What's on your mind?

My friend Alicia's encounter at work last night:

Last night, at work:

Alicia: Are you ladies ready to order?

Little girl: (About three years old. SO cute. Wearing a pink princess dress, complete with a purse filled with Disney princess figurines) Yes. I. Am. I want chicken nuggets.

Her mother: Haha no, honey, tell her what you REALLY want.

Little girl: Oh yeah. I want a hot dog.

Alicia: Would you like anything on your hot dog, sweetie?

Little girl: Yes.

(Pause for lots of good coloring on her placemat)

Mom: Honey, tell her what you want on the hot dog.

Little girl: Ok. I want chicken nuggets on it.

Spent the ride home from church thinking about how easy it can be to accidentally offend someone or make them feel unwelcome in the church.

There is a wonderful lady who came into the library when she was visiting and I hooked her up with a library card. We talked about books, churches, and I gave her a good selection of edifying texts.

Apparently she had come in on another Sunday when I wasn't around and a couple of our volunteers treated her in a way that made her feel unwelcome in the library.

After having talked with this woman the first time about her experiences, and the fact she pointed out one of the people who had made her feel unwelcome. I've got a good idea about what happened.

The person she pointed out is a very kind person. She can also sometimes say things that come off the wrong way. She's sort of to the point about things. I can be this way too, so I totally get it. She's more reserved about expressing her feelings.

The person checking out the books. She comes across as being sensitive. She wants a church family, seems to need it, where she feels nurtured and loved. She hasn't had an easy life and just seems to need a place where things can be...softer.

So, I think I can see why they didn't "hit it off"...maybe I should investigate instead of guessing that this is the situation. Unless the woman expresses her concern again or I witness anything that comes across as rude or harsh...I think I'll let it go.

Excellent sermon and church this morning. I'm excited that all of my friends are starting to come back. This town is coming back to life.

 

There always seems to be outrage over something. I think some people just like to be outraged.

Maybe I should start my photo food log again.
It was a bunch of fun and really helped me keep track.

^lucky. I couldn't nap to save my life for work tonight. I'll be fine though.

Miss Spaulding wrote:

Couldn't stop yawning in church this morning.

Miss Spaulding wrote:

Whoa. Just woke up from a 4 1/2 hour nap. :shock: 

I'm sensing a connection here.

Miss Spaulding wrote:

Whoa. Just woke up from a 4 1/2 hour nap. :shock: 

Epic nap!

Miss Spaulding wrote:

Whoa. Just woke up from a 4 1/2 hour nap. :shock: 

 BAH! I call that a full nights rest.

Toro wrote:

Miss Spaulding wrote:

Whoa. Just woke up from a 4 1/2 hour nap. :shock: 

 BAH! I call that a full nights rest.

That explains a lot about you  

I've been reluctant to give money at church because I don't have a job. It's tough to part with it because I don't know if I'll have any coming in. BUT, I need to remember that it came from God, and I should give it back to Him in faith.

grrr long day at work tomorrow. 9:00 am to 8:00 pm , sad face.

I think I'll go on a bike ride.

My parents are very protective of me as well. I decided last summer to meet some friends from CF in person; and my mother did ask me if they were axe murderers.

I've met quite a few now... but it doesn't change the fact that my mom is very protective. I'm somewhat open with her about some of my friends I met on CF though because they are my friends.
The second time I went to meet some friends from CF I called my mom an hour before I was going to meet them to tell her where I was going - then gave her background info on each that I was going to meet (what their names were, ages, jobs, family) then assured her that I would be okay. Then I called her before I drove home.

I don't know if that'll make you feel any better Miss Spaulding. ^_^

hahaha if you tell her that she will be worried that you're intending to marry whoever it is you are meeting and more questions will follow. ^_^

I think it does work pretty well to try to make them feel more at ease by meeting in groups of people if possible.. or bringing someone else along.. but I guess that's not always an option

I'm more concerned with someone online stealing my identity than coming to axe murdering me. I think that's clear from the fact I share almost every personal detail about myself except my address and last name.
If someone really wanted to stalk you, it's not that complicated to reverse the IP address. I guess it gives people a sense of security to not be specific about their location Those of us who were here in the early days of this site all saw that this site knows, almost down to the street where we live.


I think I just made some people paranoid about the internet.

Miss Spaulding wrote:

I'm very, very hesitant to share anything about my 'online friends' with my family, and especially with my mother. I usually get the giggly response from my family with the 'that's nice but kind of weird' look along with it. And I feel such anxiety whenever my mom 'questions' me with suspicion and concern about any one of my online friends, obviously assuming y'all are all serial killers. So basically, because of this, I've shared little to nothing about my online friendships with anyone in my family, and feel I'll never get to meet anyone of y'all due to my mother viewing such a meet as me being a 14-year-old off to meet some old dude in a dark alley who will only rape and murder me. ...Ugh.

I'd be happy to buy your parents dinner and let them evaluate me as harshly as they want  

I didn't even realize other people on the Internet were real. When did this happen?