It’s an effigy –> becoming a ghost –> being sucked down the bathtub drain of doom

So how about these issues:

What would you do if the one thing you have tried to instill in your child suddenly comes to be the focus of his/her rebellion? And you cannot use physical discipline. Why don’t you explore what the top 5 things are that you want to instill in your kids. I want to know what those things are and why. Then give me what will happen, (from a daily and detailed perspective) what you would/will do when your child does the exact opposite of any one of those things. And not some freaking generic answer like, “I would talk to them”.

Next, who are you voting for and why? What is your outlook on the political issues? And this one is scary because I definitely would not share my feeling on this with the world. Let’s see how brave you are. And if you are not going to be completely honest, then don’t bother.

What about friends? Can you (I mean you personally) have friends that you don’t completely trust? And if so, do you really call them friends or how do you differentiate the ones you can totally do or say anything in front of and those that you slightly hold back? What about the Anglo friends that you know have prejudices against blacks & Mexicans but they don’t even know. How do you personally deal with that? What do you tell yourself? “It’s okay, they are generally a good person, they don’t realize it, its not their fault, it’s just how they were raised” and what do you tell your kids about racism and how does what you teach them about racism contradict how you really feel?

What happens when you come to a point in your life when there is nothing that brings you complete happiness and joy because the responsibilities outweigh the fun times. And then when you do take the time to reach out for that feeling again, you end up paying for it (negatively) in some way or another. What do you do? Do you accept it? Is that what people do? I really want to know. I understand this lack of (I don’t even know what to call it) is why some people drink or have insane hobbies but doesn’t that just perpetuate the cycle because all it does is add to the financial stress and take away from the time that the responsibilities are not being met.

I think that is enough for now. These are only my questions for today. I am sure I will have more…

i’m very proud of you. congratulations.

kudos, indeed.

you’ll be laughing the whole time, i assure you. : )

he saw the furrow in my brow. he saw how it made me smile and ponder things i claim to not ponder about.

he summed it up in one palabra:

“wowWee!”

: )