Random array of thoughts…

April 26, 2014 ~ Conservative Momma ~ Leave a comment

My little baby girl is 8months old today. I honestly don’t know where the time has gone-she is all baby-chunky thighs, big blue eyes and a bald head-kissable from head to toe!
After nursing her before laying her down to sleep last night, she reached for my face as she so often does, grabbing at my nose, clawing at my eyes in total curiosity all the while blowing bubbles with her new found lips and tongue.
I thought to myself….so much is ahead of this little girl…so much life to be lived.
She grabs my face with both hands and smiles as if she knows my thoughts.
If only she knew….
But no- I want her to be a baby, a toddler, a child as long as possible.
I want her to delight in every moment….without a care in the world.
So many thoughts, inside my head….
I know now why Jesus spoke of a desire for us to be childlike. To trust in him like my children undoubtedly trust in me.
My children don’t worry. They never question where their next meal is coming from, or where they’ll sleep that night. When my two year old falls or gets an ‘owie’ I am there. When my children are sick…I am there to ease the pains.

That’s what God desires from me. To just trust that he will be there, like a child. Adulthood forces logic on the mind, and with that doubts. But God is beyond logic…He is not limited by logic…He surpasses it. He doesn’t want me to solve the issues, he wants me to trust that He will move on my behalf. He wants me to cast my cares, concerns, worries, doubts onto Him-not because I can’t handle it (though often I feel like I can’t) but because God CAN handle it.
I have found that life is full of opportunities to deepen our spiritual journey. Many choose to stay on the surface-but I want to know more.

I want truth beyond logic.

I was promised if I seek, I will find….

Seeking…

Why are you doing this?

April 18, 2014 ~ Conservative Momma ~ Leave a comment

Why are you doing this?

Great question….I can’t afford not to.

Life is short. I believe that if you feel passionate about something, you must pursue it.

We all hopefully have moments in our lives where we feel an internal urge and drive, some it’s our jobs, most it’s a hobby or a cause…

Outside of my family and faith little has sparked my attention in the past several years, until my dad ran for United States congress 2 years ago.

I was a brand new mother during most of the campaign…I was soooo exhausted, and dealing with a complex array of emotions.

But what I witnessed was tragedy.

My hero, losing a battle.

A battle that should have been won.

It wasn’t just a ‘loss’, it was a loss against the machine, a loss against the fight for term limits, a fight against career politicians, a fight against the men and women that have caused our national debt to sky-rocket, a fight against the super pacs, the big money corporations that control the whole system, a fight against the ‘good ole boys, ‘ a fight against those that have sat quietly- while the liberal agenda has progressed, it was a David verses Goliath kinda fight-but the giant won…

After processing the loss…. I knew I had to do something…

So I started to write- that’s where Conservative Momma was birthed.

Me, a stay at home mom could do something… I could speak up, I could use the tools given me-my voice, my freedom of speech and my laptop.

Of course what I am doing is controversial and much of it is falling on deaf ears…but every great cause comes with great adversity. Having a background in acting has prepared me for rejection…so no worries there 🙂

If I can impact one person, encouraging them to use the voice that they have been given, to see that our country was founded by those wanting to free us from an overreaching tyrannical government and to not stay silent, ….. then I have accomplished what I have set out to do.

The fate of this country that I love with all my heart is at hand, I must do something, I have to.

Battles are won and lost…but I believe we can win the war…

I was taught by my father, if you get knocked down- you get back up…

I must be and I am ….ready for round two….

A Feminist

April 16, 2014 ~ Conservative Momma ~ Leave a comment

I saw this video about a week and a half ago and I haven’t had the chance to respond till now. (link below)
The video takes place at a ‘pro-woman’ conference, these women are freely talking to the reporter, until they find out she is from a Conservative outlet. After they learn that she is a conservative- the women go to total shut down mode.
How amusing I thought to myself when I watched this-these ‘free-thinkers’ don’t look so free when they can no longer speak freely…
You see, I am a woman, I am a feminist, and I am a Conservative. 
The intention of the feminist movement was to demand for equality between men and women-and I stand by that principle and I will encourage my daughter to do the same. 
There is no bra burning needed and I don’t need the federal government providing me birth-control, I can handle that on my own- thank you very much. 
What amazes me is the proclamation for independence by these women but they insist on being shackled to a parental government. 
I also believe in the freedom to Choose as a Conservative woman. That is that every life, no matter how small should be allowed the CHOICE of LIFE. 
We make choices every day. Choices that have consequences. I believe that no life should be snuffed out because of someone else’s poor choice. 
These women-these so called Feminist-brand themselves as free thinkers-to me- they appear to be tranquilized by group think.
I refuse to limit my mind by one ideology- i.e. my body my choice.     
To succumb to such an overly simplistic principle is limiting to every woman.

I am a woman that thinks beyond her emotional self.

Am I not to care about the economy?
Am I not to care about the increase in poverty?
Am I not to care about our failed education system?
Am I not to care about the total and complete governmental overreach we are seeing i.e.- NSA?
Am I not to care about our enormous national debt?
Am I not to care about being lied to by our president in regards to the Affordable Care Act?
Am I not to care about an IRS that has admitted to targeting Conservative Groups?
Am I not to care about the future America my kids are growing up in? 
 

I will not and cannot be packaged into a box stamped “reproductive rights,”  I am more than that. 

I am an American, I am free thinker, I am a patriot, I am a mother, I am a wife, I am liberated and I will not be silenced.

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/04/04/video-feminists-ostracize-female-reporter-conference-after-learning-she-conservative

Not cool…just not cool…

April 8, 2014December 18, 2014 ~ Conservative Momma ~ Leave a comment

Ahhh our politicians….so classy!

So if you haven’t heard- married for 16years Republican Representative Scott McAllister was caught on tape kissing a female staffer. The tape doesn’t lie. Now, I get people screw up…I do. I do not demand perfection-I have yet to meet a perfect person (though my husband would disagree).

This of course is hardest on the spouse and children and I can only imagine the pain and heartbreak they are experiencing.

McAllister, from Louisiana, was elected to replace Rep. Rodney Alexander in a special election last November. Throughout his campaign McAllister touted his love for his family. Yesterday, he released a statement asking for ‘forgiveness.’

Now, I believe in defending your party, I believe in standing up for your political beliefs, and I have listened to various news sources that are now defending Representative Scott McAllister.

I will not do this.

Regardless of party, this is wrong. I have no responsibility to defend someone who is being unfaithful to their spouse and children. Yes, I do believe that God forgives -we have all fallen short- but I do not believe in blindly supporting something because of Party.

I think this blind enabling is what has DC so screwed up. These politicians think they are gods with no consequences. They are supported by their parties and answer to no one! The belief that they are untouchable because they are backed by power-the power of an Almighty and All powerful party.

I am irritated by McAllister’s asinine judgments…..but I am more annoyed by those who are now bringing up a similar case in the opposing democratic party -Bill Clinton. Yes…Clinton was a moron. He disrespected his family and in the Oval Office no less…gross right…seriously…

What is not cool is that we aren’t holding ourselves to a higher level. Instead of pointing the finger… let’s just admit what McAllister did was complete foolishness and the use of very poor judgment! Yes, the left mainstream media shouts about any story of a fallen republican but that doesn’t mean we defend injustice or start wildly pointing our fingers in panic.

Recognize the wrong. admit the wrong, apologize…no excuses.