the funny thing about the whole isaac wants his own way/kingdom thing, is that i totally forgot to mention my own culpability in the whole situation. the most frustrated i get with isaac is when he does something that i have told him not to do, mostly centering around the theme of him putting any multitude of items into his mouth. i have realized the reason this bothers me so much is b/c it flies in the face of my kingdom. ideally as a parent/steward the main reason i tell my kids what to do and what not to do is for the sake of their own good, but often times it turns out it actually just boils down to me wanting things my way.
over coffee this morning a friend of mine shared something his brother said, which i feel has deep relevance here. he said, "our kids do not exist for us (as parents), but we exist for our kids." i might add that the goal is that we both exist for a greater, more common Good.
on a completely different note, i drove to pasadena this evening, as i do every monday, for my theology and culture class at fuller. tonight's drive brought two especially strange sites that i simply must share:
1) while on the 57 north, i saw what appeared to be a mountain (or at least a foothill) the top of which was covered in what seemed to be snow. but in the smoggy film and hazy sun, it looked like one of those ocean rocks covered in bird droppings. it was so out of context to see snow in such close proximity to downtown la, that it looked like a poop capped mountain. i still am not even sure it was snow.
2) on the drive home i saw a delorean, a real honest to goodness, doc brown and marty mcfly driven, flux capacitor wearing delorean. it was pretty cool up until the point it caught fire. seriously. he veered across 4 or 5 lanes of traffic, orange flames already licking the back window. i am sure that guy is super bummed, b/c you know they don't make a lot of replacement parts for those things. he may be in the market for a kia.
while i was out, the boys gave annie a good run for her money. when i came in the front door at 5 till 8, isaac was dressed in a diaper and one lone shoe, ryder crying in her arms. it was actually really good to see them all.
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Maybe the flames on the DeLorean were actually sparks, and he was trying to fly to 2015? Did he leave flaming tire tracks in his path? And I actually saw the poop-splattered mountain this weekend as well- it also struck me as odd.
-drew
ha ha ha. i didn't think of that possibility. the "holy crap my car is on fire" look on his face greatly diminishes the attempted time travel theory.
btw, why 2015? i mean we probably won't even have flying cars by then. is that a bttf reference?
Yeah, 2015 was 30 years into the future (at the time). Doesn't sound so impressive now, does it? You can probably buy furniture without accruing interest until 2015...
Ha....you guys gave me a good laugh on this one!
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