I have two very busy weeks ahead of me. I have something
every night. I’m not complaining since most of it is fun stuff but I am
somebody that needs a good bit of down time to regroup between events. On
Tuesday I went to a women’s meeting for my church for people that live in my
area. It was a great time to meet women
of different generations and in different life stages. I invited a girl from bible study to come and
I arrived first. When I walked in there was a giant painting of a close up o
Jesus’ face over the mantle. I texted my
friend, “Holy Jesus! That is what you will think when you see the mantle.” We laughed about it when she got there. I
love Jesus, don’t get my wrong, but to literally have him staring at me while
laying on the couch or watching Revenge feels a little creepy. An older lady
shared her story and it was the first time she had opened up and shared fully
some of the things that happened in her past. It was great that she was finally
able to be authentic after being caught in a self imposed prison of solitude
and shame. I wonder why some people have
such a hard time being authentic. Do they fear people turning their back? If
somebody doesn’t like me, the real me, then why would I want them to like a
fake me? It was powerful to see her open up and see so many women come around
her and love her and pray over her.
Tonight I went to my first meetup.com event which was a book
club. It was such a blast! There were
six of us and we discussed the book Brooklyn,
which nobody really loved. Nobody hated it but nobody loved it either. It was great to discuss books with so many
women of such different backgrounds.
That is one of the things I love so much about books- they are a great
bonding instrument that can give people that have nothing in common something
to talk about.
I am going in search of a fake engagement ring after several
sleazy guys have hit on me at the library.
I’m not sure what vibe I’m sending out that is bringing all the boys to
the yard but I wish they would leave me alone. There was one guy that I was
somewhat hopeful about until I saw some inappropriate comments he made on
Facebook and then today he showed me a YouTube video of a song he described as
a “crude, Christian song.” Umm,
no. It was a song about there being a
loop hole in God’s rule about sexual purity. What is it, you ask? Well that would be anal sex. It was done in a humorous, tongue in cheek,
quirky song but it was still foul. I
swear I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. This guy seemed like a quality,
positive guy and then boom! I don’t even know what to do about it. I mentioned it to a co-worker without saying
who it was and she asked if I told my boss.
I didn’t but I’m wondering if I should.
How would he ever think that was appropriate to show me and at work no
less. I quickly got away but I am not
sure how I’m going to handle him from now on.
Gross. My skin crawls each time I think about it.
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