I was born premature and needed emergency surgery, and my very Catholic mother insisted I be baptized first, lest I perish with that pesky original sin. ("Hang on, doc, while we super quickly administer this sacrament!") When I survived, she wanted to have the full ceremony/photo op, hence baptism #2. Bless her heart.
I was born premature and needed emergency surgery, and my very Catholic mother insisted I be baptized first, lest I perish with that pesky original sin. ("Hang on, doc, while we super quickly administer this sacrament!") When I survived, she wanted to have the full ceremony/photo op, hence baptism #2. Bless her heart.
And yes, the dumbing down is egregious. As a journalist in the early 1990s, I was patently told to write for "an eighth grade education," and yes, I was writing for adults.
I was born premature and needed emergency surgery, and my very Catholic mother insisted I be baptized first, lest I perish with that pesky original sin. ("Hang on, doc, while we super quickly administer this sacrament!") When I survived, she wanted to have the full ceremony/photo op, hence baptism #2. Bless her heart.
And yes, the dumbing down is egregious. As a journalist in the early 1990s, I was patently told to write for "an eighth grade education," and yes, I was writing for adults.