A week between college classes

 Yep. A week between college classes. I can't believe how time consuming full time mothering, wife-ing, and going to college can be! Add extended family, good friends, church and it's responsibilites, and a hospital trip or two with its subsequent healing and... man alive! WHERE did January, February, March and April go?? LOL

It feels good to have a minute or two not filled with pressures of school work/house work/relationship work all at once.

I have a ton of blog posts I will be throwing up soon, so keep an eye out. *wink*

In the mean time... since it is my blog and I can discuss anything I like... I have a peeve to share. It's not a huge peeve, but it's a peeve none-the-less. I received an email from my soon-to-be english professor for summer semester. Our first reading assignment? Ummm... it's entitled "Gay Marriage. Yes please!"

Ok. So I JUST attended a fantastically bucket filling spiritually uplifting 2 days of BYU Women's Conference, where they spoke a lot about fortifying our homes against the confusion and sin that Satan will persuade us with. It was intense. They mentioned that we, right now as a world, have surpassed Sodom and Ghamorah in wickedness. (*gulp*) I came home ready to do my best to help my children understand what God has taught us, what the gospel really provides for their lives, and how much the Savior has done for them and what they need to do to stay on "The Lord's side of the line" so to speak. I felt like I was ready to "Gird up my loins, fresh courage take" and become a "Lioness at the Gate" of my home.

The shock of this being the first reading assignment made me cry. Really. It did. To be 100% honest... this is an ENGLISH class. Not political science or debate! I do not feel that I need to defend my values, nor endure anyone else's when I am learning how to write better papers and brush up my grammer etc! I have no desire to dig deep into this topic in a college English class! And especially be REQUIRED to do so! We dearly love people that have chosen to follow this pathway... and honestly it breaks my heart for them, because of my testimony of the divinity of being male and female, and our roles as husbands and wives, and of being parents, and the eternal role and purpose of families. Satan is tricky. Sexual desires are his greatest tool for evil because it is at the very root of a family.
I know, KNOW, from my own searching and asking God in prayer, that this is not ok. That it IS a tool of Satans to lead my brothers and sisters astray, and I firmly believe, deep inside their spirits, they know it too. But... our carnal selfish physical bodies are pretty strong if we don't keep our spiritual side stronger.

Anywho... This was not what I wanted to do.. I did not want to go into it. My point is... how utterly disappointing to be forced into this corner. :'( And so... I am going to withdraw from this class. Clearly this teacher is seeking to "call out" certain view points and get lines to be drawn. All I want to do is learn... and there is TONS of really GOOD literature that can be used for material for basic English!

It means I will not be able to take the class that is right here in my town. I will be driving 20 minutes to class multiple times a week instead. But to stand on the Lord's side of the line, I will do it.

And in the mean time I will enjoy my week of rest between classes ;)