They're everywhere.
I’m working on a spiritual manifesto of sorts. The exercise has reaffirmed many convictions I’ve held for years but have never felt as particularly pressed to share as I have of late. I stepped away from what I wrote 2 days ago to let it breathe a little. As I articulated my beliefs, I grew pretty angry as I realized how much I let people assume about me so I felt it best to walk away. I also stepped away from a number of somewhat suffocating sources that tend toward a conflicting rhetoric of spirituality but apparently this isn’t something one just walks away from.
Today we played with 3 of the neighbor kids out in the yard before the rain started to fall. I asked the one if she had siblings. She said she had a brother and a sister. Quickly she added that the other 2 kids present were also her sisters. When they looked at her puzzled, she said: “We’re sisters - sisters in Christ and (pointing to me) you’re my mom in Christ and she (Adele) is my baby sister in Christ.”
I wanted to gag, scream, and smack her a little. I wanted to tell Adele to kick her or at the very least - to ignore her. I wanted to say: “Baby, if I didn’t buy you or make you, I ain’t your mama.” Instead I said something that I thought might be useful: “Well, I guess if that helps you to treat people better then that’s good.”
The thing is that I’m pretty sure that mindset doesn’t necessarily help anyone treat anyone any better; it was just the best thing I could think to say without profanity.
Today we played with 3 of the neighbor kids out in the yard before the rain started to fall. I asked the one if she had siblings. She said she had a brother and a sister. Quickly she added that the other 2 kids present were also her sisters. When they looked at her puzzled, she said: “We’re sisters - sisters in Christ and (pointing to me) you’re my mom in Christ and she (Adele) is my baby sister in Christ.”
I wanted to gag, scream, and smack her a little. I wanted to tell Adele to kick her or at the very least - to ignore her. I wanted to say: “Baby, if I didn’t buy you or make you, I ain’t your mama.” Instead I said something that I thought might be useful: “Well, I guess if that helps you to treat people better then that’s good.”
The thing is that I’m pretty sure that mindset doesn’t necessarily help anyone treat anyone any better; it was just the best thing I could think to say without profanity.