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NEW KENSINGTON: Don't do it out of anger. Don't swing too hard and always hug your child when you're done — when you're done spanking him or her using a wooden paddle signed, "Love Joey."

Yeah, I HATE this quote. It makes me sick. I have to admit I couldn't finish reading it when I first saw this quote. Then I read it later and laughed, not at the subject, but this guy. The whole article is full of quotes. All about "corporal punishment" for children. He gives "advice" on how to handle this form of discipline, at one point even suggesting an appointment slip as to when the spanking would take place. Oh, and, he's making these paddles and selling them on the internet. BLAH!! I know, spare the rod and spoil the child. But are we even sure this is what the Bible is meaning? Is rod really discipline?? I was spanked when I was little, only a few times, but I still did what I wanted eventually. I just got really good at hiding and lying to my parents.

This is funny, this whole thing, I'm blogging to myself like I would be talking to myself.

Anyway.

celebrities and dreams

one thing that bothers me, has been annoying me, is seeing all these celebrities advertising charities or global causes. for some reason it really hit me today, it just struck me as frustrating. like maybe they should be quiet about it, but at the same time what else would you want to use your celebritism for?? i know there are a lot of them who work behind the scenes, with no credit, and that's cool. but i just get so tired of seeing these primped out movie stars among children who need medicine and food, not their pictures to be taken for some magazine they will never read. maybe i am frustrated because i have no money to give, or haven't myself been to these places of desperation. i know what it's like to live without money, but not without food or proper shelter and clothing, and or even medicine. i'll restate, what else would you really want to do with your fame?? be famous for getting drunk in front of flashing cameras, or helping the poverished in front of a journalist's camera? i do think Love comes with action. we are called to Love like we are Loved. that's what means anything. not typing behind a computer. haha, look at me!

for the past few nights i've been kept awake by dreams. i am a HUGE dreamer. i am constantly adding to my list of to dos before i turn 30, 40, and so on. teaching has slow-danced its way into my head over the past couple months. a beautiful and difficult dance because i was already dancing with another. but now it's in my heart. it's exciting because i have no idea how God is going to do it. i am not big in the bank department. night classes where?? going BACK to school?? school is always something i've been eager to get away from, and now i can't wait. and this is where this whole blog ties together. being the single gal that i am, a huge chunk of this dream is spending summers teaching in Africa, Asia, even Australia. or maybe. . .

for what it's worth

In thinking of royalty(I just watched the Queen and William turned my age today)I've been thinking about what I would do if I was in that position. Having, what we may think to be, the world at our fingertips. In all reality, we already do. We have a choice to make life everything we could dream it to be. God being the Maker, Giver, and Taker of dreams, knows what to do with them, when to take them away, and He gives us the means to make dreams alive, lived out. I love interior design, art, architecture, and creating. But I love the other kind of interior design more. And what I think I trully love the most is the interior design of others, especially children and people who are in desperate need of redemption and grace. Aren't we all??

This life needs to be something more than TV and leisure. Yes, I want to learn to surf, I want to see Paris at night. I want to see castles and dance with my future husband in the rain of Spain. I think these are important too. But if my life isn't lived out for Love, than I don't want to live. I want someone else to come along and take up this space. In a sense, that's what I want anyway. I want to fight and go out in flames.

ocean

i wan the ocean so badly right now. water helps, but the ocean is in me some where. my eyes, my skin, my tongue, and my nose remember it so well. that's one thing i miss about hawaii-the way it smells.

surfing. i'm going to do it soon. this is my promise

God is the Creator of the ocean and surfing.

peta

Yesterday as I was walking, I was thinking to myself about animal rights. I was thinking about how much effort I put into loving animals. Not eating them, not buying products tested on them, being respectful of their being created by the Creator. Then I was thinking to myself about human rights. I thought more about the items of clothing I buy, how they get to me, how they are made, and what I pay for them. And then my thoughts hit me like a stone, I pay more attention and devotion to animal rights than I do to human rights. With this intense wave of environmental issues hitting us like a mad storm, I think we need to hit the issues of taking care of humans much harder. Because really that's where it all starts. We take care of humans then that leads us to taking care of animals and the environment. And, I am a bit critical of the environment issues, I really don't think we have it all figured out yet. Science to me is a guessing game, or even a great novel or how-to book. Just write it up and that somehow makes it true.

We are all crazy.