hiatus over.

It has been soooo long since I've posted anything on my blog and I really don't think anyone is interested in reading a huge long post about what I've been doing. Let's just put it this way, ya know the saying "bad things come in threes?" Let's just say over the last 3 months (there's that # again), I've done the three's repetitively. Seriously nothing major and I can not complain...just a bunch of stuff kept going wrong and wrong and wrong and then, wrong. I knew through it all, I was supposed to be learning a BIG lesson because seriously, that much stuff in a short amount of time? My sweet Sis said one word and that was my lesson...PERSEVERANCE.

per⋅se⋅ver⋅ance[pur-suh-veer-uhns]–noun
1. steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.

(Emphasis mine!) One of my pet-peeves is people who dwell on the bad, constantly re-live it, and talk about it...so, I will stay away from the pity party an move on. I read Psalm 20 this morning in my quiet time and it was my hope for moving forward.

Okay. So let's just jump into something that's been brewing in my heart lately.
I wanna talk about chivalry.
Ladies, girlfriends, Mommies can I have a moment here?

I have been more and more convicted about how important it is to raise my boys as gentlemen. I'm not referring to "nice guys", I'm talking about opening the car door-pulling out a chair-honoring the "ladies first" rule-throw your coat on a puddle-kind of Dudes.

My Dad is known for giving his kids books. Some of them, I have to admit, I put them on the back shelf, knowing I would bust them open someday. A couple of those books I have recently pulled out are:
"Bringing Up Boys" by James Dobson
"Raising A Modern Day Knight" by Robert Lewis (this one's more toward a Father's role)

I don't know about you Gals out there but, I have encountered many men who look me dead in the eye and continue to pull out in front of me, let the door slam into my face, or bump into me as they speed-walk past me while talking on their cell phone. I honestly do NOT want this to become a male bashing post, I just want to share my experiences. Most importantly, I do not want my sons to be one of the men I described above. I know the "womens lib" movement would so hate my post but, I don't care. I really believe it is time for parents to start raising their boys as GENTLEMEN and their daughters as LADIES...we are not equal.

Can ya tell I'm a little fired up?

Here is what I am going to do about it. I am going to read the books above and really pray about how I can teach my boys how to be "Modern Day Knights" and my daughter to be a "gracious, God-Fearing Princess".

Is anyone interested in studying this with me? I would love to brainstorm ideas about practical ways to teach my sons the traits of a gentlemen. If anyone is interested, maybe we can set-up a Facebook page or something where we can share?

Alrighty, I really need to get to workie.
TTFN!