I like this new Barbie that was created to portray a more realistic body type so our young girls don't grow up thinking the one on the left has to be the standard or norm. Would you believe me if I told you we are already dealing with body image issues in the first grade? Yep, we are. It took one boy calling our daughter "fat" to get the ball rolling. She came home and didn't ... Read More »
Fighting Culture
Dear #12, your mama needed to spank you.
Our school had their homecoming court and games the other week. They did an Instagram theme with hashtag statements and pictures all over the gym. Balloons, class representatives all dressed up and family snapping pictures were all part of the scene. Tons of fun. But the fun quickly turned into stress, frustration and down right anger as we started playing another basket ball ... Read More »
Risking intrusion
MLK Day in our community was observed by an outdoor service and reading of Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech on the City Hall steps. It was profound and sobering to hear these words. My heart still doesn't know what to make of some things. Like the fact that many people showed up but only our family and two other white people were there. One of which was the Mayor ... Read More »
Horrifying Handbag Shopping Experience
It was supposed to be a fabulous day of picking out my long awaited and saved up for handbag. And I mean a nice handbag. I'm the kind of handbag girl that changes out her purse twice a year. Spring/Summer bag and a Fall/Winter bag and that's it. And usually it's a cute but cheap bag by 9 West or something like that however I've had the bug lately to get a nice purse. That's why ... Read More »
What does it look like to be a Christian gamer?
Okay people how are you handling online gaming with your kids when it comes to multiplayer and the multi's are using bad language? And do abbreviated cuss words count? What if your kid thinks wtf stands for watch the fox instead of something naughty? Or what if you just ignore the language altogether? At the thought of not being able to play multi player Minecraft our son ... Read More »
Mitchell’s letter to the President
I'm not sure how the conversation got there but Mitchell started asking questions about marriage and populating the earth. How did Adam and Eve, the first family, populate the earth without marrying into family? And if we are all ultimately related to each other then why have marriage in the first place? Why not populate the earth without marriage? Just a few light ... Read More »
The out of date yellow school bus and why I want to ride it
Notice anything strange about this picture? It's clearly way out of date. Not because school buses are no longer yellow or less rectangular. But more like those kids. Earbud-less kids looking straight ahead and peering out a bus window. Where are the buried heads? (We won't ruin the comparison by noticing how overly crowded that bus is or the fact that the kids are just way ... Read More »
Mine Craft Noob
You know you've been overly exposed to your son's video game when you pass a truck with pallets of fresh sod and "Mine Craft" is the first thing you think of. Mine Craft - the world in which everything is square. You create and build out of textured cubes. Mitchell has been into Mine Craft for a while now and I try to keep up on it by reading articles, online stuff and watch ... Read More »