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Wednesday, 29 October 2008

  • I am repulsed

    I am repulsed by politics.

    I am repulsed by mudslinging.

    I am repulsed by the way that Christians are talking about anyone, regardless of which political party they associate themselves with. Yes, there are things others believe in that are morally wrong, but that is no reason to attack their personal character along with everything else under the sun.

    I am repulsed that anyone thinks it's okay to murder babies.

    I am repulsed that anyone would assume everyone on welfare is lazy and avoiding work.

    I am repulsed that anyone would vote for anyone based on the color of their skin.

    I am repulsed that anyone would vote for anyone else because of the political party they are tied to and that alone.

    I am repulsed that we are in the economic pit that we are in.

    I am repulsed that there are fingers pointing at everyone except people that borrowed to much money, and now we're all paying for it.

    I am repulsed that I see oil rigs when I go to my beloved beach, but we are fighting oil rigs in Alaska because a polar bear might just be offended.

    I am thankful that my Jesus has the entire situation in the palm of his hand.

    I am thankful that God has already appointed the man that will lead this country for the next four years and regardless of who it is, I will respect him and pray for him on a regular basis.

    I am thankful that there are others who are as disgusted by this entire process as I am, and maybe, just maybe things will go my way one day.

Thursday, 04 September 2008

  • Sarah Palin

    Here's the deal. I know that everyone is gung-ho about Sarah Palin possibly being our Vice President and I am the first person to say that a woman can do everything she wants to, but after the last 4 months, I am also the first to say that something has to give for every new thing a mother ads. I think she could be a great great leader for America, but I am forced to ask myself how ready her family is for her to be incredibly incredibly busy for the next 4 years. Her son is Jonah's age...and he has Downs Syndrome. I can't imagine trying to be Vice-President with my baby at home. Daddy's can do a great great job at home, but as Jonah can attest to, sometimes babies just want mommy. I was a great nanny for the last 6 years. Casey and Cameron love me as much as any little boys can love anyone, but I am not mommy for them and as soon as mommy walked in, thats who they wanted. I worry about her missing the first four years of her babies life and feeling extreme guilt about it. I feel guilty every day when I leave Jonah and I, for the most part, leave my job there. I know the Vice Presidency is the oppurtunity of a lifetime, but her baby should be the most important thing in the world. How is she going to help her daughter learn how to be a mommy when she'll be knee deep in politics when her mommy needs her. What happens if her daughter goes into labor the night of the election, which does she choose? I'm not saying a mother can never be a great great leader, I'm just saying that I don't think the time to do that is when the vast majority of your children are still at home, let alonea few still in diapers

Saturday, 09 August 2008

  • LOOK WHAT JONAH CAN DO!!!

    Jonah rolled himself all the way over, then started scooting himself across the floor. I got out the video camera and of course he stopped moving, so he waited until I was just about to turn it back off and off he went

    Go check out my video's

Saturday, 02 August 2008

  • Leaving my baby...

    This is the last week I have at home with Jonah before my internship. It's amazing how much a baby rearranges everything for you. When Jason and I got married we went through pre-marital classes. While we were in the classes, everyone kept talking about mom's staying at home like it was a given that everyone wanted to do that. I certainly did not want to do that, I was going to college and I was going to be an educated mom with a career who could do it all. I'm so glad that Dean and Dorothy let me think that's what I wanted to do.

    I am still more then confident that I can do it all, because I have to. I have to start my internship in a week and leave my 13 week old baby home every day with Daddy (until he gets a fabulous job) and Nonny while I go and finish up what I need to to get my degree. I realized today that he is growing up so ridiculously fast every day and I can't do anything about it, so I stood in the middle of Old Navy and started to cry...not alot, but I'm sure that's coming. I honestly don't think that I was cut out to be a SAHM, but I can definitely stand to be a WAHM. I have started a Mary Kay business which will eventually replace my income and allow me to be with Jonah all day and go play with make-up a few evenings a week.

    I am so not looking forward to leaving Jonah every day. What if I miss the first time he crawls or his first step or the first time he says mama and I'm not here for him. It's going to be a long long semester, but I will make it... we will all make it.
  • I heard about something today that really irks me beyond a doubt. If you are in ministry, and you are talking down another ministry because you feel as if it's "creepy", then there's a problem. There's a problem with you and there's a problem with your ministry. If there is a ministry that is functioning in a way that is harmful or against the will of God then yes, they deserve to be called out for what they are doing. The issue comes in when there is just a similar ministry that you prefer over the other so you speak negatively of the first ministry.

    Here's the deal, I was going to publish this to facebook with the intention of this person seeing it, but instead I emailed him personally. If this does no good, I'm going to shut up in Jesus name.

    I understand you picked your college for a reason but for the love of Jesus, that doesn't mean that the others are "creepy". Just because it works in a different way then what you're used to gives you absolutely no reason to slam it and tell kids not to go there. You are in turn crippling a ministry. I wouldn't say hey, I go volunteer at this homeless shelter, so the other one across the city sucks and even though it has an entirely separate population it serves, I would rather see you support the baseball stadium then the homeless shelter...I mean come on. If the choice is Christian college A or secular school B, why are you going to encourage kids to go to the secular school when there's a good chance they would want to go into ministry after going to Christian college A.

    Here's the other thing too, if you are a minister on staff at a church that supports a particular ministry, there's a good chance that one or more of your elders really believes in that ministry, and I know for a fact in this case, it's more then one. Don't tick them off, they can fire you.

    I hate it when people run their big fat mouth with no intention of it benefitting anyone but themselves....Shut up in Jesus name some time for crying out loud.

ValerieK

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