A couple of years ago, Dan and I were watching Jesus Camp (which needs its own separate review, and which I have neither the stamina nor the strength to review here…there are so many astonishingly appalling things said in that movie…I wouldn’t know where to begin!) when there was a scene of a mother and […]
The Girl in the Cafe
We had movie club on Friday night and showed The Girl in the Cafe–which Dan and I had seen before and loved. If you’ve ever seen Bill Nighy in anything (Love Actually is one of Dan’s and my favorites), or Kelly MacDonald in anything (she was Josh Brolin’s wife in No Country for Old Men), […]
Homosexuality vs. Obesity
If there’s one thing that gets me irate, it’s a superior smugness. I’m driving home from working out yesterday, and I’m pulling out a CD in order to listen to the radio, and although I have my pre-programmed radio program buttons, I think, “Let’s see what else is out there,” and within seconds I catch […]
Loving a Child
My friend Kelly (as well as others of you who gave excellent examples!) posed a good question in the comment section of my Sunday’s post. Sunday’s post was about eliminating those awful voices in your head, that tell you how to behave and what to say, when you know in your heart that they’re ridiculous […]
Eradicating the Voices in Your Head
As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, I’m smitten with the fact that my daughter, at her current age anyway, is oblivious of what’s cool or what’s hip. Those words have not wheedled their way into her vocabulary (or her wardrobe). In fact, she wore her play bubble-gum-pink tutu out the other day (oh, with […]