on a wednesday.

See, it would be easy to write in here if my aim was to produce something entirely dull. I could tell you how I’m meeting a friend and her baby for a playdate later at the park where we’ll talk, gossip, laugh, play with the babes, do some swinging and then head home for the late afternoon nap. Tomorrow? Meeting up with other mom friends and their little ones to hang out, all while creating cheesy-but-sweet Fathers Day onesies. Friday I will drop the monkey off at my parents house and skip out to see a movie solo, one of my very favorite things to do. And on and on. In between there will be walking and strolling, more parks, perhaps some swimming. See? Dull. Well, not the daily activities. I actually enjoy those things and the company of my son quite a bit. But the reporting of them? Yeah, dull.

Oh, there’s this. In my ever expanding group of girlfriends with babies, I met a new one recently whose daughter was closet to Max’s age than the rest and we made tentative plans to get together. As you do, we became Facebook friends. Upon looking at her page last night I discovered she was deeply, deeply, shout it from the rooftops, Christian. Every post about scripture or praise or stories that tie back into the Lords teachings and how she is called to teach those teachings to others, far and wide. You know, the sort that feels she is god’s mouthpiece to spread his word. Which, you know, okay. But see, the thing is? I’m very much not a believer in the Christian religion. Nor any other religion. Pretty firmly in the agnostic camp, with maybe a foot sneaking into atheist territory. Maybe. So, I’m a bit wary that my new friend might try to “save” me. And that’s disappointing. But also a little bit fascinating. How someone can so utterly believe in something that is, to me, so very illogical.

In Transit

June 13, 2012

Lovely to hear from you. I hope she does not take it upon herself to talk religion at you. It’s uncomfortable but could make for a good story.

One of my mom friends is a super hard line Catholic. I have just realized that we shan’t ever discuss religion or politics, because the I will have to think she’s an idiot.

Yay! Dull or not, it’s fascinating because it’s the point of this site, even as people tend to go away without returning. I had a woman try to save me at jury duty a couple years ago. I told her off, she thanked me and that was it. I hope it goes well!

great to see your name in bold. by the way, i sent you two emails recently and you never responded. one was a weird link i got that i was afraid to click on and it came from you, so i wasn’t sure if you got hacked. the other was a you tube link to morgan’s talent show performance. did you get it?

You sound content and peaceful, not boring. 🙂 Max is growing up so fast! I have a friend who has become increasingly evangelical as she has gotten older. She was always religious, but never tried to recruit others till she started going to a new Baptist-leaning church. I actually had to hide her FB updates because they were exactly like what you are describing. I started to get irritatedeven though she is a sweetheart and I love her. “It’s sunny out today! God is so good!” “Lunch is delicious! Thank you God for bringing me this delicious food!” “Bad day today – Satan is hard at work to make me question the endless love of Jesus!” mixed in with scripture quotations, mass invites to church webcasts, etc = just got to be too much. She did invite me to church services numerous times, but stopped after I kept declining… Sadly, the invites to hang out socially also stopped. That’s just my experience though – I hope this girl pleasantly surprises you and Max gets a fun new playmate.

confused_B

I feel exactly as you do and it really bothers me when people try to convince me of their beliefs. I accept them as they are and I wish they showed me that same respect. I think we all feel kind of dull after we have kids. All the awesome things that we experience aren’t all that awesome to other people. Other parents “get it” though. 🙂

I’m with you…believe what you wish, but don’t try to convert me. It’s hard for me to understand how someone can believe in something that is so illogical to me as well.

Hey at least she advertizes it so you know what you might be getting. Some of them are stealth about it until you’re in person.

janeanger

I logically know you are still around, but it’s still nice to hear from you. Dull or not.

Elaine Benes

None of this is dull. But yes, curious whether your new friend is out to save you. And isn’t it interesting the things we ascertain from Facebook? Sure, I often think it is all just evil bullshit. On the other hand, sometimes I think it saves us the time of finding this bullshit out on our own.

people and their religions make me uneasy as well. life is… life. nobody in these pages can be genuinely exciting every living moment. ‘genuinely’ being the key word. i too, enjoy a solo movie. solo concerts are quite fun, also.