I know this may be a little risky, but I wanted to try to starting this meme. A week or two ago, a post by my friend Emery included this photograph:
And I got to thinking about something someone told me, that listening to Obama feels like it felt when listening to President Kennedy speak.
When I think about Obama becoming president I get a goosebumpy feeling of excitement.
I believe that truly great presidents only come along now and then, and that he could be one of them.
I like Obama.
And I am filled with hope that he will be the next president of this country.
As a mother, I especially want someone in office who will help prepare us for successive generations. I think there are a thousand ways to say that he will help ensure a safe and prosperous future for our children.
Instructions for participation in this meme:
1. Take a picture or short video of something positive and indicative of your support for Obama.
2. Post it.
3. Link to the person you got the idea from, for the feeling of community and excitement.
4. Pass it on!
I really struggled with creating and sharing this post. I do not think it right to turn children into puppets of our own beliefs. I feel a little strange about that, given the video you see here. Miss J learned to say Obama while we were watching the Democratic National Convention.
I ultimately came to this conclusion: that despite how divisive politics can be, no one should be afraid to share their hopes for our country. And hope is what this post, this message, this idea for a meme is all about.
Edited to add: this post has the exact kind of photos and sentiment I am talking about.
Last night I had a sci-fi dream. In it, I'd discovered that not only was pollution ruining our environment, it was creating "chatter," a visual effect where nothing was in focus. It was all overlaid, like seeing double, but really triple, or quadruple. And this was because we had altered the very nature of light, or at least the way we perceive it on a molecular level. The biological mechanism of vision no longer worked.
June had a fever. I kept thinking/dreaming she felt like fire.
About a week ago, I was tagged by Mah-meee at Raising A & C to participate in a meme. It is called: Five classes I wish they would have taught in school. While I recognize that it is probably and opportunity to discuss life lessons... I don't look to school to teach me those.
So here is what I would have liked taking, quite literally:
1. Journal Class: where you have to write/draw/paint your life on pages for an hour a day.
2. Yoga: preferably something strenuous, with no ohms, and taught in a gymnasium with a view of a forest. Floor to ceiling view. You could watch the weather as you go through sun salutations.
3. Service Learning: my husband teaches this, and he puts a lot of creative effort into it. The premise is basically that kids learn through doing, and a service focus gets kids involved in the community in ways that relate to what they are learning. Adam's students just finished up a big unit on the Holocaust and now they are moving into a Sustainability/Water Harvesting thing.
4. Photography: my school didn't offer this. I really would have loved to learn how to work a dark room during high school. More on this topic in a future post.
5. How to survive after an economic collapse: in this class you'd learn how to churn butter, knit, make rugs, cheese, homemade wine, how to jar anything, cooking, gardening... you know, all the activities that I think are fun and that I do in my spare time.
Please feel free to participate if this topic interests you. What I really wish is to know what five classes I would have selected while I was in high school. I bet photography would've been on there. But skateboarding might have been too! Oh! And guitar. I would've loved to learn guitar in high school.
