Kristen Howerton

That's what SHE said: morning routines, rules of attraction, turning down band-aids, baby boomers ruining parenting, and more .




Anne Lamott: My Secret Little Prayer | Salon.Com
When I pray, which I do many times a day, I pray for a lot of things. I ask for health and happiness for my friends, and for their children. This is okay to do, to ask God to help them have a sense of peace, and for them to feel the love of God. I pray for our leaders to act in the common good, or at least the common slightly better. I pray that aid and comfort be rushed to people after catastrophes, natural and man-made. It is also okay to ask that my cat have an easy death. Some of my friends’ kids are broken and their parents are living in that, and other friends’ marriages are broken, and every family I love has serious problems involving someone’s health or finances. But we can be big in prayer, and trust that God won’t mind if we pray about the cat and Jax’s tender heart.

The Morning Routines Of 12 Women Weirdos | Wendi Aarons YOU CANNOT WEAR THAT SHIRT FOR THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS. YOU MUST WEAR UNDERWEAR. YES, EVERYDAY. I KNOW YOU DIDN’T BRUSH YOUR TEETH BECAUSE YOU HAVEN’T MOVED FROM THE COUCH SINCE I ASKED YOU THE SEVENTH TIME AND YOUR BUTT IS STILL IN THE AIR AND THE LEGOS ARE STILL IN YOUR MOUTH YOU ARE SEVEN YEARS OLD GET THE LEGOS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH YOU AREN’T A BABY. OOPS SORRY I CALLED YOU A BABY.
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Myths About Trans-Racial Adoption | Refinery 29
There is a myth about the bond that naturally develops between an adopted child and her parents — that the love of welcoming a bundle of joy will override any doubts or fears from the outside world. And, it’d be great if that were an ironclad law. But, in truth, race and racism have permeated our society to a point in where it can even erode those bonds — creating a division between those who have the strength to tackle racism, and those who let it creep in.

Rules Of Attraction: Why White Men Marry Asian Women And Asian Men Don't Marry White Women | Vesko Cholakov
I thought there must be more to the picture. I set off to answer the question, What informs our perception of beauty? Is there really something profound about face shape, height and body features that defines attraction? Or, is beauty merely a social construct amplified by popular culture?

#KnowWhoMadeIt via @Krochetkids



Gate A-4 | Live & Learn
And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought, This is the world I want to live in. The shared world. Not a single person in that gate— once the crying of confusion stopped— seemed apprehensive about any other person. They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.

I’m A Gay Man Who Married A Straight Woman | Good Men Project
The Evangelical Christian Church’s idea that God can change people from gay to straight is misguided at best and malicious at worse. Men, women and children have been sold the promise that people can and should change their sexual orientation, based on interpretations of canonized texts. When it doesn’t work, the person wasn’t trying hard enough, didn’t have enough faith, was never a Christian in the first place, didn’t do it right, didn’t do it long enough, didn’t have the right counseling, and on and on goes the list. It all boils down to religion making a promise reality can’t keep.

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How Baby Boomers Ruined Parenting Forever | Quartz
A good parent is said to “provide” for children. It is no longer enough to simply love them. Love is the sidebar to achievement, an insufficient defense against an unyielding future. That is the cruelest legacy of the helicopter parent, one that will endure long after the smoke has cleared.

Why I Had To Turn Down Band Aid | The Guardian
I pointed out to Geldof the lyrics I did not agree with, such as the lines “Where a kiss of love can kill you and there’s death in every tear”, and “There is no peace and joy in west Africa this Christmas”. For the past four years I have gone to Ghana at Christmas for the sole purpose of peace and joy. So for me to sing these lyrics would simply be a lie. In truth, my objection to the project goes beyond the offensive lyrics. I, like many others, am sick of the whole concept of Africa – a resource-rich continent with unbridled potential – always being seen as diseased, infested and poverty-stricken. In fact, seven out of 10 of the world’s fastest growing economies are in Africa.
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