathing and lethargy, only to discover that she would need emergency surgery for what turned out to be a necrotic and perforated stomach. Since then, we've been bouncing between the pediatric ICU, the Ronald McDonald House (a free housing service for families with kiddos in the hospital), and occasionally home. But we made some time to record another podcast! And this is that podcast! We talk about having gratitude when suffering comes. As Catholics, gratitude is the best option we can choose when reality is presented to us, even if it seems quixotic or too difficult.

We talk about Crystal's blog, wherein more details on Gisela may be found (the link is to the first entry on her medical emergency-- you can then read on from there...): https://mydaughtersdignity.wordpress.com/2020/01/24/on-the-mend-from-a-really-bad-medical-emergency/

Joseph wrote a couple of entries as well, notably one on some lesser-discussed reasons of why we ought not do hard drugs, which we mention in the episode. He thinks it's revelatory and relevant. And he's the one writing this episode description...

https://mydaughtersdignity.wordpress.com/2020/03/01/guest-post-dont-do-drugs/

We also used a quote, "Comparison is the thief of joy"-- and as Joseph said in the podcast, he heard someone attribute it to C.S. Lewis. But it turns out it's a Teddy Roosevelt quote. Who knew? Google knew. 

C.S. Lewis has become like Augustine-- when in doubt, say [famous Christian writer] said it. If they've written enough (like St. Augustine and C.S. Lewis), they probably said something like that, somewhere...

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