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I suppose I am MIA because I broke my habit of blogging... Or perhaps Facebook has ruined me because of the simplicity of updating the world. No effort at all there. Just click and upload photos easily! No need for long drawn-out explanations. Just a status. Just a sentence. One measly little teeny tiny quote. Minimal proof-reading... Only people I know can read what I post. No one I don't know! So less worries there. Well then why am I blogging today? Well, I was just rereading my birth story for Justus and tearing up at the memory and thought, I really need to try to blog a little more often because it is so nice to go back and read about certain events. Like that special home birth! So I will attempt to blog more. I'm not promising anything because I am pretty busy! But I am gonna give it the ol' college try, whatever the heck that means. :)

Maybe I would feel more motivated if people actually posted comments. (hint-hint)

Any why the pic? Because tonight, I wrestled with a 3-year-old who did not want a hair cut. He screamed the entire time but I triumphed! Then he screamed as I trimmed his 3-inch finger nails... Again, point for ME!

"WHY would she DO that to herself?" "Why do THEY do that to themselves!?!?"

If I could answer that question for you.........

I will go through nine months of morning sickness, back aches, and heartburn; I will endure hours of the most intense physical pain in delivery and I will mourn the loss of my high school figure for a cause far greater than sometimes even I imagine.

I bring babies into this world not just for me. But for YOU. I bring babies into this world for this NATION.

I set aside my own hobbies, free time, opportunities for travel, a fatter wallet and my own personal preferences and instead devote every waking moment of every day (and plenty of sleepy moments too) to the committed, consistent training of our children.

I do this because I know that those children will one day be men and women.

I do this, knowing...

We are raising men and women to be freethinkers- questioning information given to them from authority against the true authority of scripture.

We are raising men and women who devote their minds, arms and sweat to beautifying this earth instead of wasting their time and gifts behind a videogame or a television set.

We are raising men and women to cherish old people on their deathbeds and babys in the womb and who will fight to protect the lives of both.

We are raising men and women who will know the rights and freedoms that are ours and who will protect those rights at all costs.

We are raising men and women to respect this earth as the gift that it is and to treat it as such at a time when people don't think twice about tossing soda cans out of car windows or styrofoam burger containers in parks.

We are raising men and women who will value the sanctity of marriage and will lead generations in positive examples.

We are raising men and women to put aside their own selfishnesses and to seek out how to help OTHERS, even at the expense of themselves.

We are raising men and women who will love to learn and will continue to do so, every single day of their lives, and in doing so, never cease to better themselves or those around them.

We are raising men and women to be financially wise, who will save a nation from the wreckage of bankruptcy that is our legacy and their inheritance.

We are raising men and women to be humble enough to know where their goodness comes from and to be thankful to the Only one who gave it to them.

We are raising men and women to be honest and good, in a world that is rampant with lies.

And if we do it right...
and with the promises of God to bless us in our obedience....
we will see our children grow into these men and women, who will have many children of their own...and then their children too will have children and soon.... SOON...

a nation will be renewed and strengthened and a kingdom will be made stronger with the great attributes of the great children that we bore.

The name Newman will not be lost, but will be multiplied greatly, anchored firmly with respect and honor from the daily sacrifices of a man and woman who COULD have traveled the world.

Source: http://zeahrenaissance.blogspot.com/2010/01/if-i-could-answer-that-for-you.html

http://www.wfmj.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?vt1=v&clipFormat=flv&clipId1=3749804&at1=Newstream&h1=Grove%20City%20Valedictorian%20Fights%20for%20Speech


OK, click on the link and watch this. This is the son of a very dear friend of mine. He worked hard to be named valedictorian and he should have his speech! Like the students even CARE about all the "other" speakers? Um, NOT! What is WRONG with people? Just let him do his speech! My goodness. This isn't the first time there has been a religious issue at Grove City School District. When I graduated from there, I remember an uproar for acknowledging an existence of a higher power. I just remember the asst superintendent addressed God as "The higher power" or something like that. I think the staff needs to be educated on what the law really says about religion in schools. I took a semester college course on it and most people are completely ignorant about what the law actually states. In a nutshell, religion is allowed if it is student initiated... Um, hello! A valedictorian IS a student. So he should be allowed to say whatever he wants to say!!

10 minutes for a speech... Ok, big breath as I try not to explode with irritation: COME ON! Pah-lease! "because someone complained" WHO? Who complained is what I'd like to know and why does it matter?!?! I'll tell who complained... SATAN did. Shame on you, Dr. Post, SHAME. ON. YOU.

I challenge anyone who believes Jordan Gruber should be able to speak at his commencement to e-mail the school and let them know:

http://grovecity.schoolwires.com/57991015204245423/site/default.asp