Wornoutwoman

July is coming to a close, bringing the first half of 2020 to a place where the world is ready.  Ready for the new normal - whatever that is.  Ready for things to settle down (cue the aliens).  Ready for a vacation that isn't taken with the nagging thought in the back of their mind of 'is this safe?'  Ready to NOT have to defend their decision to mask or not to mask. That's truly a good question, but I'm going to leave it right here ... and walk away from it. I think my biggest concern is how divided our communities and nation has become. I'll defend my right to wear a mask just as much as I defend your right not to wear one. Can you say the same? If you're an anti-masker, will you respect those who aren't? I hope so because the anger in our hearts has to stop. If you watch the national news, you'll see the outright childish behavior as people wipe their snotty noses on employees' shirts because they've been asked to don a mask.  I could get ...

In the car this morning, while we were driving to church, my son and I were having a nice little heart to heart. We were talking about the difference between boasting and being humble, and I asked him if he knew why it was important to show class and humility.  However that it was okay to be confident about your abilities as long as he was humble about them ... no one likes a bragger. He nodded his head and said nothing. I then asked him if he knew what some of his special abilities were.  I try to bolster his confidence when I can. He said, "My abilities to play video games?  I'm great at video games!" I laughed, and said, "Yes, but I was thinking along the lines of your kind spirit, your willingness to share, the way you make people laugh..." Then I asked him if he could think of any other special gifts that he had, just to see if he could think of anything else other than how good he was at video games. When we stopped at a red light, I turned ...