dual personalities

We haven’t gotten anywhere near the rain I thought we were going to get, and while that’s a good thing for me, it doesn’t help the drought my state is experiencing. But I guess “wet and stormy ” are still the watch words of the week.

Recently Anne was waxing eloquently and coherently about the world we live in–“What a time we live in, when how many children a person does or doesn’t have is an invitation for other people to criticize them and existentially question their abilities and desires. That used to be the sort of thing one would do privately, after church, over the Roast and Pudding and a beautiful amber glass of sherry. Now somehow I—who know neither party—get to read it and then form my own opinion.”

Well, I think I’ve mentioned that we happen to be studying I Thessalonians in my women’s Bible study and I was reminded of what Paul had to say about just that thing–“We urge you…to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.” (I Thessalonians 4:11-12)

That’s the ticket: mind your own business. Or try to–I know it’s hard. But that’s what I’m going to try to do.

Yesterday I had lunch with my BFFs Becky and Carla and we discussed, among other things, our levels of Instagram addiction. It really is shocking and I excoriate myself for this daily. If I still recognized Lent as a thing, I might have tried to give it up for 40 days. But I am trying to leave my phone in another room for extended periods of time, although this is hard because I am worried that my daughters will request a welfare check for me if I don’t respond to text messages in a timely fashion. (jkjk.)

Don’t get me wrong–I’m not complaining. But life was simpler when we had three TV channels to choose from and a rotary phone. I’m not wrong, am I?