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Today’s quote is from an author: “Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.”
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One more diversion
Wild stab: Erma Bombeck. Although, it doesn’t sound like her, so I’ll say, “Bill Cosby:.
That reminds me of when my nephews were small and I would hear my brother and sister-in-law complaining about them. I would then go get them take them home spoil them rotten, give them my undivided attention and bring them back telling their parents that they must be mistaken, “these were wonderful children”. Now my brother laughs at me when he sees me having trouble with my son. He also likes to give him chocolate and noisy toys.
It’s a paraphrase of my Dad’s line.
“Children are God’s way of getting even with you for what you put your parents through.”
Metanoia, When Chuck had Becky, she was such an easy child that I thought it was unfair. But when Mary (Yes! That Mary) turned out to be so rambunctious, I told Chuck, “It’s payback time.”
My own elder daughter, Emily, once said she didn’t want to have any children.
Why?
“Because I’m afraid I’d have one like me!”
Yep, she was/is the strong-willed, stubborn one.
(Though I must say, her younger sister, soon to be 16, has been showing her own stubborn streak lately.)
In this week’s World, Marvin Olaski has an article about the book of Esther, and Purim. He talks about the heroes, Esther, Mordecai, and of course God. It’s about the holiday of Purim. I’ve heard about it lots of times. I’ve taught it also. The story is “R” rated for sex and violence, but interesting.
Yet nobody, but me that I know, has ever pointed out the real heorine of the story.
Doesn’t anyone realize what a heroine Vashti was?
Without Vashti, there wouldn’t have been a story.
Here is a woman who paid a great price for a conviction. “No way I’m going to strip for that bunch of drunks!” She knew she would be put away with the “has beens”, but she did it anyhow. At least as courageous as Esther was.
If I were a Jew, I would celebrate Vashti at Purim also.
Chas, thanks for the new look at Vashti. I’ve always looked at her as being full of herself. Do you have any info on the stripping aspect? I’ve heard that before, but haven’t had an explanation of that interpretation. Thanks
DEB: I surmise from the story that this is what was meant by “to show the people and princes her beauty”. We all agree that if she refused to come down, smile, shake hands with the dignataries, inquire about their families, etc., she should have been canned. But this was something serious enough for her to rebel against.
To defy the king in those days was serious business.
King Xerxes, if that is who Ahasuerus really was, must have been a dunce. Think of all the stupid things he did. e.g. “OK, here’s my ring, anything stamped with it is the irrevocable law of the Medes & Persians. You may borrow it for a while.” (Loose translation, but that’s what he said.) He doesn’t make an unassisted decision until the end of 7:9 “Hang him.” Then, he misinterpreted what Haman was doing, and Esther didn’t correct him.
But I agree with Olaski, the LORD was at work here.
Here’s a quote about teenagers that I once saw on a magnetic sign on someone’s refrigerator:
“Attention all teenagers: Move out and get your own place while you still know everything.”
Chas,
I once wrote my own version of the Esther story, in which Esther drew some of the strength to confront Ahasuerus about the decree from the example of Vashti, whom she would have heard much about in the palace and may well have gotten to know within the harem.
This morning I received this message from our church back in Torino:
The “artist” Guillermo Vargas Habacuc took a dog, tied it to a wall, and
left it to die a slow death of hunger and thirst in an “art exhibition”.
This was his “art”! Now he has been asked to repeat it in the Biennale
Centroamericana di Arte this year.
Re # 11 - a possible urban myth
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/vargas.asp
Mommy,
Thanks, I was hoping it would be proven a rumor but at least they are checking into it. It would be hard for me to believe the bystanders would all leave it to starve, too many caring people in the world. Though it would not surprise me if some people considered it art and the artist should be allowed to continue if he so chose.
This morning I found this funny on a forum I frequent:
Thanks, Make It Man!
Chas, I think I was influenced by reading Esther as a young girl and watching Miss America pageants!
Testing. (If this doesn’t post, I might get testy.)
I have it on good authority Same Kind of Different as Me is now on the NYT bestseller list . . .
Wonderful, Michelle!
I’m reading it now. Read the first half yesterday. (I’m weird that way, sometimes: How many pages does this book have? OK, here’s the halfway mark. I’ll read to there and finish the chapter, and then go to bed.) I like it so far–I was particularly moved by the concept of “catch-and-release friendship.”
Great MIM!
Great MiM. The worst thing about Governmentium is that it is indestructible. Once established, it’s forever.
What, there’s no hope of discovering Revolutionium? Or perhaps the less powerful, amorphous, mythical element known as “ChangeforAmerica-ium” that all these presidential candidates seem to have gotten a hold of?
As a great orator once said, “The only thing you can’t change, is change itself.”
What? No Whirled Views winner? Okay, the quote is by Doug Larson. A digital cappucino for moi:
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Lynn- You don’t drink cappucino, do you? I thought your drink was a venti half caff iced something or other. How you render that online, I do not know.
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Enough time wasted.
I often tell the tale of my mother dancing around the kitchen as my two year old daughter was lying on the floor throwing a tantrum. Mom was singing, “I got my wish!” over and over. Sigh…