Anyone who knows me in real life understands my absolute ignorance of all things fashionable and trendy. Â I buy my clothes at thrift stores and walmart, I don’t know how to redecorate or design, and I honestly don’t give a rip about home decorating or interiors. Â So why did someone like me join Pinterest? Â Some of the artwork is really amazing, especially around cooking and gardening. Â And while I plead ignorance to knowing how to create lovely beauty in our surroundings out of a deeply held conviction that the most “lovely” endeavor we can engage in as Mothers is to create a healthy, beautiful baby, I would like to move more into the “presentation” side of life as we go forward. Â Otherwise my daughters might have wedding showers and receptions where Mom serves chunky whole wheat bread accompanied by glasses of reverse osmosis water.
Serving bread and water at a reception may not be the way to my daughters hearts as they begin their wedded lives.
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“Change absolutely starts with each of us, as individuals, taking responsibility for ourselves and our families because we know that our kids won’t grow up healthy until our families start eating right and exercising more. That’s on us,” she said. “We know that we won’t close that education gap until we turn off the TV, and supervise homework, attend those parent-teacher conferences, and serve as good role models for our own children.”
My husband and I have been extremely disciplined with our family since the beginning. Â Going to extremes to feed our children a whole foods diet, taking them out to the park every day for fresh air and sunshine, teaching them how to read, write, spell, take proper care of their bodies, and watching to make certain they had enough sleep, were properly hydrated, and that we always had a strong spiritual environment for them to grow up in.
I chaff when a politician and his family start dictating lifestyle habits to We the people. Â It always brings to mind Winston in 1984 being forced to exercise and chastised for not trying hard enough.
So in the spirit of attempting to teach my children how to respond to the political elites dictum about diet and exercise, EVERY time I have heard Michelle talk about obesity I made a point to head out to Lamars to pick up a couple dozen donuts and explained to the children why we were eating them.
Every time I have heard Michelle talk about parents supervising homework, I encouraged my kids to put away the books and watch the most pointless drivel on Television.
Every time I have heard Michelle talk about fresh food I have made a point to cook a high fat supper with lots of refined and processed foods.
And every time I have heard Michelle talk about being a good role model for my children I have made a point of being a bad role model; crude, lazy, uncouth, and I publicly mock her in front of my children.
Why?
I am an American Citizen. Â My rights are God Given. Â My Lord and My Savior Jesus Christ anointed me with the gift of being created equal to all other human beings and free to pursue whatever brings me happiness and joy.
I do not need some busybody politicians wife telling me how to raise my children. Â And I don’t need some America Hating Socialist to lecture me about my lifestyle.
Last year at this time I was on a road trip with Jeff and Andy. Â We drove up through Wyoming to Yellowstone and spent a week camping, freezing our tushies off, and enjoying the amazing scenery of the park. Â As we drove through Jackson up to West Yellowstone I was reminded of my amazing summer working at the Playmill Theatre as an actress the summer of 1987.
I married Paul the month after I turned twenty years old. I am so grateful to have had this one amazing experience of performing eight shows a week for a couple months the year I was 19. Â Since that time I have struggled mightily to know where my place was in this big violent world. Â Most of the time I do not feel like I fit in anywhere. Â Not with my extended family, not with my peers at church or community and most definitely not on the web. Â I sometimes feel like Abraham, A stranger in a strange land. Â And when you feel like you do not fit, to have had one time in your life when you were a part of something good and real is important.
Jenny HatchÂ
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Anyone who knows me in real life understands my absolute ignorance of all things fashionable and trendy. Â I buy my clothes at thrift stores and walmart, I don’t know how to redecorate or design, and I honestly don’t give a rip about home decorating or interiors. Â So why did someone like me join Pinterest? Â Some of the artwork is really amazing, especially around cooking and gardening. Â And while I plead ignorance to knowing how to create lovely beauty in our surroundings out of a deeply held conviction that the most “lovely” endeavor we can engage in as Mothers is to create a healthy, beautiful baby, I would like to move more into the “presentation” side of life as we go forward. Â Otherwise my daughters might have wedding showers and receptions where Mom serves chunky whole wheat bread accompanied by glasses of reverse osmosis water.
Jenny Hatch
