Tuesday, 16 December 2008

• Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)

  Don’t tell me who wrote this song. I left it off for a reason. You want to know who REALLY wrote it? Check the Bible. This song is nothing but Ecclesiastes 3 put to music with some artistic additions.

  To everything - turn, turn, turn
  There is a season - turn, turn, turn
  And a time for every purpose under heaven
  So he met my little cousins and my grandmother the other day, and I fell in love with him all over again. Watching him with them was simply amazing. He and Josh were instant buddies. We sat down to dinner and Josh goes “I want to sit next to him!”  It was just…wow. Jade and Josh just took to him right away, which is good. We were sitting at dinner and Josh and Tag were just chatting away. It was the most adorable thing I had ever seen…And then we went to Wal-Mart to get Josh some boots and Tag carried him all the way into the store so his pants wouldn’t get wet. They went to the toy aisle and had a blast and I about died. They are just too cute together. He even plays well with Jade. They were moving in on him! I got bumped! But it’s okay, it was just soooooo adorable. I don’t care if he can’t deal with diapers, he’s still the love of my life and then some.

  A time to be born, a time to die
  A time to plant, a time to reap
  A time to kill, a time to heal
  A time to laugh, a time to weep

  I graduated from college on Saturday. I’m officially a college graduate! I’m the first of my mom’s kids to finish college. I’m just so ecstatic right now. The graduation was nice. Not great, just nice.  It took a while and was a bit unorganized, but who cares?! I’M A COLLEGE GRADUATE! It took a while, and every now and then undergrad seemed like it was never going to end, but I’m finally done. So it’s break time and then I’m heading back to start on my Master’s degree.

  To everything - turn, turn, turn
  There is a season - turn, turn, turn
  And a time for every purpose under heaven

  It’s becoming more and more “real”, I guess you could say. I’m looking at venues and starting to get into the wedding planning and it’s just like “oh boy…” There’s just so much involved, but it’s really exciting.  Two of the other girls from my church also got engaged recently. One has already picked out her wedding/reception site and wedding date! (I feel like I’m way behind, here.)

  A time to build up, a time to break down
  A time to dance, a time to mourn
  A time to cast away stones
  A time to gather stones together

  We put up the Christmas tree the other day and decorated it. I’m not a very emotional person, but I found myself getting a little teary as I was looking through the ornaments. There were things that my brother and I had made when we were 4. My mother held on to those little paper ornaments from way back then. And then the angel that we use to top the tree broke. We’d used that angel for as long as I could remember. She was so beautiful. We would take turns putting her on top of the tree. But it’s time to find a new one. It was so sad to see it broken.

  To everything - turn, turn, turn
  There is a season - turn, turn, turn
  And a time for every purpose under heaven

  “You two look at each other funny.” “huh?” “I saw you. When you opened that door, your eyes lit up, and when he saw you, his eyes lit up.” “Is that a bad thing?” “No. It’s a very good thing.” Everything just feels so natural. I was seriously about ready to marry him right then and there on Saturday. It just felt right having him with my family. And he gets along with Josh so well! (That’s really important to me. I love those kids like crazy. Besides, how can you not want a man who can handle kids?)

  A time of war, a time of peace
  A time of love, a time of hate
  A time you may embrace
  A time to refrain from embracing

  Christmas has always been the holiday I spend at home. Sure, I’d go out and do the house hopping thing, but Christmas was always spent at home. I didn’t care what I had to do, come dinner time at my house, I was there at the table. It may be different this year. Tag invited me to come spend Christmas with him and his family. I’d really love to, but it just feels weird, the idea of not being home. There’s so much change going on right now. Finished college, planning a wedding, looking for a new place to live…there’s just so much going on.

  To everything - turn, turn, turn
  There is a season - turn, turn, turn
  And a time for every purpose under heaven

  Speaking of wedding planning: GAHHH!!!!! I’m going crazy already. I have an idea as to the site I want to use, but I’m not sure about it. The one place has an absolutely beautiful chandelier that you can see from the outside, but the inside and carpeting looks kind of dated. And then I have to pick our colors and when the date will be and where the wedding ceremony itself will be. My mom suggested we do it at “our” church (I say “our” because I don’t really consider it my church. I went there with my parents for most of high school, but it never really felt like a church home), but I don’t know that I want a Catholic wedding or to be married in that church. I was thinking about doing it in the church I grew up in, but I don’t know if that will work either. Ah well, we shall see. I’ll keep you updated as the plans come together.

  A time to gain, a time to lose
  A time to rend, a time to sew
  A time to love, a time to hate
  A time of peace, I swear it's not too late!

  Someone asked me if I get offended when people say “Merry Christmas”. The answer is no, ABSOLUTELY NOT! I get offended when people say “season’s greetings” or “happy holidays”. Why don’t you say what you really mean “happy <insert whatever you celebrate so that I don’t offend you>”, or better yet, don’t say anything. Most of the time people don’t really mean it. They don’t give a crap about how your holidays go. They’re just spitting out the phrase of the month to avoid being written off as a jerk.  The word is CHRISTMAS. It’s a celebration of Christ’s birth. And  you say “oh…I don’t want to offend anyone.” That’s garbage. If you didn’t want to offend anyone, there wouldn’t be shows like SNL and MAD TV that make fun of people. Movies that flaunt sex like it’s nothing wouldn’t be made. You wouldn’t have bumper stickers on your car touting your personal opinions about animal rights and gun ownership, gay rights and politics. What if I’m offended by your bumper sticker, huh? You’re not going to change it or take it off. Why then, should I say “happy holidays” just because you don’t like Christmas? Bug off. Politically Correct is Ethically Void.

  
  

  
  

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