So, once again I have to apologize for slacking off on my "blogging" duties. My life is crazy right now!! As you know, I have a 2 year old, I keep my 8 month old niece every day, and for the summer I'm also blessed to be watching my 6 year old niece, Bella, who is visiting from Hawaii. Add that to my usual daily duties and there's just not much time left over ;)
I got home yesterday around 6:30, vacuumed the house, unloaded and loaded the dishes, cooked dinner, folded some clothes and finally sat down to enjoy "Where the Wild Things Are" when I realized...I'm not going to make it!! So I gave up and went to bed. Ha! Such is the glamorous life of a full time mommy, auntie and wife.
As of right now, I'm sitting on the couch with one arm around my sweet Cam, watching "Olivia" and using my one good hand to type with. There's something that's been nagging at me this past week that I would love to share. It started with the oil spill and all the complaining I've heard and seen as of the past few weeks and I didn't realize how much it was bothering me until, oh, I'd say four days or five days ago. The complaining i'm referring to are from people angry about having to cancel their beach trips: "I'm so pissed off that I have to cancel MY vacation because of this stupid oil spill" or "I've been waiting ALL year to go on my beach trip but now I can't because of a little oil".
Does this sound familiar to you? You know, my family is used to going on two beach trips every year and my daughter LOVES the beach. We, along with alot of others, have had to cancel these trips. But I'm not complaining...and do you know why? Because (excuse me for being blunt here) that is completely and utterly selfish. How about all the fisherman and restaurant owners down in the gulf or in New Orleans who actually depend on the shrimp, fish and oysters from that oil polluted water? How about the poor dolphins, whales, birds, turtles and fish (just to name a few) that are suffocating in that "stupid" oil? It's easy to get stuck in a box where only you exist. The next time you want to complain about something, think about others outside of your box. Take that vacation...the locals still need tourists. In fact they need you now more than ever. And while your down there, maybe you should volunteer somewhere. Be pro-active...
"You are the light of the world, a city on a hill cannot be hidden...shine your light before all men, that they might see your works and praise your Father up in heaven." Matthew 5:14 &16
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