so, christmas is ok, but santa can be confused with jesus. you just need to have the right focus on christmas. i'm going to guess easter is the same way with the bunny. oh how this ruins my childhood.

bleck. i don't know how i feel about this. i almost want to stand against it all because i can, and i have before. but i see why you wouldn't have santa, and the easter bunny, but it also makes your kids need to grow up so much quicker, bc you can't allow them to go to school and tell other kids santa doesn't exist. so they need it to be explained to them and they need to understand that they don't talk about santas non-existence in school, or you'll have those parents mad at you. its such a lose lose situation. i get it all. it makes sense, i understand. but then you have hypocritical people saying they are against halloween and all it stands for, but watch harry potter movies. UM HELLLO!!! then theres the people who are so against it they won't let their own children dress up as princesses and superheros and go to your fellow neighbors house (with your supervision) and get candy because it represents evil.

seriously. it's not a problem with my self. it's a problem with the fact that i'm going to raise my own children one day, and these are some major issues i'll face.

time for some dinner before work.

so halloween is against my religion? what's next? agh. i totally get it has bad roots, but its such a highly publicized and highly talked about day, and you want your kids to not dress up and go trick or treating? your not going to give kids in the neighborhood candy? seriously? i grew up going to sunday school, knowing about christian faith, and now they tell me its wrong and evil and we can't have anything to do with it? not that its a huge problem, but i always dressed up, i always went and got candy, and now your telling me i'm a bad person for doing it? really? ugh.

so, i had a bagel and a bowl of mac and cheese today. that'll prob be everything. weigh down soon? maybe? i need to lose weight.

and i want to get involved in church more. i want to expand the food pantry, there has to be such a need for it in this area. i want people to know it's there if they need it. i want to expand the kids gift giving at xmas time, and donate to families in need. oh. gifts are prob against the religion, i'll check on that next.

don't get me wrong, i love God. and He is wonderful and amazing and is alwaysssss there for me. He answers my prayers and i believe in Him.

but abortion? gay marriages? Halloween? some of these more 'social' things, i know God is working on me. but i really can't see the point to some of this. people go to far sometimes. bleck. how am i supposed to raise my kids as good christian children when i'm going to have other mothers of the church telling me i'm doing evil bc we go trick or treating. really? harvest parties aren't a bad idea though.