But aside from that, she's still completely normal
Here’s the thing.
I don’t know if Adam and Eve are going to be in Heaven or not… Scripture is a little unclear if they served God faithfully AFTER they got the boot from the garden.
But when I get there, I’m hunting her down and slapping her upside the back of the head.
This month’s “curse” was a really bad one.
Let’s share my day with you…
Starting around 5am…
Period, oh hello! And welcome to you exhaustion, cramps, and backache!
Joseph – I’m going to throw up.
Papa and grandma are gone for a couple days. Where? Playing BINGO!
Dad is long gone.
Fine. Get everyone ready… I can’t call in sick. Logan to school. Joseph comes with me, while I juggle covering for a different executive, finish tax prep, and make travel plans for two people going two places, you know, tomorrow. While Joseph is here, on the lot, with me.
Pray for me. The end isn’t looking pretty.
You know what? I’m not that materialistic. I’m not.
I AM materialistic in the sense of wanting a microwave, car for transportation, a soft place to sit, a computer…
But the microwave is the one my parents gave us when we married… Almost 10 years ago. My car is my mother’s old truck. The “daddy chair” was a gift for my parents when their plans for the darn thing fell through. My computer was paid for by my mother – and I honestly can’t remember why at the moment… But it’s been years. These things work just fine. I don’t need a big screen TV, but I DO want to be able to see what’s going on.
So, I suppose in the “western culture” sense I’m materialistic. But I find that in a real sense the less “stuff” I have the more clear my mind is. No. That’s not true – everything needs to have it’s “place” and the truth is our living spaces have been small, and that means less stuff.
But… I don’t get a lot of stuff for me. I put off things for myself due to cost, but don’t blink at it for others.
That seems to be changing. I got my haircut. The last time I did, it was a trim, in May I think. I chopped it. It’s about chin length now. I stopped putting it off and just did it.
I also bought new clothes for myself. I just didn’t have that many to begin with… And over time, what I had has dwindled due to stains or rips and holes. I have 1 bra. And it’s falling apart. But I’m picky, and there was nothing on sale. But the final straw came.
I had a pair of cords I wear to work. Very comfy, but still “good pants.” I knew they had a small hole in the waistband, but let’s get real… Who is EVER going to see my waist anymore? I do not tuck. Rule number one for my body weight and type. I went outside to sit with my boss at work. Riiiiiiiip. Right there at work. From the waist to down below the pocket. In other words, my entire left buttcheek.
Oh – and to top it off – I wasn’t wearing underwear. I don’t have any that fit except for my granny “period panties.”
Thank God I don’t tuck, I was able to carefully hide the goods with my sweater. But, my boss had WAY too much fun with the whole situation.
And then I bought clothes. Several pieces. And they are new. And I love new things. In a totally non-materialistic way. Heh.
You know? Sometimes life just sucks.
I’m not talking about the major suckage… Deaths of loved ones, losing one’s job, house blowing up…
I’m talking about the day to day trivial things that add up to a difficult life. Like this morning… Joseph disobeying, leading to a fight, Logan having trouble with his pants, “Would you just put your shoes on already!” or putting on dirty clothes, ’cause they just want to.
Today just blows, and I’m still sick, and I’m not ready for Christmas, and there’s no money, and and and…
I’m just tired and having a bad day. That’s all. Thanks for listening.
**Please note: this is not a rant on nursing vs. not nursing. So those mothers who have not breastfed (for whatever reason) this is not about your choice. I did both nursing and formula, for different reasons both kids. So, please don’t write about that, because I am NOT revisiting that age-old debate. This isn’t about your choice. It’s about the image of the choice, and what’s being done to it.
I’m important. As a mother, I am worthy, and I count. The natural God-given abilities of my body in feeding my child are just that – natural. Not immoral. Not unethical. Not unhygienic. Not perverse. Not pornographic.
Seriously.
How can we, as a society desensitized to sexual innuendo, images, celebrity, tits, ass, etc. shoved in our faces every day by the media, then go and ban nursing videos as explicit – while still allowing the hot mom’s ass jiggling stripper dance.
Oh, excuse me, the stripper dance you need to certify your age – the nursing video is just banned.
I really really don’t understand it. I mean I’ve talked about how I feel before. I believe modesty and good taste are necessary. I also believe I should be able to feed my kid wherever I see fit – and a public restroom is NOT fit.
Banning nursing videos and images is not okay with me. Lumping those topics in with pornography is not okay with me. Making me feel dirty because I nursed my sons is not okay with me. Banning nursing videos and images while showing Britney’s cooch is not okay with me.
I am a mother. I matter. Don’t make what I do into something dirty when it’s not – perverse when it is not.
Here’s what you can do (copied from the LMJ):
1. Email congressional reps (link to http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ – enter your zip, and it returns all three addresses/home pages for your location) and Parliament members (link to http://www.canada.gc.ca/directories/direct_e.html – enter your postal code, and it returns addresses/home pages of Parliament members) and ask them to tell YouTube/Google that removal of the video is socially and legally unacceptable.
2. Create a short video (not breastfeeding) that is tagged and titled “Message to YouTube” (feel free to include any other tags, including League of Maternal Justice, Breastfeeding, Health, etc). and tell them what you think about this. Tell them that breastfeeding is NOT obscene
*Updated: We’re going to reload our video (with new music) in the next few days. If you want, hold your Messages to YouTube and you can make them as replies to our Montage! (Thanks Jenn)
YouTube is calling for these videos and we’re more than happy to oblige. Make sure to send us your YouTube video link!
3. Write a post and include these same directions on your own blogs and send us the permalinks (or leave them in the comments).
4. Return to the LMJ call to action post (where permalinks will be linked up) and post/vote for others’ posts on bookmarking sites.
5. Submit our press release to online media outlets and social bookmarking sites (Reddit, Stumbleupon, etc.), get your message boards involved, send to your local reporters, or any national news contacts.
To get more information, got to the League of Maternal Justice.
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