Tattoos

Tattoos. My husband has a few of them. Is it sinful? It depends on who you ask and how they interpret the Bible verses that describe the acceptability of them in the old testament.(Leviticus)

My friend Adrian (50+ year old) and I got into this debate a week ago, and as much as I enjoy our conversations, his opinion left me confused and bewildered.

Lets go back to when Adrian and I met about a year ago to help discern my disappointment in his opinion on the matter.

 I learnt that Adrian is a christian man. He was married with two children. He sang in a southern gospel quartet for years, travelling all over the southern US sharing his faith through song. He considered his church family to be his extended family.

He was saddened and disillusioned when his church family rejected him as his marriage fell apart and ended in divorce. His faith in Christ lives on, but his faith in the church is broken. He explains that he sees the church as a hospital for souls, that ultimately kicks you while you are down, rather than picks you up and tends to your wounds. This may be the case in his circumstance.

Adrian felt he was judged unworthy of being a member of this church. How awful he must have felt.

To the subject at hand:

I have nothing against those who choose to have tattoos. I actually like tattoos. Adrian was mortified to hear me say those words. He chose the verses in Leviticus to judge those who choose to have tats along with the verse  "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body," (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

Is he not doing to fellow christians what his church family did to him?

Any opinions?

Our children are being bullied to death!!!!

 

 

 

We need more than just a colour.

 

R.I.P. Rehtaeh Parsons

 

 

 

TWO time non-Hodgkin Lymphoma survivor

My amazing sister-in-law

 

 

Gina Surette - 36yrs old

Amount Raised:	$2,932.81 [70 % of goal]
Fundraising Goal:	$4,200.00

Event Date:	Apr 14, 2013 4:45 PM
Location:	Rock 'n' Roll Edinburgh Half Marathon Run (Halifax)

 

First of all, a HUGE thank you to everyone who made a donation or helped out in any way with fundraising events last year. I was overwhelmed by your generosity and could not have done it without you!

I'm kindly asking for your help once again :-)

I've committed to raise funds (for a second time) in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training by participating in the Edingburgh Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon on April 14th, 2013. I’m doing this for so many personal reasons but also for all those who continue to struggle with blood cancers.

I've battled non-Hodgkin Lymphoma twice and this past December marks two years since I've had my stem cell transplant. What better way to celebrate than to train for my second half marathon and fundraise for a great cause! I'm feeling great and ready for this challenge. Please make a donation to support my participation and help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from affecting more lives.

Thanks for your support :-)

 

Archie's Adoption

 

Excerpt from Archie's Adoption:

 

Adoption is love for

 a child that is born,

from a mom and a dad who's

 hearts have been torn.

 

But their hearts will heal,

and happy are they

to the family who stepped in

and provided a way.



Find more info on this book here:

 

Jesus left the tomb...

He was blamed for being bullied!!!

Written by Mathew Bent,
Tuesday, March 26th 2013

YESTERDAY, MY SON WAS BODYSLAMMED 3 TIMES BY A BULLY, THE SAME BULLY THAT HAS BEEN MAKING MY SON'S SCHOOL YEAR A NIGHTMARE, INCLUDING STEALING A NECKLACE I GAVE MY SON AS A SPECIAL GIFT FOR HIS FIRST YEAR OF LITTLE LEAGUE. LAST NIGHT, I CALLED THE COPS TO PUT A STOP TO THIS, AND WHEN THE COP CAME OVER, HE SAID THE SCHOOL POLICE OFFICER WOULD HANDLE THE CASE. WHEN I GOT A CALL TODAY FROM THE RVMS P...SLO, HE TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE MY SON VOLUNTARILY WALKED INTO THE AREA THAT THE BULLY WAS, THAT IT WAS MY SON'S FAULT FOR GOING "INTO THE LIONS DEN" AND THERE WAS NOTHING HE WOULD DO ABOUT IT. WHEN I TOLD THE OFFICER THAT THIS BULLY HAD BEEN BULLYING MY SON ALL YEAR, HE SAID HE ONLY TAKES ONE ISSUE AT A TIME AND THE PAST WAS DONE, AND THE NECKLACE WAS THE BULLY'S BECAUSE THE BULLY WAS ABLE TO NAME A STORE WHERE THEY SELL THEM. THE KAUKAUNA AREA SCHOOLS IS PROTECTING BULLIES AND IGNORING THEIR VICTIMS! PLEASE SHARE AND SEND A MESSAGE TO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT PROTECTING BULLIES AND DOING NOTHING ABOUT THEIR ACTIONS IS WRONG!! MY SON HAS BEEN BULLIED ALL SCHOOL YEAR BY THIS GROUP OF THUGS, AND NOT 1 TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, COUNCILLOR OR OFFICER WILL DO ANYTHING TO MAKE IT STOP, THEY ONLY OFFER EXCUSES AND BLAME THE VICTIMS!!! PLEASE HELP ME IN THE EFFORT TO STOP BULLYING!!!

 

To show your support for this man and his son, please feel free to leave a message on his facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/DJMinion

Are you KID-ing?

My daughter suffers from Tourette syndrome, ADD and OCD but yet her anxiety is the most debilitating of all. My husband and I were seeking some sort of plan and/or method to help us help her . We received a meeting invitation from a mental health councillor who had observed  our daughter, (with mine and the school's permission), with an idea in mind.

My husband and I were a bit reluctant to listen to this person's idea of help, as we had been disappointed before, but were pleasantly surprised with her educated assessment and common sense approach to the matter.

Of course most of us parents, without wanting or knowing, use anti productive methods of dealing with our childrens' negative issues. Feeling compassion for my daughter, and wanting to be the perfect momma bird, all I want to do is protect my daughter and prevent any more sadness due to her anxiety. This is impossible!

So the counsellor gave us many coping skills and a better understanding of the illness and why people with anxiety do and feel like they do. She also gave us the proper way to approach our daughter during a panic attack, along with what to say and the proper wording to use.

All was well until.......

She asked us what would happen if , when our daughter became anxious, you would kindly and calmly ask her to go to her room. So my husband responds by asking "You mean lock her in her room?" She asks "She wouldn't go and stay in her room if you asked her?" My husband and I just looked at each other. The same expressionless faces we had when one doctor told us to dress our daughter  in the morning and forcibly place her on the bus if she was refusing to do so on her own.)

Wikipedia: Experiencing a panic attack has been said to be one of the most intensely frightening, upsetting and uncomfortable experiences of a person's life and may take days to initially recover from.

For those parents experiencing similar situations, can you even imagine your child, calmly and voluntarily, going and staying in their room all while experiencing a panic attack?

So I answered by telling her this "If we ever locked her in her room during a panic attack, she would most likely break the window to free herself." She appeared somewhat surprised, which surprised me.

So why do I have a photo of a baby goat (kid) at the top of this post. First of all, I own a little goat farm and secondly, that little kid and my kid have a lot in common.

Imagine taking this baby goat, (all hyper, literally hopping around, climbing everything and anything possible, and trying to flee), and dressing it. Start with underwear, socks....you get the drift.... then pick it up and place it on a school bus, and walk away.

 This mental picture I've created is absolutely absurd, but as many parents will attest, so are the un-thought out recommendations we receive from certain experts and professionals in the field child psychiatry.

We absolutely need these specialists. Sometimes, though, I feel like I'm teaching them a bit of common sense.