Sunday, June 24, 2012
We fall a lot!
Sitting in the Warsaw airport. I feel like the entire trip is really clumsy. I am having a great time, we are going to Israel today! The trip I am on is the NFTY in Israel La'dor va dor trip with Jacobs and Greene Family Camp. So.Many.Puns!
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Oy! My feet hurt!
Believe it or not I am writing this post from Pola d! That's why I haven't been very active the past few days, I haven't had wifi. More will be written soon.
Friday, June 15, 2012
He's Getting Fat Cuz He's Santa
I talked a lot about The Winter Garden a few weeks ago. I loved it, it drew me in and I got a lot of people to read it too, who all loved it. So when I saw Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah on sale for a dollar at the library I figured what did I have to loose? I read it pretty quickly and for the first half was somewhat disappointed. This isn't the Kristin Hannah I knew and loved. This was fine for a romance novel book, hell it was even great for a romance novel the characters weren't 2d stereotypes, but it wasn't anything like what I knew her writing to be. I thought I had confused authors or something. It boggled my mind.
And then IT happened. I wont tell you what IT was, because well that would spoil the whole book. All I can tell you is your mind is going to be blown. I literally said "Wait WHAT" out loud alone in my room when IT happened. So if any of you gave up Comfort and Joy before IT happened, and you know when IT happens, go read it! You will end up loving it.
And then IT happened. I wont tell you what IT was, because well that would spoil the whole book. All I can tell you is your mind is going to be blown. I literally said "Wait WHAT" out loud alone in my room when IT happened. So if any of you gave up Comfort and Joy before IT happened, and you know when IT happens, go read it! You will end up loving it.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Someday My Prince Will Come
As a strong independent women who doesn't need no man, I am so sick of hearing people talk about waiting for their prince charming, or something like that. Ironically I started reading this book when I had a boyfriend, and was waiting to be let out a standardized test to hang out with him. Regardless, I am sick of people thinking that women can't function without a man. It sounds archaic but even in the 21st century there are people that think that way.
One of the ways that young girls are exposed to "price charming" is through Disney. Let me say, I love Disney. The songs are awesome, and I watch the movies all the time. But the message in some of the princess stories is that a girl needs her prince to save her. Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein delves into Disney's monopoly on little girls and all of the things it has spawned. My mom loves Peggy Orenstein and was really happy to see that I was reading her books. I went on to read other things by Orenstein, which I will talk about later, but Cinderella Ate My Daughter was a great starting point. Although it took me a few months to finish this book, it was fascinating!
One of the ways that young girls are exposed to "price charming" is through Disney. Let me say, I love Disney. The songs are awesome, and I watch the movies all the time. But the message in some of the princess stories is that a girl needs her prince to save her. Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein delves into Disney's monopoly on little girls and all of the things it has spawned. My mom loves Peggy Orenstein and was really happy to see that I was reading her books. I went on to read other things by Orenstein, which I will talk about later, but Cinderella Ate My Daughter was a great starting point. Although it took me a few months to finish this book, it was fascinating!
Saturday, June 2, 2012
I Could Hear the Hearts Breaking on Every Page
I returned from Dream St today, but am not going to blog about it just yet because all of the photos aren't online yet, and I wanted to put some of them in so that you can really see how wonderful Dream St is. Until then back to your regularly scheduled programing!
Polygamy has always interested me. I think I might have blogged about it before, I really can't recall. I love to show Sister Wives, it is interesting to learn about how different people live, especially in pleural marriage. Sister Wives shows an honest view of polygamy, as far as I can tell, and even though it is hard they seem to all like the family at the end of the day. Shattered Dreams by Irene Spencer paints a very different picture of the polygamous life style. Irene was raised in a family with sister wives, and although she saw how miserable it made her mother she still decided to become a second wife. Eventually her husband moved the family to Mexico, where they lived in poverty, and always just barely made ends meet. Eventually the family had 9 wives and some 58 children, 13 of which Spencer gave birth to. The majority of the kids were born in adobe houses with little to no attention from any sort of trained medical officials. Shattered Dreams gives a gut wrenching portrayal of something that is normally swept under the rug. Spencer tells the reader every detail of her life as one of multiple wives, and is so brutally honest that it is almost impossible to put down, even though sometimes you want to cry after reading how hard it was on Spencer, the other wives, and the kids. Overall it was an amazing book that lays it all on the line, the good the bad and the downright ugly.
Polygamy has always interested me. I think I might have blogged about it before, I really can't recall. I love to show Sister Wives, it is interesting to learn about how different people live, especially in pleural marriage. Sister Wives shows an honest view of polygamy, as far as I can tell, and even though it is hard they seem to all like the family at the end of the day. Shattered Dreams by Irene Spencer paints a very different picture of the polygamous life style. Irene was raised in a family with sister wives, and although she saw how miserable it made her mother she still decided to become a second wife. Eventually her husband moved the family to Mexico, where they lived in poverty, and always just barely made ends meet. Eventually the family had 9 wives and some 58 children, 13 of which Spencer gave birth to. The majority of the kids were born in adobe houses with little to no attention from any sort of trained medical officials. Shattered Dreams gives a gut wrenching portrayal of something that is normally swept under the rug. Spencer tells the reader every detail of her life as one of multiple wives, and is so brutally honest that it is almost impossible to put down, even though sometimes you want to cry after reading how hard it was on Spencer, the other wives, and the kids. Overall it was an amazing book that lays it all on the line, the good the bad and the downright ugly.
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