Close Minded

I have been called close minded this week by one of the interns in my office, but as I sat and thought about it he was wrong.

I think it's funny how if you do not have the same views as someone else you are considered close minded. The intern and I had been talking about abortion and same sex marriage. I strongly disagree with both. I think abortion is killing an innocent child of God and same sex marriage is not of God. I believe in treating everyone fairly and with respect but that does not mean I have to agree with what they are saying.

I am willing to listen but when I do not change my mind, do not be surprised. I know what I believe. I am a child of God and he loves me and loves all of his children. I do not think God loves his children any less because they make different choices.

A friend of mine is pro gay marriage and that is her choice. Am I closed minded because I do not agree? NO!!! I still like her as a person and we are still friends. We just do not talk about politics or religion.

I hate that people with convictions are persecuted. Yes, I find Glenn Beck interesting and I was reading how his family was mocked in New York. He was trying to spend time with his family and the people around him were spilling wine and calling them names because they do not agree with what he says. Liberals only believe in free speech when they are speaking. Who is really close minded?

Here is the account of what happened to Glenn:

Hoping to enjoy some time together, while taking in a showing of Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps with his wife, Tania, and daughter, Glenn and his family instead experienced an unfriendly and borderline violent scene. At one point, an angry moviegoer kicked a glass of wine into Tania’s back, and as she got up to walk away, a man shouted, “We hate conservatives here.”

If they do not like him then do not listen to his show. That is their choice. I choose not to listen to MSNBC because of its bias but I do not hate their news anchors.

In conclusion, I am not close minded but know what I believe and stand for. I am proud to be conservative and to have high moral standards.

20 Month Pictures

I was a little late on having pictures taken of Matthew but here they are.

Love My Job

My firm and I helped plan this event!!!

My Son

I love to brag about my son and how cute he is. I sometimes think he can not get any more adorable, but he always surprises me. Matthew is starting to talk more and more coherent words (at least Matt and I can understand them) and they just keep getting better. The best word he says right now is bubble. I have never seen a kid who loves bubbles more. He will come up to Matt or I and just say "bubble" until we stop what we are doing and go blow bubbles.

He also says duck and when ever he sees a duck he yells duck and then quacks. The last and kind of disturbing thing he does is hiss when we change his diaper. We are not sure who taught him that but he thinks there is a snake in his pants. We have these a-z flash cards with animals on them and we have been teaching him the names and sounds of all the animals. One day in the tub he was looking down and started hissing. I think it is hilarious but I am sure it will not be funny when he is 15.

Matthew says a lot more words but these are the cutest. I will post some video of him in the near future.

Politics

I have been really frustrated lately with all that is going on in the world. My biggest problem with politics is all the flip flopping going on. If you really believe something then stick with it. If you don't get re-elected; oh well. At least we know what you believe and you will hold strong.

I'm already not an Obama supporter but it seems like everyday he does something to piss me off more. He said a year ago that we (America) are not going to divide the city of Jerusalem and it is the capital of Israel and then a few days later he said we should change the borders back to the way they were in 1967. Is that not dividing the city? I guess he meant we would not divide it with barbed wire.

Watch the two clips below and see what I am talking about!

http://youtu.be/HVGEMpQOW8I