"Weird is GOOD!"

If I could count the number of times my loving, wonderful children have said "Mom, you are SO weird." I probably wouldn't have enough hands to do it on! Ha! As my husband often reminds me when my kids come up against me...they are just jealous of me! And it's then I see the humor of it all and laugh back with victory over their short-sightedness. :))

Weird is good in my opinion! It means you stand out. You are not like the rest. You have your own way of thinking and doing. You don't fall in the groove of doing exactly just like everyone else. You are your own person! I often tell my kids when they are being critical of others that just because that particular person isn't like YOU doesn't mean they are wrong. Too often I think we can get caught up in thinking It's our way or no way. But God has made us all different and for a good reason too! "God has designed each of us so there would be no duplication in the world. No one has the exact same mix of factors that make you unique. That means no one else on earth will ever be able to play the role God planned for you."

I find enjoyment in expressing myself to others through writing. So many times people may not exactly know the REAL me any other way. :) I can be the silliest, the goofiest and the most kiddish adult you've ever met. I love not acting very adult like most times. These times cause my kids to groan and roll their eyes of course. But hey who really cares! Their kids will do the very same to them, this I know! I absolutely LOVE shocking people in BIG WAYS ....ways they never would have guessed would come out of such a sometimes quiet person who on the outside appears reserved but on the inside is plotting her next silliest moment!! :)) It brings me great joy! Haha! And if you tell me you never would have guessed that from me....well that's just icing on the cake! I have noticed this "virtue" in my daughter, Heather. She feeds off of others disbelief in her openess and being uninhibited in situations that would cause others to shrink back. In thinking of other certain areas of my life, I see my other two kids as well. SO....they aren't as far removed from their "weird" mother as they seem to think. : P Ha!

I must confess that I come from two very "weird" parents myself. ; ]
But in all their weirdness they have managed to prepare and raise another human being (me!) into being a loving, sensitive, responsible, Christ - centered, happy, successful.....and yes even extremely silly person. And that is NOT bragging on myself, but it is bragging on their part in all the love, time, effort and example they have poured into me. And....hopefully one day.....I can see those positive results in my own "weird" children. : )

 So, my role is to be weird, different, unique, silly and sometimes serious and in doing so.....be the one who drives my kids crazy, my husband to smile and others to know.....it's OK to be weird...... because weird is GOOD!

Thanks for reading!
Have a wonderful day....and while you're at it.....go and be weird my friends and know that it's all good!