Dad Thinks
My dad is mad at me, or disapproves, or is disappointed, or something. He yelled at me and uses my children and my husband as examples of what is wrong with the world and me in particular. He thinks I don't “celebrate Independence Day”* and I don't care about this country. This devastates me. It's the greatest country in the world! Even though friends and teachers and most everyone we know praise my children and say that they envy me my husband, my family is not good enough for my dad. I suspect that I'm not good enough, either.
Roman 4:22a
“Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe:”
It's a good thing I cling to the Words of God. Moon appears lazy because she is always exhausted when we visit. She does hard physical work 10 to 20 hours per week in addition to school. Raymond would rather stay in town and find a permanent job here, where fellowship is. Agent Em... Well... We are working on teaching her manners. She cries whenever her grandpa “talks”, (i.e. shouts) , at her.
*We memorialize, but don't always celebrate in the traditional manner. More often, the 4th of July and December 31st mean “fire watch”, so we “love our country” when we don't have to spend so much energy making sure our own countrymen don't kill us.