Okay...

Okay so you won't 1+ every little thing I put on here, nice to know lol.

Some things you should know about us. You said you wanted someone that wasn't afraid to share everything with you, you wanted someone to be "an open book" so here goes.

We don't keep a whole lot of close friends in our little community. We are way "to much" for a lot of people in lil old Hancock County to grasp. It's just the truth. I have four or five really close friends and I would just as soon keep it that away. People at church are supportive, but for the most part they do not understand us in the least...Oh well, when we need support certian ones have always been there for us in prayer, a phone call, a visit to the house and that's all that's really needed or matters.

You said be an open book, so I am and if you run? Well you run. Not like you haven't been already lol. You might want to brush up on logiacl fallacies before you ever come around Nicholas. He likes to believe he is an atheist. Personally, I think to struggle with faith at his age shows a maturity that will benefit him greatly later on in life. But that is my oppion.

Sample conversations in our home:
Me: "What do you know about the Big Bang theory?"
Nich: "There was a sub-atomic particle that exploded"
Me:"But it's a theory, it hasn't been proven, right?"
Nich: "Well, yeah..."
Me: "So your choosing to believe in something you can't prove?"
Nich: "I guess yeah..."
Me: "How is your choosing to believe in something you can't prove any different from people of faith (I never say Christian in these matters, always "people of faith") choosing to believe in something they can't prove? (and honestly, I don't feel the need to prove, as I know it to be true from personal experience.)

Months later:

Me: "I just wanna know where the subatomic particle came from and what caused it to explode." (talking about the Big Bang Theory).
Nich: "We don't know yet."
Me: "I don't think we ever will and that's just the way it works."
Nich: "You don't know that."
Me: "Neither do you."

See how both arguments are equally valid? Which to me seems to be the way our creator intended it to be. He gave us free will you know? He did not force us to believe, he gave us that option.

These conversations are not mean-spirited, just good natured intellectual banter back and forth. Only thing is sometimes he wants to discuss things like this and I am tired or just not in the mood for such heavy intellectual conversations and he doesn't understand that. He's 14, he doesn't get that most people are worried about jobs or putting food on the table for their families and don't have the luxury of comptemplating lifes mysteries all day long as he can. I'm just telling you to be ready, he's very sharp with well thought out posistions on most subjects and he will test you. He will love you like a sister as long as you show him love, patience, support and respect, but he will test to see where you stand and how you well you can defend your beliefs.

Just thought you might want to know what you may be deciding to walk into lol. One thing is for certian, it's never boaring at our house lol. Anyway, I've got four to six more years to be with the boy and then he is off to conquer the world...he has a great game plan actually...more on that in the next post...

You sure you can handle us Lucy? I mean are you sure beyond any doubt? I just want you to know how things are...being that "open book" you wanted, sharing it all sweetheart...