Well, for those of you that read my blog somewhat regularly, I am sure you are getting sick of baby talk...baby this, baby that, isn't my darling chubby baby so cute, blah, blah, blah?
So, in an effort to keep all my readers entertained and to let you all know that even though my 24 hours a day is consumed by baby right now, even down to smelling like baby when baby is sleeping and I have a moment to myself...I am going to post about something non-baby.
I am a frequent reader of Franklin Habit's knitting blog The Panopticon. He's a writer, cartoonist, knitter and photographer in Chicago and I really enjoy his writing style, humor, sensitivity and his fantastic knitting! His most recent post, Strangers on a Train, made my jaw drop. Go ahead, click the link, read the post; I'll wait for you.
Appalling, isn't it? I suppose being a white woman in a more liberal part of the Midwest puts me in a fairly safe place. I am not likely to be in a situation where I will be heckled or singled out. Even breast feeding (oops, that is baby related) in public is accepted here.
Being so safe in my place I forget that there are truly ignorant folks out there. Franklin poses a great question at the end...if two very different people with opposing views can not find the gumption to endure a simple conversation on a train together; "how are opposing politicians and entire countries going to reach accord?"
There really is a world outside of my comfy little home and it isn't always as sweet as my darling little baby (sorry, had to get that in there).
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Yeah, but I'm so happy in my bubble...
Lalalalala.
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Maybe the minister will come around, I'm so happy with the way Franklin handled himself! I'm hoping we are all, personally and globally, in some kind of learning curve, and somehow that each of the encounters we have with each other will spark our growth and brings us all in to more accepting understanding of each other. Every little bit has got to help!
With regard to breastfeeding in public, tonight in our local paper I read that civil rights for breastfeeding mothers is approved by our state legislature, waiting for the governor's signature. Washington joins the other states with laws that protect nursing mother's rights in public places! (Odd that we even should need such a law!) Just a few states left...
What nerve! I'm shocked, but I am used to seeing men do all kinds of ladylike things (including baby related ones). And i am, for the record, seriously not done with your delicious Otis
Well first you can talk baby until your blue in the face and I would be happy about it. Second. Wow! Yes it is hard for the two sides to sit down. However, I like to think that one side is the one with the one track mind and the closed ears, while our side (liberal) is the one rolling their eyes. I am going to have to use his line though next time I get asked if I have a relationship with Jesus.
"I'm a Buddhist," I said. "Jesus and I don't usually go to the same cocktail parties."
now i need a baby post
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