*Exploring the downtown Christmas window walk with my sweet kiddos and cousin
*Grandma taking the kids to a movie which meant a walk around the neighborhood with hubby and dog (last time we walked sans kids was probably 6 years ago!)
*A family lunch together at the Chinese restaurant and being told "Your check has already been taken care of"
*McDonald's shakes for the kids which Jacob treated them to from a gift card he had received for his birthday in 2013 which I had been saving for a special time. A "just because" time seemed perfect - the rest of the card will be used on Jacob's birthday.
Weekend Thoughts:
*Our community is in an uproar now this season since the public school has decided that the yearly Christmas program is now just a "holiday" program and all songs pertaining to faith, Jesus, or Christianity will not be allowed. I'm curious to see how it plays out - I know the school board meeting tonight will be a lively one.
One person, one opposing view can cause so much strife. I have a friend who donated play equipment to a city park in honor of the twins that she lost. Parents are able to buy bricks engraved with their own children's names to be placed in the park and one picture option for the bricks was a cross. One person in her community caused so much dissension for the city stating that crosses have no place in a park (not even on a child's memorial brick!) that they had to take that option off the table. Whatever happened to the live and let live mentality?
"You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved." Matthew 10:22
It makes me glad to homeschool. Where we don't have to be "politically correct".
Amen!
ReplyDeleteActually, the school directive, according to administration, is that all music performed for all events now has to be submitted and approved. They say it is to head off any complaints so they may be well informed as to why instuctors chose their music selection. Though I miss Christmas music in our programs (I have never heard traditional songs performed in 15 years of public schooling), I hope this means the school has chosen to take a proactive approach to the common trend of people looking to take offense at everything. I hope our community attends our board meeting, so they can better educate themselves in the school's decisions, instead of jumping to any conclusions based upon what they read on social media.
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