Showing posts with label Jubilee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jubilee. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Duggar Family Honors Jubilee Duggar, Forgets Caleb Duggar?

Whether or not Counting On is renewed or canceled, the Duggars will certainly continue to reach out to their fans when they have happy to news to share. But they’ll also have more somber updates.


Yesterday, the Duggars honored their miscarried daughter, Jubilee.


Fans were quick to point out that, inexplicably, the Duggars appeared to have forgotten one of their children altogether.




Jubilee Duggar Headstone


In 2011, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar suffered a loss. Michelle experienced a stillbirth. 


They gave Jubilee Shalom Duggar a grave marker (we know that this sort of thing is not for everyone; Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner planted a memorial tree, for example — but everybody grieves in their own way).


In addition, the Duggars honor the life that would have been Jubilee’s every year on what they consider to be her birthday — on December the 11th.


“It’s hard to believe Jubilee would have been 6 years old today.”


Anniversaries like that can hit hard.


“Jubilee is our 20th child who was stillborn.”


We get that this is an emotional subject, but that’s a bad sentence. (We all write bad sentences sometimes; to be clear, they’re not saying that Jubilee was their 20th stillbirth, even though that is technically what that sentence states)


“We so look forward to seeing Jubilee in heaven.”


And on that note, they finish their post in a characteristically religious way.


“In the Bible, King David’s baby died and he stated, ‘I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.’ This is our hope of eternal life, if each one of us repents of our sins and put our faith and trust in Jesus.”



Many people take comfort from their faith, but their religious message is not the issue that fans are taking with this particular post by the Duggars.


No, fans are taking issue with how the Duggars seemed to, well, forget something pretty important.


Or someone. The sort of someone whom you would think that the Duggars would have remembered and valued.


Because, well, anyone else remember the story of Caleb Duggar?


Caleb was Michelle’s second pregnancy.


Back in 1989, when Jim Bob and Michelle had only had Josh Duggar and were less extreme in at least some of their views, Michelle had a pregnancy that miscarried.


The couple took the miscarriage as a sign that they should discontinue using birth control.


They’ve said that losing Caleb was what started them down the road that led them to have as many children as they could.



And they say that Jubilee would have been their 20th child, not their 21st.


That doesn’t add up. (Literally)


And people noticed. Hardcore fans noticed.


Sure, a lot of the top comments were from people who have also suffered from miscarriages (it’s sad that so many people share that same painful story).


But plenty of Duggar fans had comments about, well, the Duggars’ math:


“Wouldn’t she have been your 21st child? I thought you all lost one between Josh & John/Jana.”


Yep.


“Agreed, I mean I’m a fan but they had a child name Caleb between the twins.”


And the Duggars believe that life begins at conception, so … this is puzzling.



Though there’s a chance that the Duggars are no longer counting Caleb because they didn’t actually know what that child’s sex would have been, we have another theory:


Maybe they were trying to keep things simple.


An emotional loss like a miscarriage isn’t going to make them forget a previous one, but maybe they wanted to avoid having to explain why they might call Jubilee their 21st child.


The last thing that you want when talking about one loss is a bunch of questions asking about another.


That’s our guess, anyway. Because as an oversight, not counting Caleb doesn’t make any sense.


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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Jill Dillard Shares Controversial Photos of Stillborn Jubilee Shalom Duggar

Jill Dillard is about to come under fire for a controversial move that the Duggars made back in 2011 — the sharing of photos featuring a stillborn Jubilee Shalom Duggar


In memoriam, Dillard opted to share the pics with her Instagram following of over 1 million followers, most of which who were divided on the divisive pics. 



On her Instagram page, she wrote, “5 years ago today my mom gave birth to my youngest little sister, Jubilee Shalom Duggar and Jesus welcomed her home to Heaven!”


“She is a testimony to every life being beautiful; at 18 weeks gestation, she was a beautiful baby with little blue eyes, 10 fingers & 10 toes!,” Duggar continued.


