reflecting on various topics
Do you remember the book The Velveteen Rabbit (by Margery Williams) ? I remember being touched by it when I was a kid. A stuffed animal rabbit becomes a living rabbit, because of being loved. The problem with being real is that the world is not safe. It would be really nice if the world …
There is a heaviness over me, right now. It’s situational and warranted. I’ve been going through old photos and it’s exquisitely painful to me for a bunch of reasons at once. I see how quickly my kids are growing. I see how recently my life was different than it is now, and think of what …
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Hahahahaha. *ahem* This isn’t about me*, and it isn’t about you* and it isn’t about my husband* and it isn’t about any of our neighbors* or our parents* or literally anyone specific* *it’s about Generic People A and B. naturally. Seriously though here are some semi-unedited opinions: 1. The church encourages women to gaslight …
Image: my computer, Platformer I was reading about the new lack-of-rules for Meta about essentially allowing hate speech against people based on gender/sex, to align more with incoming Mr. T administration, and I hate what it means, symbolically- another sign of the “hate era” I’m sure he’d like the next few years to be. What …
well. we’re a bunch of idiots, it would seem like. how am I doing? after Mr. T, Mr. Pee wee, the littlest man who ever lived, Mr. Many Felonies and Mr. Rape got elected? am I a little bit snippy? do I seem off? am I a bit irritable? am I having trouble with cognitive …
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(This is part of a series. See Disclaimer). Life Decisions This should be a relatively short post, but here is the gist of what I want to say. Christian teachings about God’s sovereignty over all things (“If it’s meant to happen, it will happen”) lead to disempowerment of people who think that, ultimately, since they …
(This is part of a series. See Disclaimer). The Bible was written at a time when people, in general did not have nearly as much power as people in the US have today. I’m not an expert on the specifics of that, but I do know there has never been a time in history where …
step 1: scream. mentally or into a pillow also work. step 2: if aloud, tell everyone it was just because i told you to, it’s my fault, it’s fine, everything is fine. otherwise, proceed to step 3. step 3: if you need to do that again, really, it’s ok Additional Survival Plan Steps: Remember that… …
If you haven’t read it yet, please read my Disclaimer. These are all painful for me to write about, but it’s been important for me to see where I’ve gotten certain ideas, as I’ve tried to change my own thinking. I grew up thinking that the best way to serve God was to focus on …
