There are several things about your last letter that make me laugh out loud and like you even more.
I agree with all of your points. Especially the one about sex with the husband. For real. That is important. More people should see it that way.
As for your rant. I did not in the least find it disturbing or offensive. Obviously this probably makes me as crazy as you are. I think I am fine with that. The longer I live on God's green earth, the more I find that I am OK with people thinking I am crazy. Now that I have a friend that is just as crazy, well, I think it just encourages me to carry on with the crazy.
I think you are dead on with your extremes. I see them everywhere. They annoy me.
Another thing that annoys me in the homeschooling world, is this. I see a trend where the Moms are setting themselves up to be "Indispensable". It seems that they do so much for there kids, they are creating an environment where their kids cannot live without them, and if God for bid they decide to have a night out, or take a nap, or ~GASP~ sit down and watch a movie, then the whole world comes crashing down around them. I for one, want to be able to kiss my kids goodbye and go out for the evening without them calling be every half hour, or me having to call them 2 hours later to tell them goodnight. I also like to take a nap every once in a while knowing that everyone in the house will surely not perish. For goodness sake, I don't have to wipe butts anymore, so why act like they still need me to!
I can hear it now, ( not from you because I am quickly realizing that we are 2 very like minded individuals) "You don't love your children like I do." Blah blah blah. I love my children very much. Very Very Much! But shoot, I am raising them in the hopes that someday in the next decade, (that sounds kind of scary) they will have the ability to move out and not need me for every little thing. I am hopefully raising them to have the wherewithall to wipe their hiney's when they need wiping, to wash their clothes when they are dirty, to go to bed when they are sleepy, to do their homework when they have homework, to fix something to eat when they are hungry. I'm sure you see where I am going with this.
I just don't think my purpose is to cater to them. Rather to train them how to be functioning human beings.
Obviously this doesn't mean I sit on my be hind and do nothing for them. I fix them dinner, but I teach them how to do the same. I wash their clothes, but I show them how to use the washer too. I even occasionally ask "Did you wipe your butt?". I mean, they are still kids after all, and lets face it, kids are disgusting and left to their own probably wouldn't wipe their butts.
This is why they have us. To guide. To train. To prepare for life.
The Bible says "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."
Unfortunately we live in a world, even in the world of Christiandom, that doesn't have a clue what that means or what it looks like, let alone how to execute it.
Well Thelma, I'm going to wrap this letter up for the night. My bones are tired from the day. A good day, but you know the older I get, the tireder I become at the end of the day. I suppose its not always a bad thing.
Looking forward to corresponding more with you. I think we have the makings of a very special friendship.
Lovingly,
Louise
No comments:
Post a Comment