Posted on 08/17/2011 11:17:55 AM PDT by NYer
ROCKVILLE, MD, August 16, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) — The astonishing story of a Maryland family with 11 children, ranging in age from 1 to 12, has been featured in a back-to-school piece by the Washington Post Newspaper. The August 10 story chronicles the Kilmer household's day-to-day life and details how they manage to stay lighthearted and have fun while balancing what some might consider an impossibly difficult lifestyle.
Read the Washington Post story here.
In an interview with LifeSiteNews (LSN), Larry Kilmer, a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, said he viewed speaking with the Post about his family as "an opportunity to show that large families can exist and survive in the Washington area."
"It was a chance for others to see that with some sacrifices it can be done," he said. "Despite the fear that 'you cannot survive,' we wanted to show that it is possible."
The article introduces readers to Larry, a high school teacher, and his wife Jen, a stay-at-home mom, as well as children Christina, Joe, Michelle, Julie, Tommy, Steven, Matthew, John Paul, Larry, Rosemary, and Peter, none of whom are twins or triplets.
The feature chronicles the Kilmer family's daily life, from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. It notes the many challenges the family faces, but also highlights the many blessings, including the tight friendships shared by the children and the role that the "rock of Faith" plays in the Kilmer household.
"A large family helps to instill in a person many of the strong values and virtues that a society needs in order to survive and continue," Kilmer told LifeSiteNews.com. "In my opinion, the issue of putting others first is at the heart of a large family as you work and exist with other human beings in a close-knit environment."
Commenting on the Washington Post story, Jenn Giroux, founder of Speaking of Motherhood, who is also the mother of a large family, told LSN, "This is an incredible and fair portrayal of this beautiful large family. It is rare to get this perspective from a liberal media outlet."
"Large families have a positive impact on society," Giroux said. "At a time when our national birthrate is dangerously low, large families are producing the future workers that will sustain the elderly in the very near future… They are raising the next generation of Church and political leaders."
"At the heart of large families is the surrender to God’s supreme rights over our lives and an embrace and love of His gift of children," she said. "Unfortunately, this is a foreign and/or unknown concept that has been gradually lost over the last 50 years."
"It requires ‘blind trust’ in God in times of difficulty," Giroux said. "This is a difficult concept for a contracepting society where those today seek to control everything from the day they conceive to sometimes the very sex of their baby."
Read the Washington Post story here.
Tell them to mind their own g*ddamn business. That’s what I’d do, I think.
Hub also likes them with butter and jam. The pineapple habanero stuff sounds - interesting - if it wasn’t tooo hot. but with habaneros it will be too hot for wimps! I prefer jalapenos, I try to dry a bunch every year.
I like fresh torts (that’s what we call them for short) with refried beans and a bit of lettuce and cheese. We’re pretty simple around here. Simple food for simple minds! :-)
Reading out loud is good family fun and everyone gets a chance to learn public speaking, become better readers, better listeners, and learn new words.
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(I was wondering, too...)
Yeah. Punching.
Spell check don’t catch it when it’s spelled right.
I’ve been tired all day.
LOL!!!!!!
Habaneros are very hot, but I suppose that removing them before serving may make a difference. We have habaneros and jalapenos on our deck, as well as Thai basil, which is beautiful and fragrant. Our sweet basil is so fragrant that just standing close to it is wonderful.
You can make nice bouquets to put in a vase of basil when it flowers.
Fresh pesto - yum yum!
I don’t like pesto. I know, it’s terrible! We have a couple of regular basil plants this year, but the Thai basil from last year (or the year before) either died or got swallowed by some of the other things.
I’ll do a full cleanout of my herb gardens this fall. What used to be the cilantro forest seems to be nothing but morning glories now, but if I get them out, the cilantro should come back up in late fall.
Fresh Market is similar to Whole Foods but smaller, we're finally getting a Whole Foods next year.
If you like cilantro (I LOVE it) you might like cilantro chutney. It’s a raw chutney, it’s so good I can almost eat it plain.
Stuff into a blender/food processor:
A whole lot of cilantro, I pick off the leaves and don’t use stems unless they’re very tender.
One or two (depending on taste buds and amt. of cilantro) chopped jalapenos or similar pepper
A small to medium chunk of minced fresh ginger
A couple of good pinches of salt
A very small spoon of brown sugar
Some cumin powder or seeds - preferably toasted
A few T of minced toasted peanuts or not
A T or two plain yogurt
Blend/process until it’s fairly pureed. A delicious green mush. I love it with rice, any veg. especially potatoes, on flat breads of all kinds.
You’re a good sport. :)
We went to a Morton’s in New Hampshire once. It was a disappointment. We’ve not been to The Palm.
On our last trip to Florida, we stopped at one of these restaurants, and we very pleasantly surprised at how good it was.
I like Whole Foods. My husband hates going there because he despises the attitude of the customers, but I like the variety and quality.
This is, imho, one of the best restaurants in Boston/the North End.
http://www.terramiaristorante.com/
We’ve been going there since shortly after it opened.
Don Shula's steakhouses are also really good.
The only restaurant I can remember eating at in Boston is Locke-Ober, but that was close to twenty years ago.
As a rule I despise grocery stores. I won't buy more than will fit in a hand-held basket.
Red Velvet Cheesecake recipe from Southern Living Magazine, December 2004
But that cute little guy looks like he might prefer this one.
Carrot Cheesecake with Marzipan Carrots recipe from Martha Stewart Living, April 2009
Mmmmm, sounds great! I made cilantro soup last fall when my crop first took off.
You don’t make your own tortillas to save money. You make them because they’re so much better than anything you can buy.
Also, if you’re going to make deep fried burritos, it’s best to use fresh made tortillas. They stick together so you can seal the edges.
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