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Good evening, everyone! I would love to get some opinions and ideas for a kiddo I am treating. They are nearly six. We are working on an interdental lisp (just moved from the word to the sentence level), /v/, voiced and voiceless /th/, and consonant clusters (these have also improved significantly). In the next 6 months, we will also start working on /l/ and /r/. I am using a modified Cycles Approach with great success. My only issue - the kiddo is getting much better at decreasing their interdental lisp but cannot, for the life of them, coordinate the placement with voicing for /z/ (it always turns out like an /s/). I feel as though I have tried to cue/model in every possible way. Any ideas? It's definitely not our main concern but I want to continue to work on it.

Curious if anyone has experienced this. I am 10 months postpartum with my second, with my cycles returning around 9 months pp. My first cycle was long (for me) and so far, this second cycle is running long too. The weirdest thing for me has been the nausea. I have been very nauseous before/during ovulation and my period, and often I've even been nauseous randomly during the follicular and luteal phases. The nausea is often accompanied by a somewhat upset stomach and food aversions/cravings. I have double checked and I am not pregnant. Nausea/upset stomach are something I experience on occasion, but not with this level of frequency. I'm guessing that it probably has something to do with my hormones trying to return to baseline? I am also still breastfeeding, if that makes a difference. TIA and God bless!

I need to get this off my chest.

Some days it feels like my family is falling apart at the seams.

I am happily married with two precious litlre boys but things with my parents/siblings have slowly been crumblin over the last few years. It started about 4 years ago, when my Dad began attending an SSPX Mass occasionally. This very quickly turned into my Dad turning to sedevecantism. The oldest of my brothers joined him soon after. The next oldest brother started attending an SSPX parish a year or so after that, though he has not gone so far as to join sedevecantism (though I am worried he may be headed that way with the potential upcoming excommunication of the SSPX).

My husband and I consider ourselves to be very traditional Catholics, as does my mother. We attend a very traditional, reverent Novus Ordo. My husband has a master’s degree in theology. We abide by all of the church’s teachings.

But what my father and brothers have done is too far. I truly believe that the Catholic Church cannot fall. While things may not be perfect in the Church, I submit to her authority. I cannot believe that the Lord would allow millions and millions of people to be led astray while the “select few” (SSPX, sedevacantists, or other groups) are the only ones with the “truth.”

Obviously all of this has caused significant division in the family. My mother and other siblings continue to attend our traditional novus or do parish. I'm convinced my mother is quite literally a saint for the patience with which she bears the division. She continues on, her faith in full force, her love for the Lord never dimmed. I feel that He has asked her to suffer in such a painful way, and while I know His grace for her must be abundant, I cannot imagine how hard this is for her.

My parents are still together and overall seem happy. Everyone generally gets along. But there have been many theological debates. There have been arguments. Unkind words have been said. We are all sort of in a “let’s just not talk about it because we will just argue” phase at the moment. It feels like we are constantly walking on eggshells. I can't tell you the number of times I've had to go “well, I disagree, but whatever.”

I thought I was okay with it… until the last few months. What I've realized recently is that I am very much not at peace about the situation. My heart is hurting. I am angry with my father. I say I've forgiven him, but the anger is still very real and raw. I don't understand how he could divide our family in this way. I know my brothers are adults but I feel that if my father had not become sedevacantist, they would not have become sede/SSPX. I know they look up to him a lot and see him as a role model of faith.

I'm tired of the conspiracies. I'm tired of the side comments. I'm tired of the way they constantly condone and foster a spirit of controversy and contempt.

And this week has just been the cherry on top. We are at the beach for a family vacation, sharing a big airbnb. My brother, however, refuses to go to the beach because his SSPX priest told him it's a near occasion of sin.

My brother is VERY scrupulous. I know this because I have personally struggled with religious OCD and intense scrupulosity for years. I see all the signs in him. I feel quite certain that this new refusal to go to the beach is not because he is in any way tempted by anything/anyone there, but because of the intrusive thoughts and scrupulosity he struggles with. I'm so frustrated that his priest seems to be affirming his scrupulosity rather than helping him overcome it.

This situation is just another in a long line. I pray for my family every day. I know the Lord said there would be division. Most days I feel like I handle everything okay. But today, friends, I am tired. My soul is heavy with residual anger and with so much sadness for what has been lost/broken.

Jesus, I trust in you. Make a way for my family to come back home to your true Church.