I was sorting through the mail today and on the outside of the envelope of one of the pieces of junk mail was this sentence, "There is a sleeping giant in every man's pants........here's how to wake him up!" It was so corny I busted out laughing!!! Are they serious? I assume their ad gets responses or they wouldn't send it out. I just thought it was ridiculous.
I want to write the company and tell them that I have no trouble waking the "sleeping giant" in my husband's pants, thank you. And I want to ask them if a free golden goose comes with purchase. "I'll grind his bones to make my bread....argh!!!"
What a weird world.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The "Free the Boobies" Revolutionaries Need to Give it a Rest!
I need to hop up on my soapbox and rant a bit and since this is my blog, I can do whatever I want.
I have breastfed all 3 of my children and am currently STILL breastfeeding my 19 month old daughter. So, it's safe to say that I wholeheartedly believe that breastmilk is the absolute best food for infants and than it is beneficial even beyond infancy. However, I DO NOT think it is appropriate for women to "whip it out" and freely show off their boobies in public with the justification that their baby is hungry. This is not a 3rd world country, I'll bet your minivan is just a few yards away and you can skedaddle on home and not be nude in public. That's not to say that I am totally against nursing in public, just the careless bare naked nursing where the breasts are in plain sight for every male within a 20 ft radius to enjoy. I have nursed in public many, many times. I used a very hip cover up from Hooter Hiders. Once my baby was able to pull off the cover I stopped nursing in public because I was no longer able to do it and maintain modesty.
In a way I understand the problem. The breast is a private part of the body where feeding a baby is not a private thing. No one is embarrassed or turned on watching a baby drink from a bottle. However, most men n in our society see a breast with a baby attached to it the EXACT same way as he sees a breast WITHOUT a baby attached to it! Frankly, any straight man in ANY society sees a naked breast as a turn-on (unless he's a solely a "leg man" but I'll get to that). Some societies accept the naked breast as acceptable out in public. We do not. However, we do not insist women cover totally. For example, we do accept naked legs in public (even though many warm-blooded males feel a tingling in their nether regions when they see a nice pair of gams). But it's something we have agreed upon as a society and I think that it makes sense because legs do not always cause the "South to Rise" on a man but a bare naked breast does the trick just about every time. I suppose these Lactivists would say then we need to change society and the rules about a naked breast. Why so Mama Bears everywhere have the right to show their ta-tas while dining at the nearest Applebees? Why not feed the baby and THEN go out??? That's what I did. But that's sooo inconvenient, they might say. Are you telling me that having a baby is convenient for you? Maybe we should lobby society to become absolutely silent while a baby within 150 ft is napping in public. After all Mama Bear wants to finish shopping but Baby Bear has a right to their nap so it must be everyone else's job to change. Ludicrous.
Mama Bears of America: Breastfeed your babies! It is the absolute best thing for your Little One. However, accept the fact that it may cramp your style a bit especially as the baby gets older and can pull off your cover. Heaven forbid, you might have to feed the baby and THEN go to the Gap or you may have to get your Tazo tea at Starbucks "to go". If you do want to breastfeed in public there are PLENTY of good cover ups out there and a good ole fashioned receiving blanket works too if you are thrifty. A boobie, is a boobie is a boobie to a man. Whether it's lactating or not makes no difference and all the activism in the world is not likely to change it. We need to show some modesty Mama Bears and modesty is not a dirty word it's a beautiful thing.
I have breastfed all 3 of my children and am currently STILL breastfeeding my 19 month old daughter. So, it's safe to say that I wholeheartedly believe that breastmilk is the absolute best food for infants and than it is beneficial even beyond infancy. However, I DO NOT think it is appropriate for women to "whip it out" and freely show off their boobies in public with the justification that their baby is hungry. This is not a 3rd world country, I'll bet your minivan is just a few yards away and you can skedaddle on home and not be nude in public. That's not to say that I am totally against nursing in public, just the careless bare naked nursing where the breasts are in plain sight for every male within a 20 ft radius to enjoy. I have nursed in public many, many times. I used a very hip cover up from Hooter Hiders. Once my baby was able to pull off the cover I stopped nursing in public because I was no longer able to do it and maintain modesty.
In a way I understand the problem. The breast is a private part of the body where feeding a baby is not a private thing. No one is embarrassed or turned on watching a baby drink from a bottle. However, most men n in our society see a breast with a baby attached to it the EXACT same way as he sees a breast WITHOUT a baby attached to it! Frankly, any straight man in ANY society sees a naked breast as a turn-on (unless he's a solely a "leg man" but I'll get to that). Some societies accept the naked breast as acceptable out in public. We do not. However, we do not insist women cover totally. For example, we do accept naked legs in public (even though many warm-blooded males feel a tingling in their nether regions when they see a nice pair of gams). But it's something we have agreed upon as a society and I think that it makes sense because legs do not always cause the "South to Rise" on a man but a bare naked breast does the trick just about every time. I suppose these Lactivists would say then we need to change society and the rules about a naked breast. Why so Mama Bears everywhere have the right to show their ta-tas while dining at the nearest Applebees? Why not feed the baby and THEN go out??? That's what I did. But that's sooo inconvenient, they might say. Are you telling me that having a baby is convenient for you? Maybe we should lobby society to become absolutely silent while a baby within 150 ft is napping in public. After all Mama Bear wants to finish shopping but Baby Bear has a right to their nap so it must be everyone else's job to change. Ludicrous.