“She weighed 4 oz. and was 6 inches long.”


“We miss you Jubilee and look forward to meeting you one day in Heaven! @duggarfam #jubileeshalom #job121” 


She also shared a passage from the Bible — Job 1:21, which reads, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither; the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away.” 


“Blessed be the name of the Lord,” the passage concluded.



The pics were originally taken as part of a memorial service held in honor of the stillborn baby, and stirred up tons of controversy upon release.


The Duggar family shared the miscarried fetus pic shortly after the child’s memorial service. 


Some commenters were supportive of the photos that Jill shared … others, not so much. 


One follower wrote, “So sorry for your loss but will NEVER EVER forget how beautifully your family showed the world the precious life of the unborn child – fearfully and wonderfully made sweet Jubilee – Rest In Peace in God’s Divine hands.” 


Another commented, “AMEN. I also lost a precious baby. I hope to meet that little one in heaven.” 



Others, however, weren’t as supported, and outright called the images — and Jill — crass. 


“Pictures of a dead fetus….? Really?” a commenter said, apparently disgusted.


“No happy birthday to Josie but all of a sudden, Jubilee: Memba her?” wrote another.  


On the whole, however, the Duggars received widespread support, and the naysayers were few and far between.


Instead of slamming the photos, they decided to argue religion instead.


That’s progress, if nothing else, right?


Baby Jubilee would have been five years old today, had she lived. 



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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

The Bachelor Season 20 Episode 3 Recap: The Lonesome Jubilee

On The Bachelor Season 20 Episode 2, Ben Higgins’ journey for love continued, as did rising tensions between some of the women.


For The Bachelor spoilers revealing the final four and winner, follow the link. For a rundown of last night’s show … follow along below!



Picking up where last week left off, The Bachelor Season 20 Episode 3 saw romance heat up and feuds escalate. You know. Standard.


Before we delve into the chaos, Lauren Bushnell (above) solidified her fan favorite (and Ben favorite) status with a one-on-one date.


This was one for the ages, despite (or perhaps because of) the awkwardness of a first kiss that was the romantic version of an airball.


For his other one-on-one, Ben chose Jubilee, who opened up about losing every member of her bloodline. It was pretty powerful stuff.


Now, for the insanity. At the rose ceremony, Ben announced that two of his close family friends died in a plane crash the night before.


Jubilee decided to pull Ben aside for a private massage, which the other women (Becca Tilley‘s rage face was amazing) did not dig.


When the other women ganged up on “Jubs,” she ditched them and screamed at the mean girl pack to just “Leave me the f–k alone!”


Yes, the Amber-coordinated attack completely backfired.


“What I like about Jubilee is that she doesn’t walk on eggshells. I want her to make jokes and feel comfortable,” Ben said of his crush.


Amazingly, that was not even the night’s peak drama.


Just before the rose ceremony, Lace pulled Ben aside to bow out of the show voluntarily, saying, “I have a lot to work on myself.” 


“I just feel like going home might be easier.”


“You can’t love somebody else until you truly love yourself and I don’t know if I truly love myself yet. I think it’s better that I go.”


Very noble of Lace. Meanwhile, a rumor started that Olivia spent a whooping $ 40,000 on clothes just for the ABC reality show.


The women also ripped on her toes, breasts and bad breath. Such a nice group setting these ladies have found themselves in.


That’s all she wrote for this week. You can watch The Bachelor online to see it in full, or you can take our word for the results below:


Still In: Rachel Tchen, Jen Saviano, Lauren Bushnell, Amber James, Becca Tilley, Olivia Caridi, Lauren Himle, Emily Ferguson, Haley Ferguson, Jubilee Sharpe, Leah Block, Caila Quinn, Amanda Stanton and JoJo Fletcher.


Out: Shushanna Mkrtychyan, Jami Letain, Mandi Kremer and Lace Morris.