Late last night, Ice Man did not want to go to bed. He did everything in his power to stay awake. Even down to the last minute request for a glass of milk. I sat with him for a while, but since my eyes were beginning to burn…it was time for my little guy to go to sleep. Once he was in his bed all i heard was snoring. I love my little guy.
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What an excellent morning!
I’m Pro-Life…and not a Lesbian
I had no intention of being up this late, but I stumbled upon a site titled “I Support Abortion Rights…Because I’m a lesbian” and decided to read an article. I response to it I have decided to post my thoughts.
The real thing to be said is that, Pat’s quote obviously hit a nerve and so this article was written. Question…what nerve was it that he it. We all know the obvious, lesbians can have children as long as a man is involved in some form or fashion. But why, are lesbians the way that they are? It has a lot to do with extreme feminism and a desire to be masculine, which is what I think he was trying to say without saying it. Lesbians have decided that they want to be free from all forms of masculine control and that includes the “opportunity” that women have to be concerned about being pregnant or not. There are so many women out there that struggle to have children, but it seems, from the posts that I read here, that it is looked at as a privilege to not have to be concerned about pregnancy. Women make great friends, but there is a place in the life of a woman to have an intimate relationship with a man as a partner (and I mean spouse).
Why is there a need to have full control over the life of another individual, a baby that one day will be an adult. All of those adults add up to equal different groups of people that have been wiped off of the face of the earth because someone wants to have full control. There is a place in our society for submission and there are things that we don’t know. Like why it is healthy to have authority and submission; in the lives of both genders. Lesbians have lost a sense of balance when they became lesbians and therefore make the statement in almost every area of their lives…I don’t need a man for anything, I have one only for what I want him for. That is very damaging to our society as a whole. Although there are aspects of being liberal that benefit our society and the individuals in it, when it is unchecked ,we end up on a slippery slope not knowing where we are headed. There are times when the thoughts of the feminist movement have almost destroyed my marriage and every relationship that I have. It is only when I realize that it does not always have to be my way and that life is about a compromise…that I am truly liberated and later on see where I was wrong.
Part of who every woman was created to be is a mother and a wife. She is a nurturer and a help-meet in so many different ways. This even applies to women who are single. Yet when you take these feminine titles and duties away from a woman you change who she is an attempt to compare her to a man. We are not men…we are women. I am pro-life. I understand that people want to have a choice. It a choice that many women after they choose, wish that someone would have told them what the repercussions were going to be like. Some women have utterly destroyed themselves and someone else because of their desire to be “in charge.” I could have been aborted, but I thank God that I wasn’t. My mother’s life wasn’t only about her life. She had been given a gift. The gift of being able to carry life within herself and usher it into this world. Within the life that she gave was the lives of three small children, that one day will play a role in the rest of the world. We each make a difference. What difference are lesbians making in trying to be men. If you want to be a man do that on your own, but don’t encourage other women to begin to think and act like that which they are not.
It takes a lot to walk on both sides of the fence, but it takes so much more to choose a side. What might be frightening is when you choose a side you have to stick to it and there is a fear that causes us to run away from our true destiny. We were created in a certain way to be who we are…be who you are, embrace what you are really like, and watch your beauty shine. Not as a lesbian, but as the woman that God created you to be, who was set free.
16 and Pregnant
I was flipping through the channels when I saw down in the information bar “16 and pregnant.” As I laid down the remote, I heard the sound of an angry teen mom. She said that she couldn’t believe that Josh had thrown her out of the car. The camera quickly showed a young man, Josh, and their two new-born babies in the car driving away from the new mom. She stood on the side of the road with an incision from the c-section and called her mother. Once the father finally returned to the scene, he attempted to stop the mother from getting into the car, by picking her up. She screamed and hit him, reminding him that she had a “cut” and he was being too rough with her. In frustration, she called the cops. Finally, her mother and the cops arrived. She put her children in the car and they drove off. The father was arrested and spent a night in jail. The mother talked to her mother and expressed to her that their engagement was off and she didn’t want to have anything to do with him anymore.
This saddened me. Here was a young girl who didn’t know the first thing about being a mom that was now making a choice to raise two children by herself. I think she made this choice, not because she wanted to, but because she thought she had too.
I sat there on my couch and thought of the many mothers that are well past 16 and struggle to raise their children whether it be with a spouse or on their own. I thought of the times that I sat up with a headache and cried as prayed and asked for the strength that I needed to get through to the next day. I could not imagine being 16 and having to deal with all of this. My children are 2, 4, and 8. This young lady’s children were newborn twins. I pray that the Lord gives her the strength to be a good mother to those children. I pray that she makes good choices from here on out. I’m sure that it won’t be easy, because it isn’t easy for any of us, but I hope that she soon finds out that with dedication, focus, and help from God…anything is possible.
I’m not sure how the many of other viewers who normally watch this show take the different scenarios that are presented, but I hope that the young people learn from the experiences of others. One of the craziest things that anyone could ever do is choose to ignore the testimony and mistakes of others instead of learn from them. I could have been that young girl. You, reading this, probably could have been her too.
I thank God that I didn’t have to go through that and that my husband is in this relationship with me. I thank God that he chooses to parent with me. It is not easy…but this is our life.
To the reader: if you are reading this, I ask you to look at your own life and count your blessings. Cherish the moments that you have. Learn from the experiences of others. Last but not least…remember that all things are possible to those who believe.
What to expect when…
Wow! What a day?! It was an action packed adventure. There were ups and downs. I had me a couple ins and outs. As I sat down tonight, with all of the kids asleep, I wondered if there is a seminar, book, dvd, or cd that could help us when it comes to raising our kids. I remember that book “What to expect when you’re expecting,” or even “What to expect during the first year.” Those are great books, but there should be one called “What to expect when parenting…period” Let me tell you, I need a copy! It should say something like…
Expect to be challenged
Expect ups and downs
Expect messy clothes and poopy diapers
Expect dirty faces and possible poopy hands
Expect booger eating
Most of all expect the unexpected…
Man, what is a mom to do? I just know that there should have been a class in high school that would give women a realistic view on raising children older than one. Now, I love my children, I am just tired. Honestly after a day like the one I had…I should be tired. I must say, I am learning what to expect from my children. Maybe I should write the book…What to expect when parenting…PERIOD!!!
Inspired to Scrapbook…
Moving to Utah has inspired me to pull out my cricut and begin scrapbooking again. I have taken pictures of the mountains around me and with my new Close To My Heart stamps, I am scrapping away. I’m so excited about all of the posibilities. Here are a few of the projects that I made this week.
