Tuesday, April 15, 2003My Perspective on Abuse of Spiritual AuthorityIn the blog " I am here and I am not silent " a very good point is made: abuse at the hands of religious leaders is permanently damaging to the abused person, especially if that abused person is a child. I think that is why Jesus said that anyone who "offended" (i.e., injured or damaged) a child... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, April 14, 2003New Tax Due Date NeededJust a quick post: My life has been overtaken with trying to get my youngest son over whatever allergic reaction caused him to break out in hives all over his body for three days. So I am a bit behind on my taxes and on all of my blogs, which is making me nuts, because I have pages and pages of... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, April 11, 2003What You May Not Realize About SuicideSuicide can seem like a reasonable alternative to the intense pain, be it physical, emotional, or spiritual, that one is suffering at a given point in life. Suicide can seem like the only way out, sometimes. But what one often fails to consider is that, by committing suicide, one can plunge others... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, April 7, 2003Top 10 Stupid Things to Say to the ReceptionistIn the course of my work, I hear a lot of really stupid remarks. Here are a few choice ones...and the responses I have to bite my tongue to keep from muttering. I hate to ask this, but.... Then don't! I don't want to say anything bad about anyone, but... Then don't! This is probably a stupid... Sign in to see full entry.Call Me Panicky...I'm a mom. It's a sixth sense, maternal instinct, paranoia. Whatever. When something's wrong with her baby, a mom gets a little crazy. Case in point: my 4-year-old suddenly has this red, slightly raised rash all over his torso, under his arms, behind his knees, and on top of his thighs. I'm getting... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, April 5, 2003Thanks for the Solution!Whim gives some great stats about weight loss....and now I have my solution to my weight problem. I've been threatening to skip town for years....I'll go to the moon. That will get my weight down to 31 pounds. Surely my doctor will be pleased and will try to focus on something other then my... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, April 4, 2003I Wish I Were Jean KerrJean Kerr would have made a great blogger. Her stories are short, to the point, and lose-control funny. If her stuff weren't still under copyright, I'd blog it (with her name on it, of course) and make a million. If you haven't read her books, you should. She's easier to identify with than Erma... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, April 3, 2003Movie Madness (Post-Children)I was thinking this morning about how my television and movie-watching habits have changed since I had children. When I was a single person, I went to the movie theatre and rented videos frequently. After I got married, we did more renting and less theatre-going, but we still watched a lot of... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, April 2, 2003And Now for Something Completely Different....Does anyone remember Hamsterdance? Not the snazzy, jazzed-up version that is the new hampsterdance site, but the old original with the horrifyingly catchy, mind-destroying song? I ask because, in all the literature I have seen about the site, no one has mentioned where the song originated, and I... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, April 1, 2003Nothing Is Ever WastedI have a theory; I can't prove it's true, but it has certainly been an accurate description of my life. I believe that nothing we do, nothing we learn, nothing we say is ever wasted. Even the most esoteric, goofy, or bizarre things I have done eventually came back to me later in life as useful... Sign in to see full entry. |