......so yesterday afternoon I was in a mood. It was cold outside, I was just in a generally pissed off mood and it didn't help when myt husband got home and got on the phone and started arguing with his ex-wife.
I went in the bathroom and was sitting there opening the mail when I see this handwritten envelope that's sticking out. I open it to find a card from his grandparents that says "Hallelujah!" on the front of it and some over-the-top religious bullshit on the inside. Then it says a donation has been made in OUR NAME to Trinity Missionary. Happy Easter, it said. This is the second such card we've gotten in two months, the other one was a huge bday card to me that had about 50 religious psalms on it. They are fucking crazy.
I was livid. First off, I'll tell you that his family is UBER-Catholic and like to rub it in anyone's face that they can. My husband has made it clear that we don't believe in their lunatic Catholic bullshit. And that while we do respect their beliefs (well, I don't, but they don't have to know that) we do not want to hear about it.
So, I sat there and thought.......what could I do to send the message that we don't want our name put on any lists, and we don't want religious bullshit sent to us EVER AGAIN?
I went and googled "Pro-choice charity" and this came up: http://www.charitynavigator.org/inde...orgid/4151.htm
Perfect. I entered in a donation of $20 and it asked me how I'd like that money spent. Well, that was an easy one. I wrote "To help women enter abortion clinics without being accosted by the religious right." Click. And then it let me check a box and write in the names of the people I'd like to have this donation credited to. Click and write. And then it let me send an e-card to THANK them for their generous donation and to let them know that someone made a donation on their behalf.
I added to it: "Happy Springtime! Your card inspired me to give back in the same way that you gave to us. Isn't it wonderful when we can help others? love, Adrienne and Ben" Click.
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I believe you Dottie and you have my support 
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