“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.” -Rumi

“When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them.” -Rumi

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. — “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963

Respect your haters. They are the ones who think you are better than them. -Unknown

You don’t understand, no-one does. When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children; in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you’re expected move again only you don’t remember what moves you because no-one has asked in so long. Not even yourself. You never in your life think that love like this can happen to you. -Francesca, Bridges of Madison County

“Motherfuckin’ tittysuckin’ two-balled bitch!” -Agent Zoil – Paul

Let the beatings commence!

12 June, 2007 /

Summer has begun and I am starting it out with a lame back. Not good for keeping on top of things around the house. I hobble to the kitchen to see if somehow the fridge has magically filled itself up with food that requires no preparation.

I check on the kids to make sure they haven’t created pipe bombs in their rooms. So far, only some C4 was found, but they said it was zit remover. You gotta take their word on facial care, right?

I have the 9 and 10 year old working on the Mount Rainer size of laundry in the hall way. All is good.

Then I check MySpace.

I would double dog dare you to even THINK about saying, writing or mumbling the word ‘fuck’ ‘shit’ ‘whore’ or any other word if you knew your parents were going to find it.
Yes, my mother was queen of finding my excuse notes and plans for getting in trouble, but I tell you this; If I had used a cuss word in there, my ass would have been beat raw.

One of nineteen million children is grounded from the computer. FOREVER. If I have any say in it.