Random Sunday Thoughts
- I have a teenage cousin who just found out she’s pregnant. I’m hurt, angry, and disappointed. She was just accepted to UNC-CH on a partial scholarship. From what I hear, the father has no college aspirations and works at Wendy’s. *sigh* My mom told me that my cousin didn’t want me to know. I don’t know which hurts more – knowing she just made her life 10x harder unnecessarily or knowing she didn’t want me to know.
- I have a friend who volunteered to work in Iraq for one year. This bothers me because she has children and a husband. She said she’s doing it because her family needs the extra money. I guess I should be happy for her because she seems at peace with the decision.
- I loved Michael Jackson and respect his talent. No doubt about it, he IS and always will be the King of Pop Entertainment. But dude was still crazy, wacko, bizarre, deranged, tragic, and all the other adjectives people are afraid to use now that he’s dead. It isn’t disrespect, it’s the truth.
- Not allowing those children to swim AFTER finding out they were black, although you took their green money BEFORE you knew they were black, is 110% blatant racism. I don’t care how you slice and dice it.
- BabyGirl and I were walking along the pier in Old Town Alexandria, just enjoying a leisurely day. After a few moments of comfortable silence, she began talking about her wedding dress. *raised eyebrow* Apparently, she has already picked out the fabric and has an idea of its design. I wasn’t sure what to say about that, but I guess every girl dreams of her wedding day. *shrug*
- No, I will not date a security guard. We’d have nothing in common. Any man that adds value to my life should want more for himself.
- If the President looked at a woman’s ass, so what. He’s a man, not God.
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How ironic then, that your Google Adsense popped up an ad to win the full Michael Jackson CD and DVD collection! LOL!!!
I don’t think he was bizarre, crazy, wacko or deranged, but I do believe he was tragic and misguided.. plus, totally misunderstood with a v. f*cked up childhood and low self esteem issues that were compounded by money and fame.
Oh and apparently Obama didn’t look at her ass lol.. he was helping someone else step down :)
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I know how you feel about the teenage cousin. The same thing happened to my cousin when he was 16. This is the same kid who I used to babysit and change his diapers when he was a baby and now he’s a father.
I found out about a month later after I had told him if he needed protection to let me know and I would buy it for him.
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Sigh. Sorry about your teen cousin, and sorrier still for her child. However, all you can really do is support her in her decision-making. If adoption (which, personally, I did successfully recommend for one of my adult daughters when she was 17 and pregnant) isn’t an acceptable option (and I’m assuming abortion isn’t either, though, again, personally, I DO think it’s an option), then hand her every biography of Wilma Rudolph you can find. College and Motherhood are a difficult but not impossible combination!
As to the swimming issue–where the heck are we? Still stuck in the fifties???? I do hope there are serious repercussions for that country club–they deserve it.
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I don’t believe that Michael Jackson was “crazy, wacko, bizarre, deranged, tragic”. I do believe he was misunderstood and an open target for the media. To me, he had a heart of gold. One of my favorite MJ quotes: “But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.” I never heard a deranged person talk about helping and loving others.
Peace and blessings.
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My teenaged cousin revealed that she was pregnant a couple of months ago and I cried. At first I didn’t understand why it hit me so hard, but I think when someone else goes through the unnecessary struggles of a teenage pregnancy, one can’t help but to get emotional about it. I was always open with her about how difficult things were for me as a result of my unplanned, teen pregnancy, but I guess my experience wasn’t real enough for her.
Wow, It’s hard to believe that a mother would volunteer to go to Iraq right now, but I’m sure the decision wasn’t easy. God Bless her.
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I know how you feel about your cousin. I’m sure she didn’t want to disappoint you.
Yeah MJ was pretty weird. I think his life was sad.
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I concur that your cousin feels horrible about her poor decision and she didn’t want to tell you for fear of dissapointing you.
It would be a shame if she had to give up that scholarship. Sounds like it’s time to call the school and see what the offer for non-trads? Lots of schools have programs to help these days.
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I have a distant cousin that has been in Iraq for almost two years. She went for the money. Left her husband at home to take care of the kids. They are now getting a divorce. Her kids resent her. They hate their father because he had a one night stand that they inadvertantly found out about. I know this won’t and doesn’t happen to all families, but it certainly doesn’t make things easier. Sure, they have brand new vehicles and lots of stuff, but the family is now broken.
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