It's the Straw that Broke the Camel's Back

Sometimes life is just too complicated.  It's like everyone else has the rules to the game and I don't know if we're playing Red Rover or Kickball.  Obama care, the government shut down, poverty, work, common core curriculum....it seems like everyone has an idea about what is RIGHT!

I'll tell you what is wrong....yep, these are all my value judgements.  No, I'm not taking on the big woes like world hunger, sex trafficking, or cancer.  Those are complete blogs onto themselves.  I'm talking about things in my little corner of the world.  Things that get under my skin.... 

1.  Coca-Cola in a baby's bottle

2.  Healthy food which is too expensive to buy

3.  ER being used as a family doctor

4.  Ingrown toenails

5.  Wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, and scorpions

6.  Motorcycles that drive on the middle of the white dashed line  passing cars on the Interstate

7.  Knee pain

8.  Not talking or reading to your children in a positive tone

9.  Paper cuts

10.  Tailgating (and I'm not talking an event before a sports activity)

11.  Black and white tv shows that have had color added

12.   A bad hair dye job

13.  Ties that are tied too short

14. 1/8 of an inch of milk in the bottom of the milk carton

15.  Cars pulling out in front of me and turning in a block…and not using turn signals.


None of these are in the category of nuclear war or cancer.   AND I accept it.

My Nativity Scene

Joseph got misplaced.  He dipped.  No, really.  I bought a holy family, and, in the sealed box....the unopened box, there was a Mary, a crib, a baby Jesus, and a........beggar.  No Joseph.  No lie.

So, what do I do?  I try and find a new Joseph.  One that matches this family. But, you see, the family is usually sold as a set.  It's not as easy as it sounds.

BUT, my "set" really wasn't a set....it was just like life.  Sometimes the family just doesn't come in the regular set.

I did find a Joseph on E-bay.  Ordered him.....and I believe he's happy he's got a new home-- I can tell.  Mary's happy, too.

What makes a family? Sometimes it's those people who are "blood-related."  Sometimes family is heart- related.  And sometimes our family is life-related.

It's time to celebrate our own family....however it looks.  Why?  Because, we are family!