Mama Bears of America: Breastfeed your babies! It is the absolute best thing for your Little One. However, accept the fact that it may cramp your style a bit especially as the baby gets older and can pull off your cover. Heaven forbid, you might have to feed the baby and THEN go to the Gap or you may have to get your Tazo tea at Starbucks "to go". If you do want to breastfeed in public there are PLENTY of good cover ups out there and a good ole fashioned receiving blanket works too if you are thrifty. A boobie, is a boobie is a boobie to a man. Whether it's lactating or not makes no difference and all the activism in the world is not likely to change it. We need to show some modesty Mama Bears and modesty is not a dirty word it's a beautiful thing.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Winter Quotes
I love quotes. I love words. Words can change my whole day. Or rather my whole attitude about my day and attitude is what matters. Here are a couple of quotes about winter that I find very uplifting.
"In the midst of winter I found, there was in me, an invincible summer" Albert Camus.
What a powerful statement of the possible triumph in the human spirit! When all is dark, cold and gloomy you can find a strength you never knew existed to bloom and be beautiful. I believe this is part of how we are "fearfully and wonderfully made........." Sometimes the strength we pray to God for He has already answered in how He built us. Not that this takes any glory away from Him. When we overcome the "winter" of our souls with the "summer" He has created us with I say, "Thank you God for giving me the tools I need!"
"Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In troubled times how comforting to remember that today's difficult circumstances are not tomorrows. My Grandma Birdie always used to say "And this too shall pass..........." Which is a quote from a Jewish proverb about King Solomon. Also, to add more comfort to Grandma's quote, Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away." Matthew 24:35.
Our nation and our world are in very troubled times. I will be praying for us all today. Praying for God's Kingdom come and His will be done. With all the sorrow and pain in the world, I don't know what else to pray however, I am filled with comfort that He is in control.
"In the midst of winter I found, there was in me, an invincible summer" Albert Camus.
What a powerful statement of the possible triumph in the human spirit! When all is dark, cold and gloomy you can find a strength you never knew existed to bloom and be beautiful. I believe this is part of how we are "fearfully and wonderfully made........." Sometimes the strength we pray to God for He has already answered in how He built us. Not that this takes any glory away from Him. When we overcome the "winter" of our souls with the "summer" He has created us with I say, "Thank you God for giving me the tools I need!"
"Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In troubled times how comforting to remember that today's difficult circumstances are not tomorrows. My Grandma Birdie always used to say "And this too shall pass..........." Which is a quote from a Jewish proverb about King Solomon. Also, to add more comfort to Grandma's quote, Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away." Matthew 24:35.
Our nation and our world are in very troubled times. I will be praying for us all today. Praying for God's Kingdom come and His will be done. With all the sorrow and pain in the world, I don't know what else to pray however, I am filled with comfort that He is in control.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Verse of the Year
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us." 2 Corinthians 4:7
This is my absolute favorite verse. I'm such a perfectionist and being a first born I tend to take on responsibility for everyone and everything around me. Reading 2 Corinthians 4:7 is always a refreshing release of the tension of responsibility that I constantly carry around in my chest. The reminder that God is the power behind my life and that I don't have to be responsible for everything I just have to be obedient to Him is always fresh, sweet water that soul needs.
I love 2 Cor 4:7 and it always ministers to me and today I saw something even more in it. I was thinking about all the things I am currently trying to change about myself. My list of imperfections is so long I often get depressed looking at my "earthen vessel". Like most women I spend a great deal of time trying to perfect myself and be supermom/woman/friend/wife and of course I never arrive. I never reach my goals, not completely anyway. I always fall short because I am such a human being and 95% of the time I try to reach my goal on my own and not through the power of God. Then I read verses like 2 Cor 4:7 and I am reminded to rely on Him. That thought to rely on God's power and provision is all well and good however, as I was thinking over my New Year's Resolutions and looking at this verse also I came to this realization: not only is God the power behind my life but He is GLORIFIED when I fail on my own. And when I fail again and am staring at my failures and all my flaws instead of shaking my head and punishing myself again for being so fallible I can REJOICE that I serve a God who is INFALLIBLE.
How awesome that I've found something Biblical and meaningful that I can do with my failures! In reading 2 Cor 4:7 today I not only feel relief of responsibility that is not mine I am redirected to glorify God when I fail instead of wallow in regret and self pity. The only New Year's Resolution that I am making this year is to take my eyes off my earthen vessel when I fail and glorify the power of God inside.
This is my absolute favorite verse. I'm such a perfectionist and being a first born I tend to take on responsibility for everyone and everything around me. Reading 2 Corinthians 4:7 is always a refreshing release of the tension of responsibility that I constantly carry around in my chest. The reminder that God is the power behind my life and that I don't have to be responsible for everything I just have to be obedient to Him is always fresh, sweet water that soul needs.
I love 2 Cor 4:7 and it always ministers to me and today I saw something even more in it. I was thinking about all the things I am currently trying to change about myself. My list of imperfections is so long I often get depressed looking at my "earthen vessel". Like most women I spend a great deal of time trying to perfect myself and be supermom/woman/friend/wife and of course I never arrive. I never reach my goals, not completely anyway. I always fall short because I am such a human being and 95% of the time I try to reach my goal on my own and not through the power of God. Then I read verses like 2 Cor 4:7 and I am reminded to rely on Him. That thought to rely on God's power and provision is all well and good however, as I was thinking over my New Year's Resolutions and looking at this verse also I came to this realization: not only is God the power behind my life but He is GLORIFIED when I fail on my own. And when I fail again and am staring at my failures and all my flaws instead of shaking my head and punishing myself again for being so fallible I can REJOICE that I serve a God who is INFALLIBLE.
How awesome that I've found something Biblical and meaningful that I can do with my failures! In reading 2 Cor 4:7 today I not only feel relief of responsibility that is not mine I am redirected to glorify God when I fail instead of wallow in regret and self pity. The only New Year's Resolution that I am making this year is to take my eyes off my earthen vessel when I fail and glorify the power of God inside.
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