Random Rabies

I think weird random things. I have done this for as long as I can remember. However to see it as a trait passed on to my children worries me. Of course worrying is another trait I have that both kids have picked up.

Anyway, we went down to Paul’s mothers on Friday to visit with my niece Baby Boo before she leaves for Georgia. A Nor’easter hits while we are there visiting and a normal hour and a half tops drive turns in to a four and a half hour drive. We had plenty of time to enjoy each others company.

It was some of the nastiest driving conditions I have ever had the misfortune of driving in and lo and behold my son turns to me and says,” Are kittens born with rabies?” I said no, they’re not, why do you ask? “Well then why do they have to get the shots?” In case they are bitten by something that has rabies. “What about house cats? That never go outside” I guess they think there is a risk of them getting out and being bitten by something. “Oh”

Now why a Nor’easter snow storm with icing and spin outs would cause my son to think of a rabies vaccination is beyond me. But what’s worse… I knew right where he was coming from!

Popular posts from this blog

Get out of your own head.....

I had all kinds of thoughts and plans for my future. Dreams of the life I'd lead and the places I'd travel. But dreams are simply mist, blown away by the winds of reality, and as a well-known movie of our  younger years taught us, 'Reality Bites'. Reality is a bitter bitch.
Read more

Monster Juice Spray pussifying our children?

Today someone posted a cute little story about a pharmacy that prescribes a Monster Spray to children that have monsters under their bed. They spray the spray before bedtime, under their bed and it makes all the monsters go away. A little six year old girl used it three times before she was sure all the monsters were gone. I find this story absolutely adorable. I think it's wonderful that this pharmacists does something so kind for small children with big imaginations. I think a little magic in this world is just what a lot of child need. The response from one woman totally had me stunned. She said it's crap like this that is pussifying our children. Really? Then she went on in another reply when asked what one has to do with the other to say her daughter was bullied and what are they going to make next, bully spray? (They do make a bully spray, it's called mace!)  Her daughter had to graduate early because of bullies. Okay, what does her daughter being bullied have to do...
Read more

Sometimes..

Sometimes the emotional pain becomes too much to bear. Sometimes the emotional pain feels like it's going to consume us. Sometimes the emotional pain is so overwhelming that we need a physical pain to release it before we lose ourselves and who we are in it. Not everyone can understand this, I get that. Not everyone can look at someone with scars that were self inflicted and say, I see your pain. Sometimes, we hide those scars under our jeans so no one will notice. It's not for attention, it's for release. Sometimes we dull the pain with alcohol, sometimes we dull the pain with drugs either prescription or illegal. Sometimes we smoke too much and talk to loud. But we find our release to keep us alive. We are survivors with our scars to prove it.
Read more